In the 1982 “A Catalog of New Des Mural Projects in Iowa”, co-authors Lea Rosson DeLong and Gregg R. Narber explained that the Grooms’ painting “portrays school activities of children and, in its center, the adult world of work: two classrooms are shown, one obviously a biology class, as well as a shop classroom. The adult work shown is building, typing and shoveling.”
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Location Description
Painted along south stairway inside Callanan Middle School, located at the southeast corner of 31st and Center Streets, Des Moines, Ia.
Art Type
Mural
Media / Materials
Oil on Canvas
Year Completed
1936
Collection
Long-Term, More Public Art in DSM
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