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PHOTOGRAPHS (OPPOSITE) BY JEREMY KRAMER; (THIS PAGE) BY J. MILES WOLF
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY J. MILES WOLF
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The compelling, graphic style
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beloved Cincinnati artist Charley
Harper dubbed “minimal realism”
is on impressive display in the series
of 18 murals called Beguiled by the
Wild, painted on all sides of the old
City Barn near the Cincinnati Zoo
& Botanical Garden. Once you’ve
seen them as artwork, look for all
of the animals represented living
in the zoo. ©2014 ArtWorks,
Charley Harper, 3512 Vine St.,
Uptown University UPTOWN
Figures portrayed in some of
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the works at the Taft Museum
of Art are frolicking on the museum
lawn in Garden Party at the Taft, a
mural in Bellevue created as part of
the Taft’s 80th anniversary celebration.
Masterpieces represented
include A World of Their Own by
Lawrence Alma Tadema and Portrait
of a Man Rising from His Chair by
Rembrandt Van Rijn. ©2012
ArtWorks, Scott Donaldson, 229
Fairfield Ave., Bellevue SOUTH
A striking black background
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offsets the rich gold crown
that’s the centerpiece of The Queen
Shares, a love letter to the city and
a warm welcome to visitors. The
crown symbolizes the Queen City, as
Cincinnati has long been known, and
the cardinal and bluebird perched on
top are the state birds of Ohio and
Kentucky. A group of local poets contributed
the text. ©2015 ArtWorks,
John Lanzador, 2015, 1100 Sycamore
St., Pendleton DOWNTOWN
Legendary sharpshooter and
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Ohio native Annie Oakley is
depicted with her rifle in the sevenfoot-tall
mural Little Sure Shot (a
name bestowed on her by Chief
Sitting Bull). Her surgical precision
with a gun is well-documented: She
could shoot a cigarette out of her
husband’s mouth and the thin edge
of a playing card from 30 paces.
Lesser known? The time she spent in
the Oakley neighborhood is thought
to have inspired her stage name.
©2016 ArtWorks, Nicole Trimble,
3211 Madison Rd., Oakley UPTOWN
Before he was a famous
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cartoonist for two prominent
New York newspapers, Winsor
McCay worked in Cincinnati—drawing
a comic strip for the Cincinnati
Enquirer and painting posters and
wall advertisements. Today, McCay’s
work comes full circle as it’s featured
on the façade of a downtown building
in Little Nemo in Slumberland, his
most well-known comic strip. ©2016
ArtWorks, Winsor McCay, 917 Main
St., Downtown DOWNTOWN
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