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Art in City Buildings Elevates Public Taste Across Boston and New York
Bela L. Pratt’s bas relief panels for the Boston Opera House symbolize a shift toward integrating sculpture and mural painting in commercial structures. The piece traces Pratt’s career from Norwich to Yale and Paris, highlights iconic works, and notes debates over the National Academy of Design site in Central Park, while surveying recent exhibitions and memorial projects including Longfellow’s statue in Washington and the Tissot paintings at the New York Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bela L. Pratt
Boston
Boston Opera House
Hammerstein
New York
Philadelphia
Pratt
Mr. Pratt
Norwich
Conn
Yale School of Fine Arts
St. Gaudens
Falguiere
Paris
St. Louis
Armory
Central Park
National Academy of Design
The
Academy
Morningside Heights
Columbia
Society of American Artists
Sargent
Laszlo Szechenyi
Gladys Vanderbilt
Henry W. Longfellow
Washington
William Cooper
Jacob H. Schiff
New York Public Library
James J. Tissot
Edward Hale Brush