#cincyceilings

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The artist who received the contract for the art in the public rooms during the construction of Union Terminal was a Frenchman named Pierre Bourdelle. Among other things, Bourdelle was asked to decorate the ceilings in the private dining rooms. For the one seen here, he painted three ceiling murals, all featuring elaborate and fanciful plant life. Swipe for a glimpse of the room and it’s #UnionTerminalDecoDetails. This space is occasional included in our free weekend Rotunda tours, and is also a rentable area- contact Private Events for details.

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The artist who received the contract for the art in the public rooms of Union Terminal was a Frenchman named Pierre Bourdelle. The several ceiling murals he painted were oil-on-canvas, using bright colors, some metallic, which he painted and then glued to the ceiling. In the Formal Dining room (seen here known as the Cincinnati Dining Room) Bourdelle painted the largest of the ceiling murals, a map of Cincinnati, bounded on the edges with forms of transportation and landmarks of the city. The map is a curiosity in that it is reversed, east having gone west. Bourdelle would ultimately create 5,496 square feet of work for Union Terminal, by far the largest single project of his career.