Winold Reiss and the Cincinnati Union Terminal: Fanfare for the Common Man

by Gretchen Garner

Book Overview

When Winold Reiss won the commission to design and install the immense mosaic murals in the Cincinnati Union Terminal in 1931, he was already a noted artist. After immigrating to the United States from Germany in 1913, he quickly had become a sought-after portraitist and designer of large public art projects.

The Cincinnati Union Terminal murals are extraordinary not only for their size and the boldness of their color and design but also...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821422030
• ISBN13: 9780821422038
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.9" x 9.9"