Find Art All Around Orange County Florida
Sponsored by Arts & Cultural Affairs
University of Central Florida
About the Artwork
Partly polished with medium brown patina. Large sculpture in front of John C. Hitt Library building. Nierman finds an endless source of inspiration for his art inthe dynamic forces of nature.
The artist, Leonardo Nierman, visited the University in 1996 for the grand opening of the Contemporary Mexican Art Exhibition, which featured his artwork. Nierman visited again in June of 2000, when he donated his tapestries.
About the Artist
Leonardo Nierman
Leonard Nierman, the “Jackson Pollock” of Mexico, is considered a forerunner in modern Mexican art. His work features imagery of landscape and reoccurring references to earth on fire with billowy plumes of smoke and ascending lava flow. In He earned a BS in science at the University of Mexico. In 1964, he won an award from the Aquarelle Museum. Nierman’s works were highlighted in a major exhibition at them Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City in 1972. Nierman’s work is renown internationally in Italy, Japan, Australia, Spain, and Mexico.
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.