The Scholars' Gate Painting

The Scholars’ Gate Originally one of the first four gates and located at the south end of the park at 60th Street and 5th Avenue is The Scholars’ Gate.  This gateway is one of the most frequented gates given the class of laborers that enter including, the poet, the divine, the statesman, the lawyer, the author, the editor, the teacher. the physician, the man of science, and all in fact, whose contributions to the welfare of the community are renowned.  Barbara Zagorski created The Scholars’ Gate to represent the pages of a book with the shades of black and white that mesmerizingly pull you into the painting.  The uncountable various colors in the background are scattered throughout to create the functionality of the brain, like electricity arcing.  Sparking yellows, intense reds and blues each connect to the scholared laborer.  The Scholars’ gate tells a tale of which many do not know but Barbara Zagorski’s rendition of the Scholars’ Gate recreates a well deserved best selling novel with the contents pertaining to all who have influenced.