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Harry P. Leu Gardens
About the Artwork
Commissioned by the City of Orlando when the Garden House was built at Leu Gardens, the Citrus Workers is a lifelike scene of two men—one on a ladder picking oranges from an actual orange tree and the other sitting on an orange crate.
About the Artist
William Ludwig
William Ludwig received a BFA from Hartford Art School in 1966 and an MFA from Tulane University with a minor in American Art History in 1968. Both schools emphasized cast bronze sculpture, and in the same year he received his MFA Ludwig began a cooperative foundry with another sculptor. In 1979 he accepted a teaching position at Tulane University. In 1984 he was awarded a commission by the Louisiana Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program to create the official Louisiana State Vietnam War Monument. He has worked since as a sculptor and participated in numerous juried and invitational shows, 21 one-man shows and 17 two-person shows. His work is generally figurative, usually female, and features detailed painted surfaces often contrasting with highly polished flat planes or draperies of metal. His work has been described as everything from “realistic” and “classical” to “surrealistic” and always “meticulously crafted.”
Did you know?
The Orange County Courthouse houses a collection of WPA era art with prints by some of the most famous American artists of that time period.
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
let us know. Together we can make this an incredible resource for people seeking
to spice up their life through exploring art.