For the Love of Life
Artist
Daniel Galvez
Year1998
Classification
painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions90 in., 63 ft. (228.6 x 1920.1 cm)
Credits
Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
- Daniel Galvez created this large mural for a curved wall at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Headquarters in Woodlawn, Maryland. The painintg is a celebration of the virtues of joyful, healthy living. It depicts a variety of activities that people might engage in to enhance their health, such as spending time with friends and family, eating healthfully, and exercising regularly. The mural also includes representations of treatments that people might turn to when unwell, including traditional and alternative medical practices. The artist used his friends and family as models for the painting.
- John Ahearn (b. 1951, Binghamton, New York) and Rigoberto Torres (b. 1960, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)1997
- John Ahearn (b. 1951, Binghamton, New York) and Rigoberto Torres (b. 1960, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)1997
