The Fountain of Knowledge Mural in the Main Branch of Newark Library
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2013-01-20
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In 1927, the Friends of the Library commissioned the artist Robert Hales Ives Gammell, a Classical Realist and member of the group known as The Boston Painters to paint a mural. The mythological themed triptych,
The Fountain of Knowledge, was unveiled on the east wall of the second floor and depicts a group of sages, the Fountain of Knowledge, and the Nine Muses.
The muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, are accompanied by Apollo and carry knowledge to the four corners of the world.
A likeness of John Cotton Dana, who served as the institution's librarian and influential second director until his death in 1929, can be discerned in the far left corner.
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The Fountain of Knowledge Mural, Main Branch of Newark Library, Newark's Main Library Building, Public Library, Newark Library, Newark, Essex County, James Street Commons Historic District, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, U.S. Historic district Contributing property, New Jersey Register of Historic Places, Gateway, The Gateway Region, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State