{"id":108,"date":"2014-09-19T22:58:49","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T22:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eugenekingman.com\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2017-01-17T13:29:34","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T18:29:34","slug":"major-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eugenekingman.com\/?page_id=108","title":{"rendered":"Major Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

Throughout his career as an artist, museum director, consultant, and exhibit designer, Eugene Kingman was invited to work on a number of commissions. Featured below are some of his most notable commissioned accomplishments and contributions.<\/p>\n

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EUGENE KINGMAN \/ NEW YORK TIMES MURAL – RECENT EXCITING NEWS!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

A special mural which Eugene Kingman painted in 1948 and was displayed in the New York Times<\/strong><\/em> lobby for a number of years, has been donated and shipped to the Joslyn Castle Trust in Omaha Nebraska for restoration.\u00a0On June 16, 2016 the public was\u00a0invited to attend a\u00a0special Unveiling Celebration of this mural at the Omaha Public Library<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Commissioned by The New York Times<\/em> Publisher, Arthur Hayes Sulzberger in 1946, this mural was painted by Eugene Kingman in Omaha, while he was Director of the Joslyn Art Museum. In 1948 the mural was displayed in the main lobby of the NY Times Building for over 40 years, and remained there until the late 1980’s, when it was taken down during remodeling. In 2013 Maureen McCann Waldron formed a committee of Omaha art lovers and began working with the The New York Times<\/em> and Kingman’s two daughters, Elizabeth Anne Kingman and Mixie Kingman Eddy, to return the mural to Omaha. In 2014 the Times<\/em> donated the mural at the Joslyn Castle Trust to be restored, and displayed\u00a0in its new permanent home,\u00a0the Omaha Public Library in June 2016.<\/p>\n

NOTE the uplifting, timeless quote at the top of this mural, by\u00a0Susan Coolidge:
\n\u201cEvery day is a fresh beginning\u2026Every morn is the world made new.<\/strong><\/em>”<\/p>\n

For more background information, read Joslyn Castle’s Brochure<\/a>, <\/em><\/strong>and a delightful New York Times article<\/a>,<\/strong><\/em> written by David Dunlap right during the mural event.\u00a0Also, a\u00a0front page article in the\u00a0Omaha World Herald<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>describes this mural, and an earlier World Herald <\/em><\/a><\/strong>article<\/a> announced the painting’s original installation. Additional\u00a0photos of this mural and all the folks involved with its restoration are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Facebook – Kingman\/New York Times Mural in Omaha<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/strong>Contact email: KingmanMural@gmail.com or mkeddy@eugenekingman.com<\/p>\n

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The Kingman NYT mural was dedicated at the Dale Clark Library during a presentation by Maureen McCann Waldron,. The Kingman daughters (Elizabeth Anne Kingman and Mixie Kingman Eddy), and grandson, Quinlan Kingman Eddy were present.<\/p><\/div>\n

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NATIONAL PARKS PAINTINGS DISPLAYED AT THE 1931 PARIS EXPO IN CELEBRATION OF THE 2016 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eugene Kingman\u2019s seven National Park paintings for the 1931 Paris Expo<\/strong>\u00a0were displayed\u00a0in a\u00a0poster presentation during this special Symposium on June 20-25, 2016 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. \u00a0This poster, designed by Eugene Kingman\u2019s eldest daughter, Mixie Kingman Eddy, features paintings of \u00a0popular national parks: (Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Grand Canyon, Sequoia, Mt. Rainier, Crater Lake, and Yosemite).<\/p>\n

Back in 1931 HORACE M. ALBRIGHT, the Director of the\u00a0<\/span>National Park Service, commissioned Eugene Kingman to paint large oil paintings of seven popular national parks, which were sent to Paris to be displayed during the 1931 Paris Expo. Albright wanted to attract\u00a0<\/span>Europeans to visit and experience first-hand America\u2019s treasured natural wonders. The idea was to lift everyone\u2019s spirits during the pre-\u201cNew Deal\u201d era following the Great Depression.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Symposium Poster Abstract Featuring Kingman’s 7 National Parks Paintings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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MURALS IN U.S. POST OFFICES…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eugene Kingman also won a major commission sponsored by the United States Treasury Art Project to create murals at three U.S. Post Offices. This was part of the Nation\u2019s New Deal Artists Program to encourage promising talent to create art in public buildings and other community venues. More background describing these murals\u00a0is here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCretaceous Landscape\u201d\u00a0Mural, Post Office at Kemmerer, Wyoming – 1938<\/strong><\/p>\n

Egg tempera on gessoed canvas.<\/p>\n

Kemmerer is situated near the geological beds that contain several
\ntypes of dinosaurs.<\/p>\n

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Post Office Photo Credit: Bob Carlitz<\/p>\n

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Mural, Post Office at Hyattsville, Maryland – 1937<\/strong><\/p>\n

Egg tempera on gessoed canvas.<\/p>\n

Post Office Photo Credit: Bob Carlitz<\/p>\n

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\u201c1938 Hurricane\u201d\u00a0Mural, Post Office at East Providence, Rhode Island – 1939<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Post Office Photo Credit: Eugene Kingman<\/p>\n

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC\u00a0MAGAZINE…
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\nIn 1936 Eugene Kingman was invited to use his combined scientific and artistic background to illustrate a geographic article by Wallace W. Atwood, who commissioned him to paint depictions of how Yosemite and Crater Lake National Parks evolved and might have appeared over millions of years. Read this\u00a0fascinating article and view 13 of Eugene Kingman’s oil paintings in this 1937 issue of National Geographic Magazine<\/i><\/b><\/a>\u00a0featuring both National Parks.<\/p>\n

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Yosemite National Park and Crater Lake National Park as they might\u00a0have appeared centuries ago.<\/p>\n

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