Paul Briol: Passed Forward, Selections from the UC Art Collection

DATES: September 11th - November 20th, 2022

Reception: Thursday, October 6th, 2022 5-7pm

The DAAP Galleries in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati Art Collection will exhibit a wide selection of works by noted journalist and photographer Paul Briol. With more than 400 prints in the collection, this survey of will delve into the archive to examine Briol’s documentation of the built and natural environment during the first half of the twentieth century. The prints feature sites that define Cincinnati’s past, resonate in the present and promise to inform the shape of its future. These images, shot and developed in numerous iterations often on an 8-by-10-inch view camera mounted on a tripod, demonstrate a pursuit of aesthetic and technical perfection, with an astute sensibility for light and composition. Briol, known for his photographs of current iconic landmarks while still in their infancy, also thoroughly captured images of the Ohio River Valley and the seven hills of Cincinnati, and later, of his mid-century travels west leading to the coast. These documents capture the fleeting shadows and the still-enduring landmarks that form a shared sense of place, identity, and community. This collection stands as a testament to Briol’s contributions to the art of photography, while capturing a formative era in Cincinnati’s history.

Paul Briol: Passed Forward is part of the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial. Now in its sixth iteration, the Biennial activates over 100 museums, galleries, universities, and public spaces throughout Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Dayton and Columbus, Ohio in October 2022.

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Virtual Exhibit

To view the 3-D tour simply click on the 360 link to the left and/or browse the exhibition stills below with detailed images.


West Gallery

Untitled (Carew Tower's Tyler Davidson Fountain)

Untitled (Carew Tower's Tyler Davidson Fountain)

after 1931

Untitled (Carew Tower's Tyler Davidson Fountain)

AC # 3828

Cincinnati at Night from the Kentucky Shore

Cincinnati at Night from the Kentucky Shore

c.1931-38

Cincinnati at Night from the Kentucky Shore

AC # 3961

Untitled (Terrace Plaza Hotel)

Untitled (Carew Tower's Tyler Davidson Fountain)

Untitled (Carew Tower's Tyler Davidson Fountain)

after 1931

Untitled (Carew Tower's Tyler Davidson Fountain)

AC # 3948

Fourth Street, Looking East with New Radiant Street Lamps

Fourth Street, Looking East with New Radiant Street Lamps

c. 1931-69

Fourth Street, Looking East with New Radiant Street Lamps

AC # 4137

Untitled (Times Star Building)

Untitled (Times Star Building)

c.1933-36

Untitled (Times Star Building)

AC # 3943


Untitled (Roustabout and Captain)

Untitled (Roustabout and Captain)

c. 1933-36

Untitled (Roustabout and Captain)

AC # 3964

Untitled (Riverboat)

Flag 2

c.1933-36

Flag 2 detail

AC # 4159

Untitled (Roustabout on the Betsy Ann)

Untitled (The Delta Queen)

My Country Is Not

Date Unknown

My Country is Not detail

AC # 4004

Untitled (Barge)

Untitled (Roustabouts on the Betsy Ann)

Untitled (Roustabouts on the Betsy Ann)

Untitled (Looking Northeast from Kentucky)

We Sink, We Float

after 1931

We Sink, We Float detail

AC # 4140

Untitled (Roustabout on the Betsy Ann)

Untitled (Roustabout on the Betsy Ann)

Untitled (Roustabout on the Betsy Ann)

Untitled (Roustabout on the Betsy Ann)



Untitled (Union Terminal Rotunda)

Untitled (Union Terminal Trains in Roundhouse)

Untitled (Union Terminal Circular Drive)

Untitled (Union Terminal Fountain)

Untitled (Union Terminal Rotunda)

Untitled (Union Terminal Fountain)

Untitled (Union Terminal Looking Toward Downtown)

Untitled (Union Terminal Train)

Kalimat

after 1933

Kalimat detail

AC # 4101

East Gallery

Untitled (Susie and Walter Dressman at the Zoo)

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 4149

Untitled (Symphony)

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 3898

Untitled (Gentleman's Card Game)

Untitled (Ohio Field)

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 3966

In the Baldwin Piano Company

Kalimat

after 1931

Kalimat detail

AC # 3922

Untitled (Symphony)

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 3917

Untitled (Woman's Theater Group)

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 3755

Untitled (Symphony)

Kalimat

c.1931-41

Kalimat detail

AC # 3920

Untitled (Dice on the Betsy Ann)

Baldwin Piano Company Work Room Looks Down to Mid-Town

Kalimat

after 1931

Kalimat detail

AC # 4156

Untitled (Blacksmith)

Kentucky Sharecropper

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 3885


Untitled (Foster, OH on the Little Miami River)

Untitled (Bridge at Foster Ohio, Little Miami River)

Untitled (Bridge at Foster Ohio, Little Miami River)

Untitled (Bridge at Foster Ohio, Little Miami River)

Untitled (Man with His Dog)

Untitled (Reflections)

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 4121

Untitled (Bridge at Foster Ohio, Little Miami River)


Untitled (Union Terminal Ceiling)

Towered Buildings of Cincinnati . . . (Under the Purple People Bridge)

Untitled (Lincoln Statue)

Kalimat

after 1931

Kalimat detail

AC # 4134

Untitled (Statue at Window)

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 3811


Untitled (Eden Park in Winter)

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 3717

Untitled (Eden Park Reservoir in Winter)

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 3720

Untitled (Spring Grove Cemetery)

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 3953

Famous Music Hall Front

Kalimat

c.1930-38

Kalimat detail

AC # 4029

Untitled (UC Nippert Stadium Before Renovation)

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 3805

Untitled (Crosley Field)

Untitled (Crosley Field)

Untitled (Lunken Field American Airlines)

Kalimat

Date Unknown

Kalimat detail

AC # 3826

Untitled (Lunken Field DC3 Plane)

Untitled (Lunken Field)

Kalimat

c.1934-35

Kalimat detail

AC # 3837


Planning Your Visit

The Meyers Gallery

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Location and visiting instructions for the Meyers Gallery:

  • When visiting the Meyers Gallery, metered parking is located on Martin Luther King Dr. or in the Woodside or Campus Green Garages for an hourly fee. 
  • Enter campus from either MLK or the garages walk along Woodside Dr. past the new College of Business, and continue up the hill following the paver drive (UC Main Street). 
  • The Meyers Gallery is located halfway up the hill on the right-hand side in the Steger Student Life Center on the ground floor, directly across from Nippert Stadium. 

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