Tragic Prelude
| Tragic Prelude | |
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| Artist | John Steuart Curry |
| Year | ca. 1938-1940 |
| Medium | oil and egg tempera |
| Dimensions | 350 cm × 940 cm (136 in × 372 in) |
| Location | Kansas State capitol, Topeka, Kansas |
Tragic Prelude is a mural painted by John Steuart Curry.
Description
The mural was commissioned in 1937, and done in egg tempera and oil paint. It is 350 centimeters (136 in) tall and 940 centimeters (372 in) long.[1] The Kansas state legislature objected to the mural, and the artist left it unsigned.[2]
Analysis
The mural depicts John Brown in the prelude to the Civil War, during the bleeding Kansas unrest. A study for the mural is in the Spencer Museum.[3]
References
- ↑ "Tragic Prelude - Kansas Memory".
- ↑ "The Controversy Surrounding "Tragic Prelude"". 17 September 2009.
- ↑ "Spencer Museum of Art | Collection - sketch for Tragic Prelude I (John Brown)". collection.spencerart.ku.edu. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
External links
- https://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-state-capitol-online-tour-tragic-prelude/16595
- https://www.kshs.org/teachers/pdfs/tragic_prelude_intermediate.pdf
- http://www.csmonitor.com/1989/1106/ucurry.html
- https://www.joslyn.org/Post/sections/375/Files/Curry%20Teaching%20Poster.pdf
- https://kansassampler.org/8wonders/8wondersofkansas-view.php?id=30
- https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/12500
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