The QVHS AP Studio and AP Art History students visited the Maxo Vanka murals in Millvale. These murals are at the St. Nicolas Croatian church.
QVHS Art teacher Robin Russell explains Croatian artist Maxo Vanka painted a one-of-a-kind masterpiece on the interior walls of the church. The 25 murals—created in two intense periods in 1937 and 1941—are unique, evocative and larger-than-life representations of faith and family; the immigrant experience in America; social justice and injustice and the horrors of war. The murals have mostly been restored, and they are in the process of having the remaining pieces restored, and installing museum quality lighting.
