Architecture, murals perfect aesthetic match

The Boston Globe | July 19, 1992| | Copyright

Before Puvis de Chavannes' canvases set sail for America and their installation at the Boston Public Library, in 1895, the murals were shown -- and greatly admired -- in Paris. A French writer, Gustave Geffroy, lamented their leaving, consoling himself only with a thought that seems to presage the 747: "America, having asked of us the paintings of our artists, will someday give us in return miraculous airships and seagoing vessels that in a matter of hours will take us across the seas to rediscover our achievements."

With virtually a free hand to choose artists to decorate the BPL, architect ...

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