- City:
- Chicago, IL
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP)
- Completed:
- 1938
- Artist:
- Edwin Boyd Johnson
Description
The “Great Men of Medicine” depicted in this New Deal fresco of nine 1′ x 1′ panels include Pare (shown in photo), Pasteur, Darwin, Lister, Jenner, Koch, Virchow, Melpighi, and Harvey. The frescoes were painted by Edwin Boyd Johnson in 1938 under the WPA Federal Art Project.
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/At this Location:
- UI Medical Center, College of Medicine: Bennett Mural - Chicago IL
- UI Medical Center, College of Medicine: Mosaic - Chicago IL
- UI Medical Center, College of Medicine: Edouard Chassaing Sculptures - Chicago IL
- UI Medical Center, College of Medicine: Olga Chassaing Sculpture - Chicago IL
- UI Medical Center, College of Medicine: Glass Mural - Chicago IL
View all sites at UI Medical Center College of Medicine - Chicago IL (6 Sites)
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