Browse Items (17 total)

  • Tags: Bixby Hall

IMG_3878.jpg
Once the Bixby Gallery, the Nancy Spirtas Kranzberg Studio for the Illustrated Book now holds equipment for letterpress and intaglio printing, photopolymer plate, and silkscreen printing.

IMG_3876.jpg
The main entrance of Bixby Hall, which is not used as often today and remains locked 24/7

wua00059-s01-b1-f03-044.jpg
H. Richard Duhme was a professor emeritus of art and former head of the sculpture major at the School of Art. Many statues around St. Louis were created by him, including ones on the Danforth Campus. He passed away in 2005 due to an illness.

wua00059-s01-b1-f03-032a.jpg
Bixby Hall is characteristic of Beaux-Arts architecture, the classical decorative architecture associated with the L'Ecole Des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

wua00059-s01-b1-f03-016a.jpg
The Entrance of Bixby Hall, which immediately faced stairs that led to the first floor.

wua00059-s01-b1-f03-035a.jpg
Before walls were installed, individual student studios were divided with bedsheets and blankets.

wua00059-s01-b1-f03-030.jpg
Bixby Gallery is lined with the wooden panels that were once covered of the British Pavilion. It was often used for exhibitions, student dances, and other school-related gatherings.
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2