2025-05-122025-05-122013-01-20https://hdl.handle.net/10929/146058In 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.Original file name 05D Library.jpg (1).jpg4221x2339The Fountain of Knowledge MuralMain Branch of Newark LibraryNewark's Main Library BuildingPublic LibraryNewark LibraryNewarkEssex CountyJames Street Commons Historic DistrictU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesU.S. Historic district Contributing propertyNew Jersey Register of Historic PlacesGatewayThe Gateway RegionNew JerseyNJJerseyThe Garden State