Record #:

8642

Author(s):

Foushee, Ola Maie

Abstract:

In 1815, Governor William Miller appealed to the North Carolina General Assembly to commission a statue and two portraits of President George Washington, for the State House rotunda, House room, and Senate room, respectively. The assembly appropriated $10,000 for a statue of Washington by Antonio Canova of Rome, Italy. Thomas Sully was chosen as the painter and, in 1817, completed a full-length copy of Gilbert Stuart's famous portrait of Washington. This portrait was placed in the State House and suffered fire damage when the House burned in 1831, and the restoration of the portrait was not begun until 1980. Dr. Adele De Cruz of the North Carolina Museum of Art, together with three other conservators and four assistants, has fully restored the painting, which will return to the State Capitol after being on display for a time at the museum.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 49 Issue 1, June 1981, p8-10, il, por

Subject(s):

Washington, George, 1732--1799--Portraits

Record #:

8689

Author(s):

Foushee, Ola Maie

Abstract:

Cynvia Arthur received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1972. A native of Salisbury, she began painting a historical mural in downtown Salisbury in 1978, on an outside wall of Maxwell Furniture Company. The mural was dedicated in 1980 but was not completed until 1981. Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Sara Hodgkins, was the keynote speaker at the dedication ceremonies. Over $30,000 had to be raised to fund the painting of the mural, which depicts scenes of turn-of-the-century life in Rowan County.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 49 Issue 6, Nov 1981, p8-10, il

Subject(s):

Street painting--Salisbury; Art, Municipal--Salisbury