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| The Hill at Miller Outdoor Theater with sculpture and human figures in silhouette |
Miller Outdoor Theater at Hermann Park
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| Hermann Park Layout |
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| Another Hermann Park Silhouette |
Showing posts with label Herman-Park-Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herman-Park-Art. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Miller Hill Silhouette Shot
Saturday, November 19, 2016
The Iron Elephant at the Houston Zoo
More Elephant Art
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| Via Colori Street Painting Festival Houston 2016 |
Monday, February 8, 2016
Sculpture Walk at the Centennial Gardens: Can you ID these busts?
Historic Figures in Bronze at the McGovern Centennial Gardens (formerly Houston Garden Center)
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| Hawkins Sculpture walk seen from the observation platform on the hill |
Hover over photos to read names
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| Map of layout of McGovern Centennial Gardens with Points of Interest identified |
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish Explorer)
Benito Juárez aka Benito Pablo Juárez García (1806-1872)(President of Mexico and national hero)
Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) (Venezuelan leader of South America's Independence movement)
Jose Marti (1853-1895) (Precursor of Cuban Independence)
Jose De San Martin (1778-1850) (Liberator of Argentina, Chile, Peru)
Vicente Roccafuerte (1783-1847) (President of Ecuador)
General Bernardo O'Higgins Libertador de Chile (1778-1842)(Liberator of Chile)
Field Marshall Ramon Castilla y Marquesado (1797-1867) (President of Peru)
Dr. Jose P. Rizal (1861-1896) (National Hero of The Philippines)
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Perennial rather than Centennial: MLK's daily presence at Hermann Park
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Statute by American artist Ed Dwight
located in McGovern Centennial Gardens
in Hermann Park
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| Dr Martin Luther King Jr. |
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| Statute of MLK at the McGovern Centennial Gardens in Hermann Park Houston Museum of Natural Science and parking garage in background |
Thursday, December 10, 2015
The Portable Trojan Bear (not Horse) - A whimsical piece of wooden Art in the urban woods at Hermann Park
Animal Art in the Park
Portable Trojan Bear Artist: Jim Love (1984)
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| Jim Love - Portable Trojan Bear (plaque at base of artwork) |
Title: Portable Trojan Bear Artist: Jim Love
The portable bear was in fact "ported" a few times. First to its original placement at the intersection of Montrose and Bissonnet across from the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH), then in 1984 to Herman Park, then to a restoration shop in 2008, where the decaying wood parts were replaced with more durable kind that could better stand up to the humid Houston climate.
The charming clunky animal with teddy-bear face returned to the Park in 2009.
Artist Jim Love was born in Amarillo, Texas, in 1927 and died in Houston in 2005. Other creations of his are on display at various museums in Houston and elsewhere in Texas.
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| Face to face with the Bear |
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| Off the track: The Trojan Bear on wheels hat don't quite fit the Hermann Railroad's narrow gauge |
Atropos Key - Iconic hilltop sculpture at Miller Outdoor Theater
Hannah Stewart's Hilltop Legacy
Given the popularity of Miller Outdoor Theater and
Hermann Park generally, and its prominent position on top of the hill,
this piece of local art of the abstract kind is well recognized and
has landmark status, but few know its title, not to mention the artist.
Atropos Key
Abstract bronze sculpture
by Hannah Holliday Stewart (1972)
The name of the piece refers to Atropos, one of the three Moirai, goddesses of fate and destiny in Greek mythology. Along with her sisters, Atropos was responsible for the destiny of humans. According to ancient myth, she worked the shears that cut the thread of life. Her sisters spun it and measured its length. A poisonous plant is also named for this mythological female figure (Deadly Nightshade).
Sculptor Stewart lived in Montrose. She worked and taught in Houston (UH and Univ. of St. Thomas) and later in life moved to New Mexico where she died in 2010. She had an enduring interest in astrology and cosmology and was known for the mystic out-of-this-world nature of her abstract creations. The Houston Chronicle published an insightful article by Molly Glentzer about Stewart's life and art in 2014.
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| Back seats in the seating area of Miller Theater with the art piece silhouetted against the sky |
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