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Featured Work
Justice Campbell Thornal
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J. AngPainting (INTERIOR)
Orange County Courthouse
About the Artwork
B. Campbell Thornal (1908–1970) was a former justice for the Florida Supreme Court.
He was a judge from the U.S. state of Florida. Thornal served on the Florida Supreme Court from 1955 - 1970. From 1965 to 1967 he served as Chief Justice.
Thornal graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1930. He served as an officer in the United States Navy during World War II, and in 1938 he became an attorney for the city of Orlando. He went on the serve in this capacity until he was selected for the Florida Supreme Court in 1955.
Did you know?
A 14' alligator sculpture that was stolen from the Orange County Convention Center during earlier construction was returned eight years later.
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
additional information about art or artist that is included here, again, please
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