488259 The Arts of Peace, 1893 (oil on canvas) by Melchers, Julius Gari (1860-1932); 38.42 x 73.66 x 2.54 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA; (add.info.: The Arts of Peace is a study for one of two murals originally painted for the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building at the Chicago World\'s Fair in 1892-93. Following the Fair, The Arts of Peace was given to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 1895. Both murals hang in the main reading room of the university??? library. Original documents from the Chicago World??? Fair summarize The Arts of Peace mural: "Every figure seems bent on acquiring knowledge. Even the mother takes time from the care of her babe and becomes an interested listener to words of wisdom. The student, the philosopher, the sage, the maiden and the youth are all represented as worshipers at the shrine of knowledge." ); 穢 Minneapolis Institute of Art; Gift of Lucile and Stanley Slocum; American, out of copyright.