Historical April 1983 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Russian and Greek icons, representing one of the oldest religious traditions in the history of Asian and European art, will be exhibited through April 24 in the Gallery -at Cupples House, located on the mall at St. Louis University.
The Byzantine icons have been borrowed from the extensive collection assembled by Bishop Michael J. Dudick of Passaic, N.J., and from the collections at Concordia Seminary and St. Louis University, as well as from private sources.
The Rev. Maurice B. McNamee, S.J., professor emeritus of, art and art history and director of Cupples House and Gallery, began working on the project two years ago. Visitors will have the opportunity to learn the purpose and function of the many separate historical icons on display by seeing how they are arranged in an Eastern Orthodox liturgical setting. Father McNamee commissioned woodworker Bob Friedheim to construct an iconostasis, the screen separating the church sanctuary from the nave. Icons representing the subjects usually found on such structures have been painted by Bro. Thomas Zbierski, 0.P., a Dominican seminarian.
A slide-sound show, presented in a side gallery as an aid to visitors’ understanding of the exhibits was prepared by two students in St. Louis University’s Greek Orthodox Club.
The exhibit is free of charge and open to the public.
It is made possible by The Missouri Committee for the Humanities, Inc., the state-based arm of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Aquinas Institute; and the University’s Beaumont Faculty Development Fund and Greek Orthodox Club. Hours for Cupples House are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., and Sunday, 2-4 p.m. Call 658-3025 for more information.
Original photograph caption
This Russian icon of St. Alexis is one of many being exhibited at the Cupples House Gallery through April 24. Original caption, The Paper, April 1983, page 7. Artist and photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Paper, April 1983.
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