Iowa State University, Veterinary Medicine Mural – Ames IA

City:
Ames, IA

Site Type:
Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1938

Artist:
Christian Petersen

Description

The veterinary building quadrangle contains a 1938 terra cotta mural by Christian Petersen. The large sculptured mural depicts a variety of scenes from veterinary life. The guiding vision behind the mural was “to depict the services the veterinary profession performs in conserving the life and health of domestic animals, thereby safeguarding the health of humans. Dean Stange envisioned a bas relief mounted in a huge wall of the courtyard so that students and faculty would see the mural every day and be reminded of the professional achievements and goals of their curriculum in veterinary medicine.”   (https://vetmed.iastate.edu)

Source notes

https://vetmed.iastate.edu/about/college-art#bas-relief-mural-panels

Site originally submitted by Donald G. Browne on February 25, 2014.

Location Info


South Riverside Drive
Ames, IA 50011
Story County

Coordinates: 42.00685, -93.63237

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