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Mural in Security Council Chamber

19 September 1952

A view of the mural in the Security Council Chamber which was painted by Per Krohg, the well-known Norwegian artist. The mural represents man's efforts to emerge from a dark past of war and slavery to a better life and a future illumined by science and the arts. The oval panel in the middle shows a man and a woman, with children around them, kneeling in calm and tranquility.

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