Brumidi Corridors Murals - Architect of the Capitol
The first-floor Senate corridors designed and painted by Constantino Brumidi, and other artists, from 1857 to 1859, are intricately decorated from floor to ceiling.
Constantino Brumidi - Architect of the Capitol
Constantino Brumidi (1805–1880) is best known for the murals he painted in the United States Capitol over a 25-year period, including the Apotheosis of Washington, the Frieze of American History and the walls of the Brumidi Corridors.
Brumidi Corridors - Architect of the Capitol
These vaulted, ornately decorated corridors are in honor of Constantino Brumidi, the Italian artist who designed and painted the murals. The Brumidi Corridors are part of the wing of the U.S. Capitol constructed by Thomas U. Walter between 1852 and 1859.
Brumidi Corridors - Wikipedia
Brumidi's classical training in Rome gave him a thorough understanding of ancient Roman, Renaissance, and Baroque styles, symbols, and techniques of wall painting. Brumidi created the overall design for the corridors and directed its execution by artists of many nationalities.
In murals throughout the building Brumidi combined classical and allegorical subjects with portraits and scenes from American history and tributes to American values and inventions. Among his major contributions are the monumental canopy and frieze under the new Capitol dome. Brumidi created the fresco Cornwallis Sues for Cessation of
Birds of the Brumidi Corridors - U.S. Senate
The murals of the Brumidi Corridors in the U.S. Capitol showcase predominantly native birds, fruits, and flowers set amidst classical motifs inspired by 16th-century Renaissance frescoes in Rome's Vatican Palace.
Constantino Brumidi - Wikipedia
Constantino Brumidi (July 26, 1805 – February 19, 1880) was an Greek-Italian painter and a naturalised American citizen, best known and honored for his fresco work, Apotheosis of Washington, in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
Restored wall murals in 2004, Brumidi Corridors (North Corridor). The extensive wall mural conservation project involved plaster consolidation, overpaint removal, stabilization and infilling of losses in the original paint layer, and finally, varnishing of the corridors’ 153 panels.
Senate wing, he designed and painted murals, some in the traditional fresco medium, for impor- tant spaces such as the President’s Room, the Senate Reception Room, and the renowned Brumidi Corridors—the august hallways that today bear the artist’s name.
Brumidi Corridor Restoration / U.S. Capitol History | USCHS
Brumidi, an Italian artist, came to the Capitol in 1855 and during the course of a quarter century painted the Apotheosis of Washington on the Dome canopy, the Rotunda frieze and the Senate wing corridors. Brumidi had mastered the fresco technique and sculpture in Rome.