The Spirit of Spanish Music
The Spirit of Spanish Music is a sculpture by
Burt William Johnson .
It was commissioned by the Pomona College class of 1915 and
placed in the Lebus Court of the Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College, one of a
group of buildings conceived for the expansion of Pomona College and built in the mid-1910s by
architect Myron Hunt using details of the "ornamental Spanish style".
The Spirit of Spanish Music in the Lebus Court of the Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music. Pomona College, Claremont, California, US.
Burt W. Johnson, working in his studio in February, 1916 on the model for The Spirit of Spanish Music, in a snapshot inscribed for Pomona College Pres. Blaisdell and signed by the sculptor.
The sculpture and fountain after the 2015 restoration
Close-up of the sculpture
Burt William Johnson was an American sculptor.
Burt W. Johnson working on The Piping Faun sculpture (1918) for Grauman's Theatre, Downtown Los Angeles, California, US.
Burt W. Johnson's grave stone
Statue at Doughboy Park in Woodside, Queens
DeWitt Clinton Park in Manhattan also has a doughboy statue