Genesis (Lebrun)
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| Artist | Rico Federico Lebrun |
| Year | 1960 |
| Medium | Black polyvinyl acetone on gypsum plaster[1] |
| Location | Frary Dining Hall, Pomona College, Claremont |
Genesis is a mural by Italian-American painter and sculptor Rico Federico Lebrun depicting the suffering that humankind experiences in the Book of Genesis.[1] It was commissioned by Pomona College and completed in 1960.[2] It is located on the south entrance of the Frary Dining Hall.
Description and development
The mural is on the interior wall of the south entrance of Frary Dining Hall at Pomona College. The central figure is Noah sheltering a child, while being surrounded by representations of the Genesis flood, Job, Sodom and Gomorrah, Cain and Abel, and Adam and Eve.[3] Lebrun's concept was to depict "the evolution of form," and he discussed "half-borrowing and half-inventing organic fragments, skulls, sections of backbones, sections of ribcages, roots of plants, geological formations...to weld some kind of design which would put across the becoming of form."[4]
See also
Public art at Pomona College
- Dividing the Light (Pomona College skyspace) by James Turrell, 2007
- Prometheus by José Clemente Orozco, 1930
- The Spirit of Spanish Music by Burt William Johnson, 1916
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Davidson, Martha (Spring 1962). "Rico Lebrun Mural at Pomona". Art Journal. 21 (3): 143–175. doi:10.2307/774410. JSTOR 774410.
- ^ Lyon, E. Wilson (1977). The History of Pomona College, 1887–1969. The Castle Press. pp. 485–487.
- ^ Sutton, Frances (29 April 2020). "Framed: 'Genesis' is the divine judgment above Frary's steps". The Student Life. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "Rico Lebrun's Genesis". Benton Museum of Art. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
External links
- Genesis information page at the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College