For those who have eyes to see, there are hundreds of works of art around them.
This web site provides some information on many of those works of art that can be
regularly viewed in Orange County by any member of the public without an admission
fee. They are outside in public view, or located in an interior area that is
normally open to the public.
Look around this web site and find something that interests you. Then go see it
in person. The information you find here will add to the pleasure of exploring
public art in Central Florida.
If, in your travels around Orange County, you come across some public art that
is not listed here, please let us know so we can add it. If you are aware of
additional information about art or artists that included here, again, please let
us know. Together we can make this an incredible resource for people seeking to
spice up their life through exploring art.
Did You Know?
A building boom in the first decade of this century brought numerous large works of art to Downtown Orlando.
Featured Work
Artist: Jan Gelb
Genre: Print
Interior/Exterior: INTERIOR
Location: Orange County Courthouse
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Subway Construction #2 This lithograph, measuring approximately 13 x 9 inches, is located in the north hallway on the third floor.
About the Artist Jan Gelb’s brother Lester wrote that “Jan was never a passive female”. Indeed. By age 22, she was the first woman to graduate with honors from the Yale University Fine Arts Program, went on to study at the Art Students League in New York City, and in 1936 moved to Provincetown where she would eventually bring Boris Margo in 1940. The vital artistic couple threw many parties for their fellow artists and friends, and “with, Boris, she was in a partnership where two artists spurred and inspired one another towards heights of creative ecstasy and agony in communicating the beauty, grandeur and the awesome reality of the power of nature contrasted with the fairly of humanity.” Lester later wrote. Eventually the couple settled in an isolated beach location where Jan Gelb found great inspiration.