Education, by 1915

Sir Frank Brangwyn RA (1867 - 1956)

RA Collection: Art

A squared up design for part of a ceiling painting in the Missouri State Capitol, Jefferson City, USA. The scene represents 'Education' as is inscribed below the figure of a man seated on a plinth and flanked by two standing boys. On either edge of the semi-circular design are further figures, including a woman on the right who holds a wheatsheaf and fruit and probably representing Agriculture.

This drawing and 04/96 are both preparatory studies for the decoration of the domed rotunda ceiling of the Missouri State Capitol buildng. This drawing relates to the composition for the dome, on which Brangwyn depicted allegorical figures symbolising Agriculture, Commerce, Science and Education https://www.si.edu/object/eye-dome-painting%3Asiris_ari_362697.

The whole decorative scheme also included four pendentives featured the following scenes: Laclede parleying with the Indians, The Pioneers: Arrival of the Settlers, The Building of the New Home and Modern Industrial St. Louis.