The Fountain of Knowledge Mural in the Main Branch of Newark Library

Simple item page
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-12T16:05:08Z
dc.date.available2025-05-12T16:05:08Z
dc.date.issued2013-01-20
dc.descriptionIn 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.
dc.descriptionOriginal file name 05D Library.jpg (1).jpg
dc.format.extent4221x2339
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/146058
dc.subjectThe Fountain of Knowledge Mural
dc.subjectMain Branch of Newark Library
dc.subjectNewark's Main Library Building
dc.subjectPublic Library
dc.subjectNewark Library
dc.subjectNewark
dc.subjectEssex County
dc.subjectJames Street Commons Historic District
dc.subjectU.S. National Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectU.S. Historic district Contributing property
dc.subjectNew Jersey Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectGateway
dc.subjectThe Gateway Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleThe Fountain of Knowledge Mural in the Main Branch of Newark Library

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
DEBC_41_064.jpg
Size:
2.84 MB
Format:
Joint Photographic Experts Group/JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF)
Download

Collections

Essex County - Newark