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List of artwork at the Minnesota State Capitol

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For detailed history, see Minnesota State Capitol artwork.

A comprehensive but not complete list of artworks at the Minnesota State Capitol. [1]

Type Image Date Completed Name/
Representation		 Artist Date Placed Location
Sculpture
L’Étoile du Nord
Reverse side of L’Étoile du Nord		 1904 L'Étoile du Nord Cass Gilbert (Designer) 1904 Rotunda and Senate Hearing Room
Sculpture
Marble Angel keystone		 Unknown Marble angel keystone Unknown Unknown South Entrance (Exterior)
Sculpture
Marble Relief of Train		 Unknown Marble relief of train Unknown Unknown North Entrance (Exterior)
Sculpture
Marble Angel keystone		 Unknown Marble relief of ship Unknown Unknown North Entrance (Exterior)
Mural
Contemplative Spirit of the East		 1904 Contemplative Spirit of the East Kenyon Cox 1904 East Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Livestock farming/winnowing lunette Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 East Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Commerce lunette Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 East Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Stonecutting lunette Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 East Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Milling lunette Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 East Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Mining lunette Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 East Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Shipping/navigation lunette Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 East Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Courage Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 Senate Chamber
Mural
1904 Equality Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 Senate Chamber
Mural
1904 Justice Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 Senate Chamber
Mural
1904 Freedom Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 Senate Chamber
Mural
1905 Discoverers and Civilizers Led to the Source of the Mississippi Edwin H. Blashfield 1905 Senate Chamber, North Wall
Mural
1905 Minnesota: Granary of the World Edwin H. Blashfield 1905 Senate Chamber, South Wall
Mural
1903 The Sacred Flame (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow) Henry Oliver Walker 1905 West Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Horticulture lunette Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 West Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Hunting/huntress lunette Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 West Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Logging lunette Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 West Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Fur trading/pioneer lunette Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 West Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Agriculture/sowing lunette Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 West Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Dairy farming lunette Arthur Willett (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 West Grand Staircase
Mural
1904 Summer Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 3rd Floor South Corridor Ceiling
Mural
1904 Autumn Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 3rd Floor West Corridor Ceiling
Mural
1904 Winter Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 3rd Floor West Corridor Ceiling
Mural
1904 Spring Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 3rd Floor West Corridor Ceiling
Mural
1904 Alexander Hamilton quote Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 3rd Floor South Corridor
Mural
1904 Cushman K. Davis quote Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 3rd Floor North Corridor
Mural 1904 Minnesota Flora Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 House Retiring Room
Mural
1904 The Home of General Sibley Unknown 1904 House Chamber West Corridor
Mural
1904 The First Church in St. Paul Unknown 1904 House Chamber West Corridor
Mural
1904 The Round Tower Ft. Snelling Unknown 1904 House Chamber West Corridor
Mural
1904 The Old Block House Ft. Snelling Unknown 1904 House Chamber West Corridor
Mural
1904 The River Navigators Unknown 1904 House Chamber East Corridor
Mural
1904 The Rugged Men of the Pine Unknown 1904 House Chamber East Corridor
Mural
1904 Kittson the First Representative Unknown 1904 House Chamber East Corridor
Mural
1904 The Famous Red River Carts Unknown 1904 House Chamber East Corridor
Mural
1904 Zodiac lunette-Aquarius Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 Dome
Mural
1904 Zodiac lunette-Capricorn Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 Dome
Mural
1904 Zodiac lunette-Sagittarius Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 Dome
Mural
1904 Zodiac lunette-Scorpio Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 Dome
Mural
1904 Zodiac lunette-Libra Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 Dome
Mural
1904 Zodiac lunette-Virgo Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 Dome
Mural
1904 Zodiac lunette-Leo Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 Dome
Mural
1904 Zodiac lunette-Cancer Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 Dome
Mural
1904 Zodiac lunette-Gemini Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 Dome
Mural
1904 Zodiac lunette-Taurus Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 Dome
Mural
1904 Zodiac lunette-Aries Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 Dome
Mural
1904 Zodiac lunette-Pisces Elmer Garnsey (Design) 1904 Dome
Mural
1904 Civilization of the Northwest: The American Genius Edward Simmons 1905 Rotunda, Southwest Corner
Mural
1904 Civilization of the Northwest: The American Genius Edward Simmons 1905 Rotunda, Northwest Corner
Mural
1904 Civilization of the Northwest: The American Genius Edward Simmons 1905 Rotunda, Northeast Corner
Mural
1904 Civilization of the Northwest: The American Genius Edward Simmons 1906 Rotunda, Southeast Corner
Mural
1903 Moral and Divine Law John La Farge 1905 Supreme Court Chamber, East Wall
Mural
1905 The Adjustment of Conflicting Interests John La Farge 1906 Supreme Court Chamber, South Wall
Mural
1905 The Relation of the Individual to the State John La Farge 1906 Supreme Court Chamber, West Wall
Mural
1905 Recording of Precedents John La Farge 1906 Supreme Court Chamber, North Wall
Mural 1935 Old Fort Charlotte on the Pigeon River State Emergency Relief Administration (SERA ) artist, Unknown 1935 B-22 (Former Governor's Dining)
Mural 1936 River fishing scene Carl Olson 1936 B-27 (Former Justice's Dining Room)
Painting
1906 The Battle of Nashville Howard Pyle 1906 Governor's Reception Room
Painting
1904 The Fourth Minnesota Entering Vicksburg Francis David Millet 1906 Governor's Reception Room
Painting
1906 The Second Minnesota at Mission Ridge Stephen A. Douglas Volk 1906 Governor's Reception Room
Painting
1906 The Battle of Gettysburg Rufus F. Zogbaum 1907 Governor's Reception Room
Painting
1910 The Third Minnesota Entering Little Rock Stanley M. Arthurs 1910 Governor's Ante Room
Painting
1912 The Fifth Minnesota at Corinth Edwin H. Blashfield 1912 Governor's Ante Room
Painting
1905 Father Hennepin at St. Anthony Falls Stephen A. Douglas Volk 1905 Originally Governor's Reception Room

Moved to 3rd Floor Gallery [2]

Painting
1905 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux Francis Davis Millet 1905 Originally Governor's Reception Room

Moved to 3rd Floor Gallery[2]

Governor
Portrait
1917 Adolph Olson Eberhart Arvid F. Nyholm 1944 1st Floor, East Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait
1873 Alexander Ramsey Carl Gutherz 1944 1st Floor, West Corridor
Governor
Portrait
1889 Andrew R. McGill Carl Gutherz 1944 1st floor, West Stair Corridor North
Governor
Portrait
1882 Cushman K. Davis Carl Gutherz 1944 1st floor, West Stair Corridor South
Governor
Portrait
1893 David M. Clough Herbert G. Conner 1944 1st Floor, North Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 1939 Elmer Benson Carl Bohnen 1944 1st Floor, East Corridor
Governor
Portrait
1936 Floyd B. Olson Carl Bohnen 1944 1st Floor, East Corridor
Governor
Portrait
1943 Harold E. Stassen Carl Bohnen 1944 1st Floor, East Corridor
Governor
Portrait
1871 Henry A. Swift Unknown 1944 1st Floor, West Corridor
Governor
Portrait
c.1860 Henry Hastings Sibley John P. Bligh 1944 1st Floor, West Corridor
Governor
Portrait
1937 Hjalmar Petersen Carl Bohnen 1944 1st Floor, East Corridor
Governor
Portrait
1873 Horace Austin Carl Gutherz 1944 1st Floor, West Stair Corridor South
Governor
Portrait
1927 Jacob A.O. Preus Carl Bohnen 1944 1st Floor, East Stair Corridor
Governor
Portrait
1907 John A. Johnson Nicholas Brewer 1944 1st Floor, East Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait
1902 John Lind Max Bohm 1944 1st Floor, North Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait
1915 Winfield Hammond Nicholas Brewer 1944 1st Floor, East Stair Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 c.1947 Edward J. Thye Theodore Sohner 1947 1st Floor, East Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 c.1955 Clyde Elmer Anderson Edward V. Brewer 1955 Ground Floor, West Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 c.1961 Orville L. Freeman Elizabeth Mihalyi 1961 Ground Floor, West Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 c.1963 Elmer L. Anderson Edward V. Brewer 1963 Ground Floor, North Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 1964 Luther W. Youngdahl Louis A. Grendahl 1964 1st Floor, East Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 1967 Karl F. Rolvaag Frances Cranmer Greenman 1967 Ground Floor, North Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 1971 Harold Levander Barbara Brewer Peet 1971 Ground Floor, North Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 1981 Wendell R. Anderson Richard Lack 1982 Ground Floor, North Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 1985 Albert Quie Richard Lack 1984 Ground Floor, East Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 1999 Arne Carlson Stephen Gjertson 1999 Ground Floor, South Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 2000 Rudy Perpich Mark Balma 2000 Ground Floor, East Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 2003 Jesse Ventura Steve Ceppelo 2003 Ground Floor, South Dome Corridor
Governor
Portrait		 2011 Tim Pawlenty Rossin 2011 Ground Floor, S. Corridor, Great Hall
Portrait 1931 Abraham Lincoln Edward V. Brewer 1932 House Chamber
Portrait 1988 Gordon Rosenmeier Charles Caspner 1990 G17
Portrait c.1890 Charles Gilman Vera Clark Place c.1920 223
Portrait Unknown George Washington Unknown c.1960 125
Portrait 1890 Joe Rolette Unknown c.1907 112
Portrait
1972 Gordon Rosenmeier Jerome Ryan Unknown 122
Statue
1905 Bounty (Virtue) Daniel Chester French 1905 South Attic (Exterior)
Statue
1905 Courage (Virtue) Daniel Chester French 1905 South Attic (Exterior)
Statue
1905 Integrity (Virtue) Daniel Chester French 1905 South Attic (Exterior)
Statue
1905 Prudence (Virtue) Daniel Chester French 1905 South Attic (Exterior)
Statue
1905 Truth (Virtue) Daniel Chester French 1905 South Attic (Exterior)
Statue
1905 Wisdom (Virtue) Daniel Chester French 1905 South Attic (Exterior)
Statue
1906 Progress of the State (Quadriga) Daniel Chester French / Edward Potter 1906 South Drum Terrace (Exterior)
Statue
1909 William Colvill Catherine Backus 1909 2nd Floor, Rotunda
Statue
1910 Alexander Wilkin John Karl Daniels 1910 2nd Floor, Rotunda
Statue
1911 John Sanborn John Karl Daniels 1911 2nd Floor, Rotunda
Statue
1914 James Shields Fredrick C. Hibbard 1914 2nd Floor, Rotunda
Statue
1938 Minnesota Spirit of Government Brioschi Studios 1938 House Chamber
Statue
1925 German Pioneers Albert Jaegers 1959 1st Floor, North Entrance Vestibule
Bust
1906 Henry Rice Luella Varney 1910 Senate Chamber
Bust 1895 Knute Nelson Jacob Fjelde 1915 Senate Chamber
Bust
1925 Cass Gilbert Edward Quinn 1926 1st Floor, West Dome Corridor
Bust Unknown William Windom Unknown 1944 1st Floor, South Dome Corridor
Bust 1860 Henry Hastings Sibley Henry Dexter 1974 1st Floor, North Dome Corridor
Bust 1901 Ignatius Donnelly John Karl Daniels 1974 1st Floor, North Dome corridor
Bust 1891 William Watts Folwell Jacob Fjelde 1974 1st Floor, North Dome Corridor
Bust
1977 Hubert H. Humphrey George Bassett 1977 1st Floor, West Grand Staircase
Bust
1983 Nicholas D. Coleman Paul T. Granlund 1983 1st Floor, West Dome Corridor
Bust
1984 Warren Burger Walker Hancock 1984 2nd Floor, Supreme Court Foyer
Bust 1985 Sigurd Olson George Bassett 1981 1st Floor, North Corridor
Bust
1985 Martin Luther King, Jr. George Bassett 1986 1st Floor, East Grand Staircase
Bust
1985 Wabasha III JoAnne Bird 1986 1st Floor, East Dome Corridor
Bust
1990 Edward Burdick Paul T. Granlund 1990 House of Representatives Lobby
Bust
Unknown Cushman Davis I.G. Trentanove Unknown Senate Chamber
Bust
1906 William Washburn Franklin Simmons Unknown Senate Chamber, SE corner
Bust
1926 Winfield Scott Hammond Bryant Baker Unknown 1st Floor, South Dome Corridor
Plaque
1907 Board of Capitol Commissioners Cass Gilbert / G.A. Carsley (Designers) 1907 1st Floor, South Dome Corridor
Plaque
1907 Capitol dedication Cass Gilbert / G.A. Carsley (Designers) 1907 1st Floor, South Dome Corridor
Plaque
1907 Capitol description Cass Gilbert / G.A. Carsley (Designers) 1907 1st Floor, South Dome Corridor
Plaque
2019 Capitol restoration 2019 1st Floor, South Dome Corridor
Plaque
1907 34th Senate of the State of Minnesota Cass Gilbert 1908 Senate Retiring Room
Plaque
1911 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment Catherine Backus/Fredrick C. Hibbard 1911 1st Floor, Rotunda
Plaque
Unknown Clara Ueland Louis Gross 1927 1st Floor, Rotunda
Plaque
1928 Alexander Ramsey Cass Gilbert (Design) 1929 1st Floor, West Corridor
Plaque
1937 Floyd B. Olson Charles Brioschi 1938 1st Floor, West Corridor
Plaque
1938 Martha Ripley Charles S. Wells 1939 1st Floor, Rotunda
Plaque
1938 Old Northwest Territory Unknown c.1939 1st Floor, Rotunda
Plaque
1943-1948 13th Minnesota Infantry Regiment Brioschi Studios 1948 1st Floor, Rotunda
Plaque
1964 Roscoe Pound Unknown c.1964 2nd Floor, East Corridor 
Plaque
2002 Philippine-American War Ann  Klefstad 2002 1st Floor, Rotunda 

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Transcription

List of Removed Artwork

Type Image Date Completed Name Artist Date Placed Location Date Removed Reason
Mural
1904 Records William Andrew MacKay (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 House of Representatives Chamber 1938 (still in existence but covered)[3]
Mural
1904 History William Andrew MacKay (Artist)
Elmer Garnsey (Design)		 1904 House of Representatives Chamber 1938 (still in existence but covered)[3]
Painting
1910 Battle of Ta-Ha-Kouty (Killdeer Mtn.) Carl L. Boeckmann 1914 317 2016 Removed[2]
Painting
1904 Attack on New Ulm Anton Gag c.1923 118 2016 Removed[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Inventory of Art in the Minnesota State Capitol" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Administration. December 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  2. ^ a b c d "Reconciling History". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  3. ^ a b O'Sullivan, Thomas (1994). North Star Statehouse: An Armchair Guide to the Minnesota State Capitol. Pogo Press. p. 52. ISBN 1-880654-07-5.
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