The murals of the Saint Francis Auditorium of the Museum of Fine
Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico were dedicated in 1918 when the Museum
of Fine Arts was the subject of great festivities held for the
grand opening of the building, financed by private capital and
State money. The murals themselves are in excellent condition and
effectively grace the handsome auditorium. Their meaning is not
obvious; in only three of them does Saint Francis appear. One
inevitably wonders why the other subjects were selected; who made
the decisions as to the subjects; who gave the commission and when;
what artists did what for which pictures? What was the impact of
the unexpected death of the principal artist before the murals were
completed? These questions, but above all the meaning of the cycle
of pictures, instigated the author's research and are responsible
for clarifying Santa Fe's heritage of these extraordinary pictures.
Carl Sheppard taught at the University of Michigan, UCLA, and
the University of Minnesota where he was also Chair of the
Department. In New Mexico he concentrated on the period of the
first two decades of the twentieth century. The University of New
Mexico Press published his book "Creator of the Santa Fe Style:
Isaac Hamilton Rapp, Architect." The volume won the Gaspar Perez de
Villagra Award for an outstanding publication in 1988. Previously
Dr. Sheppard published primarily in the early Medieval field as
well as occasionally on subjects of modern art.
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