University Center Murals
Date1995-1996
Artist
W. Douglas Cooper
(American, born 1946)
Mediumvine charcoal, acid-free paper, wood fiberboard panels, acrylic glue, acrylic varnish, oil-based varnish and commercial fixative
ClassificationFine Art
SubclassificationInstallation
Credit LineA gift from the College of Fine Arts.
Object number1996.1
DescriptionOutside the Rangos Ballroom, faculty member Douglas Cooper, who graduated from CFA in 1970, created a printed mural that depicts CMU's campus as it looked in 1996 before the Purnell Center for the Arts was completed. Each of the peripheral walls of the Rotunda has its own compass orientation- east, west, and north. The mural is meant to orient visitors to the campus and city as well as orient them in multiple time periods: The Eastwall Mural: 1945 to 1965, The Westwall Mural: The present and future campus, and The Northwall Mural: The Pittsburgh environment.
On view
Location
Cohon University Center, 2nd floor rotunda (5034 Forbes Ave.)
Published References"Carnegie Mellon University Center Mural (1996)"
"Stroll Through CMU's History Via Art Displays," By Heidi Opdyke, The Piper, August 13, 2021
"Stroll Through CMU's History Via Art Displays," By Heidi Opdyke, The Piper, August 13, 2021
