Talk:Genesis (Lebrun)

Creation and DYK

@Chirpy-slirpy-BURPY, thanks for creating this article! I'd left it unwritten, despite having worked on content about basically everything else relating to Pomona, as a kind of token to Wikipedia's work-in-progress nature. So congrats on being the one to see and step into the gap!

If we manage to expand the article a little more, it'll be long enough to be eligible for a Main Page appearance in the "Did you know" section, which I think would be cool! Looking to Prometheus (Orozco) as an example, the areas where we could expand this are more coverage of the mural's development (i.e. how it came to be commissioned) and reception (i.e. what people have said about its effect).

For the fun fact itself, perhaps Did you know...that Genesis (pictured) is "a religious painting created during a non-religious age"? from the Selz quote on the official description page might work? Once we're ready, the nomination itself can be made here. Cheers, Sdkb ^talk 17:13, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

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Genesis (1960)

• ... that Rico Lebrun refused to provide the Pomona College Board of Trustees with sketches for approval of the Genesis mural (pictured) they commissioned from him? Source: Art Journal "The president of Pomona then suggested that a committee of trustees should see sketches for approval. Both Selz and Lebrun objected on the grounds that the work of a well-known artist should be evaluated on the basis of his accomplishments. The donors took the same position. After a year's delay, while Lebrun was at Yale, the president and trustees agreed to give the artist a free hand."
  • ALT1: ... that Genesis (pictured) is "a religious painting created during a non-religious age"? Source: Benton Museum of Art "In the words of art historian Peter Selz, 'by and large, he stands as a controversial and solitary figure, and the Genesis mural, a religious painting created during a non-religious age, remains a unique act.'"
  • ALT2: ... that Rico Lebrun's preparatory drawings for Genesis (pictured) covered most of the tables in the Pomona College dining hall where he painted it? Source: The History of Pomona College, 1887-1969 Lebrun had planned to paint the mural during the summer of 1960 and arrived in June with drawings so extensive that they covered most of the tables of Frary Hall.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/TKTK
  • Comment: Given that the subject is a mural, an inherently visual topic, I would much prefer this to appear with the image (even if it means having to wait longer for a slot to open).

Created by Chirpy-slirpy-BURPY (talk) and Sdkb (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 42 past nominations.

Sdkb ^talk 06:34, 8 October 2024 (UTC).