Tom Lea's mural: Pass of the North, 1938
Tom Lea's mural: Pass of the North, 1938
Tom Lea's 1938 "Pass of the North" mural measures 11 x 54 feet and was painted in oil on canvas. Located in the Historic Federal Courthouse in El Paso, Texas, Lea's mural continues to encourage an appreciation of El Paso's multi-cultural richness with its depiction of the giants of our history. “I hold two hopes for this work just completed. One, that it may bring to life in a few minds that vivid history of the Pass of the North. And the other, that the point of view I have taken as a creative artist may help to demonstrate that the function of a mural painting in a community is to deepen and to enrich a people’s perception of its own tradition and the character of its own land.” – Tom Lea, El Paso Herald Post. June 24, 1938.
Report this entry
More from the same community-collection
In Front of the Magoffin House - El Paso, Texas
I am not a native El Pasoan, so I found this house very ...
John Wesley Hardin Shooting - Video
In 1895 the sheriff of El Paso tried to make the town a bit less ...
Marshall Dallas Stoudenmire Gunfight – Video
Dallas Stoudenmire (December 11, 1845 – September 18, 1882) ...
Healthy Kids Day at Southwest University Park
Project Amistad offers many free services to the community of El ...
