Detail of "Lichens, Glacier National Park," Montana by Ansel Adams butterfly net 1896 - 1917

1896 - 1917

and acrylic on paper

though he had painted for 30 years in obscurity

Fasanella's "Working the Night Shift" honors the men and women who work day and night in mills and factories

between 1890 and 1893

Detail of "Lichens, Glacier National Park," Montana by Ansel Adams butterfly net 1896 - 1917In the mid 1930's, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes conceived the idea of commissioning painted murals for the department's headquarters building in Washington, DC. Impressed by Adams' work, Ickes later broadened the scope of the project to include mural size photographs and recommended Adams for the photographer. Adams began his travels to the parks in October 1941 and a year later submitted the prints in this series to Interior. None of the