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The front and rear end walls
of the lobby at the second floor level, display large richly colored mural paintings
by William de Leftwich Dodge, a New York City artist. appear to be held aloft by
two green marble pillars, as though on an easel, The painting at the rear, facing
the entrance, is titled "Talents Diversified Find Vent in Myriad Form."
William de Leftwich Dodge studied in the late 19th century in Europe, notably with
the French academic painter, Jean Leon Gerome. Dodge's murals won many awards in
late 19th century international expositions and received praise in numerous installations
in Boston, New York, and Washington, DC. His mural "Ambition" in the Library
of Congress is well known. Other mural work is in respected New York hotels, among
them the Astor, Algonquin, Devon, and Waldorf Astoria, in the Majestic Theater in
Boston, Esquire Theater in New York, Academy of Music in Brooklyn, and Orpheum Theater
in Kansas City.
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