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Posted 12 months ago
miKKoChris…
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(This painting is being posted in "Show & Tell" to allow for comparison with the Dorsey Doniphan portrait posted by hellokitty6811. Thank you.)
By the great courtesy of Mr. Devon Westerberg, Collections Manager - Fine and Decorative Arts, Supreme Court of the United States, we are pleased to present you with Dorsey Doniphan's painting of the Supreme Court, as it appeared in 1933-1934.
This painting, entitled “Interior of the U.S. Supreme Court”, depicts the Old Senate Chamber in the U.S. Capitol Building. Mr. Westerberg explained that the “Supreme Court occupied this room from 1860 to 1935, and the painting depicts what the room looked like from 1933-1934.” ( 1 )
This oil painting on canvas measures 30” x 40”. It was painted for the Public Works of Arts Project (PWAP), a Depression-era relief program for artists that was operative from Dec. 1933 to June 1934, and which was administered by Director Edward Bruce, himself a painter. The painting is signed in the lower left hand corner. This painting is not currently on display, and this is the only image I have ever seen of it anywhere. We are very grateful to Mr. Westerberg for his kind generosity in locating it for us. This is the only painting by Edwin Dorsey Doniphan (1897-1955) in the Supreme Court's art collection.
(1) Email of 6-20-12 from Devon Westerberg to miKKoChristmas11.
Thanks for sharing this MiKKo!
Thank you kindly, bratjdd and Bruce99! Regards, miKKo
Thank you kindly, Manikin! Regards, miKKo
Thank you kindly, BELLIN68! Regards, miKKo
Thank you kindly, scandinavian_pieces! It was a lot of fun hunting these down, and Mr. Westerberg was fabulously kind. Glad you liked it. Look forward to seeing more treasures from you. Did you ever discover who fashioned those marvelous! floral porcelain pieces you recently posted? Regards, miKKo
Great painting very masculine isn't it....:-)
Thank you kindly, inky! Yes, it is masculine looking. The palette Doniphan used here is quite different from what I tenetatively read as his 'usual range'. But it was a room with masculine furnishings and decor. I was very pleased to find this painting for two reasons. First, because it shows that Doniphan's work was judged fine enough to adorn the highest court in the land. Two, because it is one of his 'snapshot' paintings of a Washington scene soon to be no more. Shortly after this painting was painted, the construction (1932-35) of the Supreme Court building was completed, and so this 'venue' is no more. Thank you, inky, for your thoughtful and kind comment! Regards, miKKo
Do you know if they use this building for another purpose now? maybe they have turned into apartments, as they seem to do with all lovely old buildings these days :-[........:-)
Hi, inky! It would certainly make a stunning apartment, though I'd hate to pay the A/C bill with those high ceilings! : )
This chamber is in the United States Capitol Building, which is most definitely still in use. The room in question is currently used primarily as a museum of legislative history. Here's an interesting link:
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/old_sen_ch.cfm
(The flowering trees in the background are Washington's beloved cherry trees.)
I thought that second picture was the painting, thank you so much for that!...I shal sit with a cup of coffee and read it. It's a beautiful room, great that it is a museum to be being shared!....:-)
Thank you kindly, mrmajestic1 and mikielikesigns!! : ) miKKo
Thank you kindly, bratjdd!!! : )