Works of Art in the Library

Outside Director's Office: "Fluid" by Natasha Prouty (2005 - Copper). Prouty graduated from Lawrence in 2005 and was the recipient of the Senior Art Exhibition Award.

Wall outside 127: "Popped" by Sarah I. Bowen (2001 - Ceramic, Acrylic, Epoxy, Nails). The second Senior Art Exhibition Purchase Award. Bowen graduated from Lawrence in 2001.

Milwaukee-Downer Room: "Chapman Memorial Library, Milwaukee-Downer College"
"John B. Johnson Jr." (1951-1964) President.
"Floral Still Life" by Marjorie Logan
"Ellen C. Sabin" by Emily Groom (Charcoal)
"Ellen Sabin" by Louis Betts (ca. 1912 - Oil). Sabin was president of Milwaukee-Downer College, 1891-1921.
"Lucia R. Briggs" by Emily Groom

Above the entrance in the Milwaukee-Downer Room: "Crew Oar" from Milwaukee-Downer College

Outside the Milwaukee-Downer Room: Map of Milwaukee-Downer College dated 1927
"wrap a madela around me so that i may become transcendent (day #3)" by Nolan Riegler (2004 - mixed media). Class of 2004 Senior Show Purchase Award.

Circulation Office: "Nantucket" by Emily Groom (Watercolor)
"Lake Atitlan" by Emily Groom (Watercolor)

Reserve Room: "Park with Figures II" by Altman (1964)
"Towards Elizabeth" by Thomas Locker

Outside Lincoln Reading Room: "Portrait of Lincoln" by E.C. Middleton (1864 - Chromolithograph). Gift of Professor Emeritus Ben and Mrs. Kay Schneider.
"The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet" by Alexander Hay Ritchie (1864 - engraving).

Lincoln Reading Room: A Portrait of Lincoln by Schneider (pencil).
"Gettysburg Pose" by Alexander Gardner (1862 - photograph). Printed from the original collodium glass plate negative.
Photograph of Lincoln by Alexander Hester (1860).
"Abraham Lincoln" by Leonard Wells Volk (1860 - alvastone, bronze bust).
"The Council of War" by John Rogers (1868 - painted plaster).
"Life Mask of Abraham Lincoln" by Leonard Wells Volk (1860). Bronze cast of original.
"Casts of Lincoln's hands" by Leonard Wells Volk (1860). Bronze casts of original.

Wall outside 116: "Sing While Pounding the Rice" by My-Linh Nguyen (2002 - silkscreen and linocut print). Class of 2002 Senior Show Purchase Award.

Media Center: "Synthetic(s)" by Melissa Joy Kozlik (2000 - Scanning Electron Micrograph). The first Senior Art Exhibition Purchase Award. Kozlik graduated from Lawrence in 2000.

North Wall - Gallery of Presidents: "Samuel Plantz" by Francis Cranmer Greenman (1923 - Oil). Plantz was president of Lawrence University, 1894-1924.
"Henry Merritt Wriston" by Robert K. Fletcher (1944 - Oil). Wriston was president of Lawrence University, 1925-1937
"Thomas Nichols Barrows" by F.R. Harper (ca. 1943 - Oil). Barrows was president of Lawrence University, 1937-1943
"Nathan Marsh Pusey" by Robert K. Fletcher (1953 - Oil). Pusey was president of Lawrence University, 1944-1953
"Douglas Maitland Knight" by Tom Dietrich (1963 - Oil). Knight was president of Lawrence University, 1954-1963
"Curtis William Tarr" by Lester W. Bentley (1969 - Oil). Tarr was president of Lawrence University, 1963-1969
"Thomas S. Smith" by Keith David Hoover (1979 - Oil). Smith was president of Lawrence University, 1969-1979

North Wall - Tom Dietrich Gallery (from Room 401 to West Wall): "Main Hall" by, Tom Dietrich (1952)
"Morning After Rain, Lake Nebagamon, WI" by, Tom Dietrich (1937)
"Torch Lake Beach" by Tom Dietrich, in memory of Suzanne McCarthy (1934-1954)
"Untitled" by Tom Dietrich in honor of Dr. Dorothy Waples (1979), donated by Dr. Andrew and Mrs. Bernice Bixler.
"Window Opening on Lake Nakomis" by Tom Dietrich (1963)
"Lake Nakomis I" by Tom Dietrich
"View of College Avenue, 1882" by Tom Dietrich (1957 - Casein), donated by Mr. and Mrs. Guy E. McCorison.
A watercolor by Tom Dietrich (1995)
An oil painting by Tom Dietrich, donated by Stanley Severson 1995.
A watercolor by Tom Dietrich (1947)
Room 401: "Yachting I" by Robert Von Neumann (aquatint and drypoint etching with hand coloring)
"Cranes" by C.S. Whymper (1910- Watercolor)
"Yachting II" by Robert Von Neumann (aquatint and drypoint etching with hand coloring)

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