Tragic Prelude
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| Artist | John Steuart Curry |
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| 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 11' 6" tall and 31 feet 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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