From the Ground Up: Gordon Gilkey’s University of Oregon Library Construction Series

Gordon Gilkey (American, 1912-2000)
University of Oregon Library Construction, 1936
Etching, 10 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects; WPA56:1.63

From the Ground Up: Gordon Gilkey’s University of Oregon Library Construction Series

October 28, 2014 to January 25, 2015

From the Ground Up honors the Department of Art’s first Master of Fine Arts recipient, Gordon Gilkey ’36. For his thesis project, Gilkey secured funding from the Works Progress Administration to document the construction of the University of Oregon’s new library, designed by campus architect and Dean of AAA Ellis Lawrence (American, 1879-1946), who also designed this museum. After Gilkey’s distinguished service during World War II as a member of the "Monuments Men," he enjoyed an illustrious career as an educator, curator, collector, and arts activist.