{"id":48,"date":"2022-11-09T11:24:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T16:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2025-08-14T11:57:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:57:14","slug":"frescoes-within","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/frescoes-within\/","title":{"rendered":"Frescoes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide has-text-align-center\" style=\"border-radius:0px\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;As we looked at the white plastered walls of the Meeting House, the idea naturally presented itself that here was the ready-made opportunity to                                               paint frescoes for years to come.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Margaret Day Blake, 1952<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/al-blaustein-north-wall-fresco\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1205\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Al-Blaustein-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Al-Blaustein-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Al-Blaustein-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Al-Blaustein-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Al-Blaustein-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Al-Blaustein-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Al Blaustein, Scenes from the Old Testament, 1953. Fresco. South Solon Meeting House (photo: Yvonne Laube).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/frescos-within\/anne-poor-fresco\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"484\" data-id=\"1202\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Anne-Poor.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Anne-Poor.png 236w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Anne-Poor-146x300.png 146w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anne Poor, Vestibule, 1956. Fresco. South Solon Meeting House (photo: David Franzen).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/ashley-bryan-center-east-wall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"606\" data-id=\"1208\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Ashley-Bryan-1024x606.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Ashley-Bryan-1024x606.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Ashley-Bryan-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Ashley-Bryan-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Ashley-Bryan-1536x909.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Ashley-Bryan-2048x1212.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ashley Bryan, Parable of The Sower, 1956, Fresco. South Solon Meeting House (photo: David Franzen).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/edwin-brooks-ceiling-fresco\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1206\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Edwin-Brooks-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Edwin-Brooks-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Edwin-Brooks-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Edwin-Brooks-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Edwin-Brooks-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Edwin-Brooks-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Edwin-Brooks-scaled.jpg 1703w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Edwin Brooks, Ceiling Fresco, 1955. South Solon Meeting House (photo: David Franzen).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/frescos-within\/gallery-north-wall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"454\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Henry-Varnum-Poor.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Henry-Varnum-Poor.jpg 454w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Henry-Varnum-Poor-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Henry Varnum Poor,&nbsp;<em>The Lord Reveals Himself to Old Kincaid.&nbsp;<\/em>Fresco. South Solon Meeting House (photo: David Franzen).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/john-wallace-east-gallery-panel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" data-id=\"1212\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/John-Wallace-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/John-Wallace-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/John-Wallace-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/John-Wallace-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/John-Wallace-1536x870.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/John-Wallace-2048x1160.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Wallace, Musician Angel (detail), 1954. Fresco. South Solon Meeting House (photo: Yvonne Laube).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/frescos-within\/north-side-panel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" data-id=\"1211\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Judith-Roth-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Judith-Roth-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Judith-Roth-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Judith-Roth-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Judith-Roth-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Judith-Roth-2048x1359.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Judith Roth,&nbsp;<em>Noah\u2019s Ark<\/em>, 1956. Fresco. South Solon Meeting House (photo: David Franzen).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/sidney-hurwitz-left-and-right-east-wall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" data-id=\"1209\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Hurwitz-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Hurwitz-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Hurwitz-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Hurwitz-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Hurwitz-1536x1057.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Hurwitz-2048x1409.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sidney Hurwitz, Western wall. Fresco. South Solon Meeting House (photo: David Franzen).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/frescos-within\/sidney-simons-elements-panels\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"1210\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Simon-551x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Simon-551x1024.jpg 551w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Simon-161x300.jpg 161w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Simon-768x1427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Simon-826x1536.jpg 826w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Simon-1102x2048.jpg 1102w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sidney-Simon-scaled.jpg 1377w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sidney Simon,<em>&nbsp;Fire and Air<\/em>, 1956. Fresco. South Solon Meeting House (photo: David Franzen).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/frescos-within\/gallery-south-panel-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" data-id=\"1203\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sigmund-abeles-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sigmund-abeles-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sigmund-abeles-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sigmund-abeles-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sigmund-abeles-1536x958.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Sigmund-abeles.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sigmund Abeles,&nbsp;<em>Jacob Wrestling the Angel<\/em>, 1956. Fresco. South Solon Meeting House (photo: David Franzen).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/frescos-within\/vestibule-center-wall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"352\" data-id=\"1201\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Willard-Cummings.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Willard-Cummings.jpg 512w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/Willard-Cummings-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Willard W. Cummings,&nbsp;<em>Group Portrait<\/em>, 1956. Fresco. South Solon Meeting House (photo: David Franzen).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/frescos-within\/william-king-west-wall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" data-id=\"1204\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/William-King.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/William-King.png 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/William-King-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/01\/William-King-768x517.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">William King, West Wall. South Solon Meeting House (photo: David Franzen).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/thomas-mikkelson-south-wall-fresco\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" data-id=\"1410\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/02\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/02\/unnamed.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/02\/unnamed-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/02\/unnamed-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/02\/unnamed-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/files\/2023\/02\/unnamed-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thomas Mikkelson, Scenes from the New Testament, 1953. Fresco. South Solon Meeting House (photo:Yvonne Laube).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;As we looked at the white plastered walls of the Meeting House, the idea naturally presented itself that here was the ready-made opportunity to paint frescoes for years to come.&#8221; Margaret Day Blake, 1952<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10264,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10264"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":140,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1839,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/1839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/southsolonmeetinghouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}