The Art of the French Hospital

 Posted by on September 20, 2018
Sep 202018
 

Kaiser Permanente
French Campus
4131 Geary Boulevard
Inner Richmond

Mosaic at the French Hospital in San Francisco

This stunning mosaic sits in the front entry way to 4131 Geary, which is a building tucked behind the main hospital wing.  It is presently half covered by an extremely large concrete pot.

It was donated by the woman’s auxilary in memory of Dorothy Hagar Rogers, who was a prominent woman in the city of San Francisco known for her charitable works.  She organized the Auxiliary for the French Hospital and earned the Woman of Distinction spot in the City and County Record  in August of 1955.

Louis Pasteur at Kaiser French Campus San Francisco

This  bronze bust of Louis Pasteur that sits in the front of the building was designed by Harriet G. Moore and cast in 1984 by Artworks Foundry of Berkeley.

Moore was born in New York City in 1920. As a child, she was strongly encouraged to pursue her interest in sculpting and attended private progressive schools with a heavy emphasis on the arts. From 1938 to 1942, she attended Bennington College in Vermont, majoring in sculpture.

She spent a nonresident junior year in Mexico City, studying stone carving with Luis Ortiz Monasterio. After graduating from Bennington, she studied modeling the figure and portrait with Jose de Creft at the Art Students League in New York City.

In 1976, she moved to San Francisco and retired due to health reasons in 2010.

Louis Pasteur by Harriet G. Moore

The third piece of art at 4131 Geary is a lovely mural in the lobby.

Kaiser French Campus Artwork

The artists of both the mosaic and the mural have been lost to time.

 

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