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In the course of over forty years, Alton Tobey created dozens of murals that are in museums and public institutions worldwide. A few are shown on this page. His subjects ranged from local and national history as well as scientific and archaeological discoveries to subjects of a cosmological nature, such as the one above. As a muralist he distinguishes himself as being not only a great artist, but as an inveterate researcher as well -- a perfectionist and a stickler for accuracy in each and every detail in all of his work.Alton Tobey working on his mural "The Constellations" at the Thornton-Donovan School in New Rochelle, New York. Partially visible in the photograph above are two of the four portraits on the east, West, North and South axes, of astronomy's founding fathers.
TO VISIT PAGES WITH MORE DETAILS ABOUT ANY MURAL,
OR INFORMATION ABOUT ITS CREATION, CLICK ON THE IMAGE ITSELF
OR ON THE HIGHLIGHTED "More details..." LINK IN THE TITLE.
THEN USE YOUR BROWSWER'S 'BACK' BUTTON TO RETURN TO THIS PAGE.
"A mural is a symphony of painting. It requires all the elements usually seen singly in other types of painting and tries to coordinate them into a single organic composition. . . The pictorial scheme must accentuate structure." -- Alton Tobey
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The two 7 x 12 foot murals of early "Inca Brain Surgery" (left above) and a history of man's "Self Mutilations in The Pursuit of Beauty" (right above) are in the Hall of Physical Anthropology at The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Click on either of the images or on the "More details..." links in any of the titles to go to details pages on any of the murals on this page.
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