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In partnership with the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. This series of 18 murals spans the career of Charley Harper, celebrated Cincinnati artist.
Harper, who studied and taught at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, is best known for his images of the natural world created in his distinctive ‘minimal realistic’ style. These murals fittingly adorn the sides of the City Barn; a site which originally housed horses used to pull trolleys around the city and is now owned by the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. All of the animals represented in the Harper murals can be found living at the zoo.
Front:
1. Once Upon a Pond, 1998
2. B-r-r-r-r-rthday, 1977
3. Love from Above, 1976
4. Love on a Limb, 1989
5. Hexit, 1980
6. Cool Carnivore, 1979
7. Eagological Event, 1976
8. Manatee in a Mangrove, 1990
9. Convival Pursuit, 1987
North Facing Wall
1. Howlloween, 1970
2. Otterly Delicious, 1968
3. Puffins Passing
4. Potluck
South Facing Wall
1. Lucky Ladybug
2. Amorously Airborne (Woodcock in Nuptial Flight), 1973
3. Fine Feather, 1974
4. Best Dressed (Wood Duck)
South Facing Mural
Backscratching in the Baboondocks, 2005
Special Thanks to the Charley Harper Art Studio, Mary Rita Dominic & Abby Moran
Designer
Charley Harper
Apprentices
Previn Beal, Mason Brunst, Majd Elsabbagh, Katrina Jones, Isaiah Lemons, Graham Livingston, Abigail McInturf, Whitney Ransdell, Margaret Roe, Tamia Saunders, John Vosel, Alice Zhang
Mural Generously Funded By
The City of Cincinnati, The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, American Scaffolding Inc., ArtWorks Adopt-an-Apprentice Campaign Contributors, ArtWorks Board of Trustees, Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trusts, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee
Additional Support from
The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile Jr./U.S. Bank Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, ArtsWave, Ohio Arts Council, P&G
Project Manager
Chris Land
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