List of artwork at the Minnesota State Capitol
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 |   |
1904 | L'Étoile du Nord | Cass Gilbert (Designer) | 1904 | Rotunda and Senate Hearing Room |
| Sculpture |  |
Unknown | Marble angel keystone | Unknown | Unknown | South Entrance (Exterior) |
| Sculpture |  |
Unknown | Marble relief of train | Unknown | Unknown | North Entrance (Exterior) |
| Sculpture |  |
Unknown | Marble relief of ship | Unknown | Unknown | North Entrance (Exterior) |
| Mural |  |
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 | 
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1905 | Discoverers and Civilizers Led to the Source of the Mississippi | Edwin H. Blashfield | 1905 | Senate Chamber, North Wall |
| Mural | 
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1905 | Minnesota: Granary of the World | Edwin H. Blashfield | 1905 | Senate Chamber, South Wall |
| Mural | -2021.jpg)
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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 | 
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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 |
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1889 | Andrew R. McGill | Carl Gutherz | 1944 | 1st floor, West Stair Corridor North |
| Governor Portrait |
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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 |
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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 |
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1873 | Horace Austin | Carl Gutherz | 1944 | 1st Floor, West Stair Corridor South |
| Governor Portrait |
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1927 | Jacob A.O. Preus | Carl Bohnen | 1944 | 1st Floor, East Stair Corridor |
| Governor Portrait |
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1907 | John A. Johnson | Nicholas Brewer | 1944 | 1st Floor, East Dome Corridor |
| Governor Portrait |
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1902 | John Lind | Max Bohm | 1944 | 1st Floor, North Dome Corridor |
| Governor Portrait |
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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 | Stephen Cepello (1949-) | 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 | .jpg) |
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 | Edmond Thomas Quinn (1868-1929) | 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 Norbert Bassett (1925-2023) | 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 Norbert Bassett (1925-2023) | 1981 | 1st Floor, North Corridor | |
| Bust |  |
1985 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | George Norbert Bassett (1925-2023) | 1986 | 1st Floor, East Grand Staircase |
| Bust |  |
1985 | Wabasha III | JoAnne Bird (1945-) | 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 |
List of Removed Artwork
[edit]| 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 | _in_the_Battle_of_Ta-Ha-Kouty_(Killdeer_Mountain).jpg) |
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Inventory of Art in the Minnesota State Capitol" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Administration. December 2015. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ^ a b c d "Reconciling History". Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ^ 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.