Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and ...

has an extensive public art collection.

Works

* ''

ART Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

'' (1999),

Columbus College of Art and Design Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) is a private art school in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in 1879 as the Columbus Art School and is one of the oldest private art and design colleges in the United States. Located in downtown Columbus, CCAD ...

* '' Arvin J. Alexander Memorial'' (1991), Alexander AEP Park * ''

Breaker Breaker may refer to: Objects * A breaking wave on water, or a "breaker", a shallow over which waves break * Circuit breaker, an electrical overload switch * Breaker (hydraulic), a percussion hammer attached to an excavator People * Breaker Mor ...

'' (1982), Ohio State University * '' Celebration for a Champion'' (1984), Ohio State University * ''

Celebration of Life ''Celebration of Life'' is a one-hour English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, ...

'' (2004),

Genoa Park Genoa Park is a urban park along the west bank of the Scioto River in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The park, located between Broad and Rich Streets as part of the Scioto Mile park grouping, is named after Genoa, the birthplace of Christopher C ...

* '' Charles Benton Flagg Memorial'' (c. 1901),

Goodale Park Goodale Park is a public park in the Victorian Village area of Columbus, Ohio. It was donated to the city in 1851 by Lincoln Goodale. For a few months during the Civil War, it was a staging area for Union troops known as Camp Jackson. ComFest, a ...

* Columbus Firefighters Memorial (1958),

Battelle Riverfront Park Battelle Riverfront Park is a park in downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States, near Columbus City Hall. The park was established in 1983. It is named after Gordon Battelle and was funded by the Battelle Memorial Institute. Features The park feat ...

Columbus Police Memorial The Columbus Police Memorial is a memorial in Columbus, Ohio's Genoa Park, United States. It has inscriptions of the names of police officers killed while serving, and serves as a gathering site for memorial services. Its dedication ceremony was h ...

(2000), Genoa Park * '' Correlation: Two White Line Diagonals and Two Arcs with a Sixteen-Foot Radius'' (1978), Bricker Federal Building * Dr. Samuel Mitchel Smith and Sons Memorial Fountain (1880),

Wexner Medical Center The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is a multidisciplinary academic medical center located in Columbus, Ohio, United States, on the main campus of The Ohio State University. For 29 consecutive years, '' U.S. News & World Report'' has ...

* '' The Family of Man: Figure 2, Ancestor II'' (1970), Columbus Museum of Art * ''

The Father of Columbus Baseball ''The Father of Columbus Baseball'' is a bronze sculpture depicting Harold Cooper by Alan Hamwi, installed outside Huntington Park (whose predecessor stadium was in named in his honor for) in Columbus, Ohio's Arena District, in the United States ...

'' (2009), Huntington Park * '' Flowing Kiss'' (2013),

North Bank Park North Bank Park is an park in downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States. The park includes a work of art, ''Flowing Kiss'', installed in 2013. History Ground broke on July 24, 2003, and the park was dedicated on July 16, 2005. Construction cost ap ...

* ''

Freedom Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving on ...

'' (1985), Battelle Riverfront Park * ''

Gavel A gavel is a small ceremonial mallet commonly made of hardwood, typically fashioned with a handle. It can be used to call for attention or to punctuate rulings and proclamations and is a symbol of the authority and right to act officially in the ...

'' (2008),

Ohio Judicial Center The Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center is a state courthouse, office building, and library in Columbus, Ohio, in the city's downtown Civic Center. The building is the headquarters of the Supreme Court of Ohio, the state's highest court, as wel ...

* Goodale Park Fountain,

* '' Governor James A. Rhodes'' (1982), Rhodes State Office Tower * '' Greenwood Park Sofa'' (2004), Cultural Arts Center * James W. Barney Pickaweekee Story Grove (1992), Battelle Riverfront Park * '' Hare on Ball and Claw'' (1990), Columbus Museum of Art * '' Intermediate Model for the Arch'' (1975), Columbus Museum of Art * '' Intersect'' (1992), Broad and High streets * ''

Lincoln Goodale Monument The Lincoln Goodale Monument (also known as ''Dr. Lincoln Goodale'', the Goodale Monument, ''Lincoln Goodale'', and ''Memorial to Lincoln Goodale, M.D.''), is an 1888 bust depicting the physician of the same name, installed in Columbus, Ohio's G ...

'' (1888), Goodale Park * ''

Naiads In Greek mythology, the naiads (; grc-gre, ναϊάδες, naïádes) are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water. They are distinct from river gods, who ...

'' (1984),

Capitol Square Capitol Square is a public square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The square includes the Ohio Statehouse, its Capitol Grounds, as well as the buildings and features surrounding the square. The Capitol Grounds are surrounded on the north and west b ...

skyscraper * ''

Nationwide Fountain Nationwide Fountain is a fountain designed by sculptor Jim Ponter and architect Don Olson in downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States. It is located at Nationwide Plaza, a complex of buildings including One Nationwide Plaza, and within Dean Jeffers ...

'',

One Nationwide Plaza One Nationwide Plaza is a 40-story skyscraper in Columbus, Ohio that serves as the corporate office headquarters of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. It is part of the complex of buildings known as Nationwide Plaza. Nationwide outgrew its 246 ...

* '' NavStar '92'' (1991),

Franklin Park Conservatory Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden and conservatory located in Columbus, Ohio. It is open daily and an admission fee is charged. Today, it is a horticultural and educational institution showcasing exotic plant ...

* '' The Newsboy'' (2018),

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* '' Out of There'' (1974), Columbus Museum of Art * '' Oval with Points'', Dorrian Commons Park * '' Peter Pan'' (1927), Main Library * '' Philo Unit 6'' and '' Twin Branch Unit 4'' (1983),

AEP Building The AEP Building is a skyscraper in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was completed in 1983 and has 31 floors. Abramovitz, Harris & Kingsland designed the building following a modernist architectural style. The AEP Building is the 8th tallest buildi ...

* ''

Scioto Lounge ''Scioto Lounge'', or the Scioto Lounge deer sculptures, is a series of three bronze sculptures depicting anthropomorphic deer by Terry Allen, installed in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Two of the sculptures are installed in Genoa Park, and a t ...

'' (2014), Genoa Park * '' Spanish–American War Memorial'' (1937), Battelle Riverfront Park * Statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012), Greater Columbus Convention Center * Statue of Benjamin Franklin (1974), Franklin County Hall of Justice * Statue of Friedrich Schiller (1891), Schiller Park *

Statue of Lucas Sullivant A statue of Lucas Sullivant by Michael Foley is installed in Columbus, Ohio's Genoa Park Genoa Park is a urban park along the west bank of the Scioto River in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The park, located between Broad and Rich Streets as pa ...

(2000), Genoa Park * Statue of William Oxley Thompson (1930), Ohio State University * '' Their Spirits Circle the Earth'' (1987), Battelle Riverfront Park * '' Three-Piece Reclining Figure: Draped 1975'' (1975), Columbus Museum of Art * '' To Honor the Immigrants'' (1992), Battelle Riverfront Park * '' Two Lines Up Excentric Variation VI'' (1977), Columbus Museum of Art * '' Umbrella Girl'' (1996), Schiller Park * Union Station Arch (1899), McFerson Commons * ''Untitled'' (Falsetti) (1960), Columbus City Schools Administration Office * '' Wasahaban'' (1978), Columbus Museum of Art

Works at the Ohio Statehouse

* '' The Doughboy'' (1930) * Lincoln Vicksburg Monument (1865-71) * Ohio Holocaust and Liberators Memorial (2014) * Ohio Veterans Plaza (1996) * '' Peace'' (1922) * '' The Spirit of '98'' (1928) * Statue of Christopher Columbus (1892) * ''

These Are My Jewels ''These Are My Jewels'' (also known as ''Ohio's Jewels: Grant, Sheridan, Stanton, Garfield, Hayes, Chase, and Sherman'', or simply ''Ohio's Jewels'') is an 1893–1894 monument by Levi Scofield, installed outside the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, ...

'' (1893) * ''

William McKinley Monument The ''William McKinley Monument'', or ''McKinley Memorial'', is a statue and quotation array honoring the assassinated United States President William McKinley which stands in front of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. Created by Hermon Atk ...

'' (1906)

Former works

* Statue of Christopher Columbus (1955), Columbus City Hall ''(no longer public)'' * Statue of Christopher Columbus (1959),

Columbus State Community College Columbus State Community College (CSCC) is a public community college in Columbus, Ohio. Founded as Columbus Area Technician's School in 1963, it was renamed Columbus Technical Institute in 1965 and was renamed again to its current name in 198 ...

''(no longer public)'' * '' Union Station'' (1987) * ''

Trains In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often kno ...

'' (1989)

References

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