Manitoba Legislative Building Frieze - Winnipeg MB - Relief Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The pediment, high above the six columns fronting the main entrance, symbolizes the ideals of nationhood and embraces all of Canada.
Starting in the bottom left (east) corner:
- a nautical wheel represents the Atlantic Ocean
- the indolent man, with a half-kneeling figure representing the spirit of progress and beckoning the indolent one to come to the new land of promise
- the goddess Europa leading a bull, symbolizing Canada's European heritage and immigration
- a man, woman and child, symbolizing a family and colonization of a new land
- the pediment's central figure seated in the center is a female figure representing Manitoba with the rays of the sun behind her
- a man and a woman laden with wheat and fruit, products of the soil
- a muscular male figure with a team of powerful horses and a primitive plough tilling the soil
- a hand holding Neptune's trident represents the Pacific Ocean
- finally in the west corner are two entwined female figures representing the Red and Assiniboine Rivers

Your impression of the sculpture?: Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: 07/15/1920 Website for sculpture?: [Web Link] Where is this sculpture?: 450 Broadway Winnipeg, MB Canada R3C 0V8 Sculptors Name: designed by Frank Worthington Simon and Henry Boddington III

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