“Orpheus Over the Globe,” a mural study by Dunbar Beck, who painted a series of allegorical murals for the 1939 New York World's Fair
Dunbar Beck (1903-1986) was a muralist, teacher, interior designer and painter. His works included mosaics and murals in New York`s Rockefeller Center and the World`s Fair in New York. He also created gold-leaf paintings with a folk dance theme on the sides of a grand piano in the East Room of the White House. Some of his paintings and portraits hang at Smith College and in churches in Sacramento; Astoria, N.Y.; Germantown, Pa.; and in Texas.
During his career, Beck was an art instructor at Yale University, an interior decorator and architectural designer.
“Orpheus Over the Globe,” a mural study by Dunbar Beck, who painted a series of allegorical murals for the 1939 New York World's Fair
Dunbar Beck (1903-1986) was a muralist, teacher, interior designer and painter. His works included mosaics and murals in New York`s Rockefeller Center and the World`s Fair in New York. He also created gold-leaf paintings with a folk dance theme on the sides of a grand piano in the East Room of the White House. Some of his paintings and portraits hang at Smith College and in churches in Sacramento; Astoria, N.Y.; Germantown, Pa.; and in Texas.
During his career, Beck was an art instructor at Yale University, an interior decorator and architectural designer.