United Nations Security Council mural
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Untitled (Mural for Peace), commonly known as the United Nations Security Council mural, is an oil painting by Norwegian artist Per Krohg exhibited at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City since August 22, 1952. The mural, an 18' x 29' canvas located on the UN Security Council chamber's east wall, features a central image of a rising phoenix surrounded by images of war and disharmony, near the mural's bottom, and more tranquil images at the top.[1]
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Artist | Per Krohg |
Year | 1952 (1952) |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 5.5 m × 8.8 m (18 ft × 29 ft) |
Location | Headquarters of the United Nations, New York City |
Website | www |
The mural accompanied renovations to the Security Council by Norwegian architect Arnstein Arneberg, and was first publicly displayed on April 4, 1952.[2][3] It was commissioned by the Norwegian government as a gift from Norway to the United Nations.[4]
In 2013, Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, stated that Krohg's ambition "was to give the United Nations a chamber that could inspire those working in it to carry out the core of the United Nations mandate".[5]
Krohg's mural has been met with controversy. Some, such as the Los Angeles Times, called it "imaginative", while the BBC described it as "the world's worst mural, at which I have sat and gazed for many bewildering hours".[6]