dieser beitrag wurde verfasst in: englisch (eng/en)
künstler: John W. Beauchamp
titel: The History of Montana. They depict Exploration and Settlement. Transportation. The Arts, Education, and the Sciences
jahr: 1943
adresse: Commission Chamber of the City-County Building, Helena, Montana, USA
+: Saloon manager Kenny Egan commissioned artist Jack Beauchamp to paint the series in 1943 for his Mint Cigar Store and Tavern, which was located at 20-1/2 North Main Street in downtown Helena. Less than twenty years after they were completed, the murals were painstakingly removed from the walls of the Mint prior to that building’s demolition. In 1981 the Dennis and Vivian Connors Family donated the masterworks to the Montana Historical Society where they were carefully stored and cared for in anticipation of the day when they could be returned to public exhibition. In 2006, in a project jointly funded by the City County Administration Building Board, the Montana Historical Society, and the Helena Public Art Committee, the three paintings were restored and installed in these Commission Chambers.