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Happy Children
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Chaim GrossSculpture (EXTERIOR)
Dartmouth Park
About the Artwork
This sculpture was originally located at Fashion Square Mall before it was donated to the City of Orlando and moved to Dartmouth Park when the mall was renovated. The 72” x 72” sculpture depicts four young women, two larger and two smaller, dancing inside of a vertical circle. The circle is mounted on a four-pronged triangular stand.
About the Artist
Chaim Gross
Chaim Gross (1904-1991) was a native of Austria and immigrated to the United States in 1921 where he began studies with Robert Laurent and Elie Nadelman. His works can be seen in every major American museum collection and at The Chaim Gross Studio Museum in New York. Well known for his direct woodcarvings of circus performers, animals and the female form, Gross worked in a combination of traditional and tribal/folk styles. He began to focus heavily on his heritage and Judaic themes after the terrible events of World War II. Today, it is clear that his interest in the human form was used to create more than simple sculpture. Every curvature and graceful stroke helped ensure that the viewer was and will continue to be awed with his unique style. By simplifying and omitting details, his sculpture is a celebration of joy, love and humanity
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Discover Art in Central Florida!
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
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