Fields of Endeavor
Object NameMural (three panels)
Artist / Maker
Rose Frantzen
((American, b. 1965))
Date2021
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsL x 62 x 3 in.
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineCommissioned by the Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business and University Museums for the Gerdin Business Building. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberU2021.51abc
Status
On viewCollections
CultureAmerican
Label TextFrom the University Museums Collections Handbook, vol. 2, 2025:
Maquoketa, Iowa artist Rose Frantzen is represented multiple times throughout the Art on Campus Collection’s commissioned works of art.
Rose Frantzen has been commissioned for works of art for the Advanced Teaching and Research Building, and a large 3-panel mural for the Gerdin Business Building’s addition (see next two pages). The Gerdin mural depicts the student experience at the Ivy College of Business, and is an excellent example of Frantzen working in the public art sphere with the guidance of an established public art committee. By integrating symbols from the business world, illustrations of the global supply chain, and the interconnectedness of the world through business, Frantzen centers the mural around the present experience of student and their future influence in the field.
Known for her oil paintings, Frantzen also created the Faces of Iowa State, a portrait series discussed on the following pages.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Gerdin Building
Object Name: Mural (three panels)
Grant Wood
1936-1937
Object number: U88.68abc
Object Name: Oil on canvas
Rose Frantzen
2018-2019
Object number: U2019.14ab
Object Name: Portrait
Rose Frantzen
2025
Object number: U2025.32
