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.
Sponsored by Fotofocus
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
Group A
Untitled (Carew Tower's Tyler Davidson Fountain)
after 1931
AC # 3828
Cincinnati at Night from the Kentucky Shore
c.1931-38
AC # 3961
Untitled (Terrace Plaza Hotel)
c. 1948
AC # 3976
Untitled (Carew Tower's Tyler Davidson Fountain)
after 1931
AC # 3948
Fourth Street, Looking East with New Radiant Street Lamps
c. 1931-69
AC # 4137
Untitled (Times Star Building)
c.1933-36
AC # 3943
Group B
Untitled (Roustabout and Captain)
c. 1933-36
AC # 3964
Untitled (Riverboat)
c.1933-36
AC # 4159
Untitled (Roustabout on the Betsy Ann)
1933
AC # 3795
Untitled (The Delta Queen)
Date Unknown
AC # 4004
Untitled (Barge)
1936
AC # 4175
Untitled (Roustabouts on the Betsy Ann)
1933
AC # 3919
Untitled (Roustabouts on the Betsy Ann)
1933
AC # 4163
Untitled (Looking Northeast from Kentucky)
after 1931
AC # 4140
Untitled (Roustabout on the Betsy Ann)
1933
AC # 3958
Untitled (Roustabout on the Betsy Ann)
1933
AC # 3956
Untitled (Roustabout on the Betsy Ann)
1933
AC # 3871
Untitled (Roustabout on the Betsy Ann)
1933
AC # 3882
Group C
Untitled (Union Terminal Rotunda)
c.1933
AC # 3832
Untitled (Union Terminal Trains in Roundhouse)
c.1925
AC # 3847
Untitled (Union Terminal Circular Drive)
c.1933
AC # 3738
Untitled (Union Terminal Fountain)
c.1933
AC # 3829
Untitled (Union Terminal Rotunda)
c.1933
AC # 4093
Untitled (Union Terminal Fountain)
c.1933
AC # 3744
Untitled (Union Terminal Looking Toward Downtown)
c.1933
AC # 3846
Untitled (Union Terminal Train)
after 1933
AC # 4101
East Gallery
Group D
Untitled (Susie and Walter Dressman at the Zoo)
Date Unknown
AC # 4149
Untitled (Symphony)
Date Unknown
AC # 3898
Untitled (Gentleman's Card Game)
1946
AC # 3764
Untitled (Ohio Field)
Date Unknown
AC # 3966
In the Baldwin Piano Company
after 1931
AC # 3922
Untitled (Symphony)
Date Unknown
AC # 3917
Untitled (Woman's Theater Group)
Date Unknown
AC # 3755
Untitled (Symphony)
c.1931-41
AC # 3920
Untitled (Dice on the Betsy Ann)
1936
AC # 4176
Baldwin Piano Company Work Room Looks Down to Mid-Town
after 1931
AC # 4156
Untitled (Blacksmith)
1933
AC # 4162
Kentucky Sharecropper
Date Unknown
AC # 3885
Group E
Untitled (Foster, OH on the Little Miami River)
c.1937
AC # 3990
Untitled (Bridge at Foster Ohio, Little Miami River)
1937
AC # 4130
Untitled (Bridge at Foster Ohio, Little Miami River)
1937
AC # 4038
Untitled (Bridge at Foster Ohio, Little Miami River)
1937
AC # 4033
Untitled (Man with His Dog)
1933
AC # 3793
Untitled (Reflections)
Date Unknown
AC # 4121
Untitled (Bridge at Foster Ohio, Little Miami River)
1937
AC # 4040
Group F
Untitled (Union Terminal Ceiling)
c.1933
AC # 3830
Towered Buildings of Cincinnati . . . (Under the Purple People Bridge)
1936
AC # 3998
Untitled (Lincoln Statue)
after 1931
AC # 4134
Untitled (Statue at Window)
Date Unknown
AC # 3811
Group G
Untitled (Eden Park in Winter)
Date Unknown
AC # 3717
Untitled (Eden Park Reservoir in Winter)
Date Unknown
AC # 3720
Untitled (Spring Grove Cemetery)
Date Unknown
AC # 3953
Famous Music Hall Front
c.1930-38
AC # 4029
Untitled (UC Nippert Stadium Before Renovation)
Date Unknown
AC # 3805
Untitled (Crosley Field)
c.1935
AC # 4013
Untitled (Crosley Field)
c.1935
AC # 3841
Untitled (Lunken Field American Airlines)
Date Unknown
AC # 3826
Untitled (Lunken Field DC3 Plane)
c.1937
AC # 3733
Untitled (Lunken Field)
c.1934-35
AC # 3837
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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.
Directions: From ML King enter Woodside Dr. (Langsam Library) for Woodside Garage (accepts cash or credit). Walk up UC Main Street to the Steger Student Life Center. Gallery is on the right across from Nippert Stadium.
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