This mural is called "Christ Teaching" and is found on the grounds of the
San Gabriel Mission towards the back of the Campo Santo Cemetery on a wall near the museum [
map]. The original was painted by Buckley McGurrin. Hendrik Keyzer, Professor emeritus of chemistry, renovated the mural in 2004.
The Tidings Newspaper said, "The triptych features symbolic images including the Tree of Life, Noah's Ark and crosses, as well as animals from Eskimo, Australian, South American and African cultures. Many other details make the mural specifically Californian: an image of the first locomotive in California, a verbal musical scale and flowers in the hands of Dominican teaching nuns. Butterflies and moths loosely connect the three panels."
In the upper left-hand corner is a medallion with the image of Junipero Serra, the Franciscan monk best known for planting the missions in Southern California. The right-hand pane of the mural seems to have an image of St. Gabriel the Archangel. Picture taken with env2 cell phone - no flash - on July 5, 2008. Estimated size is 10 feet tall and 16 feet wide. [click the image to enlarge]
This mural is called "Christ Teaching" and is found on the grounds of the San Gabriel Mission towards the back of the Campo Santo Cemetery on a wall near the museum [map]. The original was painted by Buckley McGurrin. Hendrik Keyzer, Professor emeritus of chemistry, renovated the mural in 2004.
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