Conditions of Life | Motherhood and Family
Augustus Vincent Tack
Oil on Canvas
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About this Piece
This fresco depicts a young couple, a mother holding a baby, and a father and mother walking with a child.
About Augustus Vincent Tack
Augustus Vincent Tack was born in 1870 in Pittsburg, PA. He studied art at St. Francis Xavier College and the Art Students League of New York. Tack was an exhibition artist and his work was frequently displayed at prominent galleries in New York.
In 1923, Bertram Goodhue asked Tack to plan and execute a program for the governor’s suite in the Nebraska State Capitol. The murals were officially installed in 1927 and the Governor’s Suite was opened to the public on January 1, 1928.
