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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. [1]
Chicago hosted the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, a world's fair commemorating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. Artists from the United States and 19 foreign countries exhibited at the Exposition. A complete list of the artists and works exhibited in the Palace of Fine Arts can be found here:
Sculpture could be found at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in various different places and serving a diverse number of functions. The works displayed in the specially designed sculpture exhibition halls tended to be by the better known artists of the day but the visitors to the Expo did not need to enter the buildings to find sculpture.
Women artists competing for awards at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition submitted their work to juries at appropriate buildings. Women artists were represented in the Palace of Fine Arts, along with their fellow countrymen. [1] [2] Women exhibited painting and sculpture throughout the Fair. [2]
The Board of Lady Managers of the World's Columbian Exposition was organized November 19, 1890. [1] It oversaw the construction of The Woman's Building in Chicago and organized the exposition's World's Congress of Representative Women (1893). A cookbook with autographed recipes of board members was also issued.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 15:19, 3 August 2016: 4,443 × 3,103 (3.76 MB): Scewing {{Information |Description=Looking West From Peristyle, Court of Honor and Grand Basin of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, Illinois) |Source=The Project Gutenberg EBook of Official Views Of The World's Columbian Exposition |Date=1893 |Au...
The Columbian half dollar is a coin issued by the Bureau of the Mint in 1892 and 1893. The first traditional United States commemorative coin, it was issued both to raise funds for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and to mark the quadricentennial of the first voyage to the Americas of Christopher Columbus, whose portrait it bears.
English: Columbian Fountain (Fredk. McMonnies) Identifier: worldscolumbiane02whit (find matches) Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 Year: 1893 Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
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