Edwin Howland Blashfield (1848鈥�1936) rose to prominence as a muralist during the 鈥淎merican Renaissance,鈥� the period between the 1893 World鈥檚 Columbian Exposition and the United States鈥� entry into World War I. Blashfield鈥檚 monumental work can be viewed in courthouses, state capitols, churches, universities, museums, and other places across the United States.
The first book in several decades to focus on the muralist, an esteemed exemplar and advocate of the classical tradition