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Title |
Canticle of the Sun |
Date |
1946 |
Object Name |
Mural |
Description |
The painting is a large-scale mural of a stylized sun god walking above a landscape. It measures 96"h x 444"w (actual). "The title is from a song written by St. Francis of Assisi in 1225. In the mural a man walks across the sky above a peaceful landscape of plowing farmers and shepherds tending to their flocks." Dunitz, Robin, Street Gallery: Guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals, RJD Enterprises, 1998 "Born in Denmark in 1886, Nielsen was a an illustrator of the first rank. According to Rodney Engen, a London art consultant and book dealer, Nielsen was a major figure whose illustrations for such classic children's books as "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" (1924) Nielsen had come to Los Angeles in the 1930s to design a production of "Everyman" at the Hollywood Bowl. He also worked for several short periods at Walt Disney Studios, earning a film credit as art director of the "Night on Bald Mountain" sequence of "Fantasia" (1940)" Biedernab, Patricia Ward, A Fading ‘Spring’:Lack of Funds and Time Take Toll on School’s Famous Mural, Los Angeles Times Sept. 7, 1995 |
Catalog Number |
MU62 |
School Site # |
8123 |
School Name |
Emerson Community Charter |
Dimension Details |
96"h x 444"w (actual) |
Material |
Oil on canvas |
Artist |
Neilsen, Kay Rasmus |
Role Artist |
Artist |
Related Publications |
BK22 "Canticle of the Sun A Mural" Poetry selected and illustrated by the author and artist Kay Nielsen about the Emerson MS mural "Canticle of the Sun". Published by Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High School, 1946. Biedernab, Patricia Ward, A Fading ‘Spring’:Lack of Funds and Time Take Toll on School’s Famous Mural, Los Angeles Times Sept. 7, 1995 |
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