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Eureka, CA
Wooden Sculpture Garden of Romano Gabriel
1887–1977
Sculpture environment
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Information:
"A wooden garden of flowers, faces, and carousels more than a house high-this is the garden of Romano Gabriel in Eureka, California. Gabriel was a gardener who came from Italy in 1913, but "Eureka is bad place for flowers," he told Jan Wampler, author of the book, All Their Own."
"So he built his own garden out of a longing for the exuberance of Italian flora and with the wood from fruit crates. He did so for thirty years until the boxes were no longer made of wood. Gabriel died in 1977, and on the day of his death the California State Arts Council designated his garden an important piece of folk art."
Romano Gabriel's Wooden Garden is being restored and preserved at 315 Second Street in Old Town Eureka by the Eureka Heritage Society. Additional images and information can be found on their site.
Text and images are copyright "Fantastic Architecture: Personal And Eccentric Visions" by Michael Schuyt, Joost Elffers, and George R. Collins, 1980, Dumont Buchverlag, Cologne, ISBN 0-8109-0914-6; out of print.
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Bibliography:
On DVD - Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations, "No Rest in the Northwest," KCPT, Kansas City Public Television, 2006.
"Museum of American Folk Art Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century American Folk Art and Artists" by Chuck and Jan Rosenak, Abbeville Press, New York, 1990.
"20th Century American Folk, Self Taught, and Outsider Art" by Betty-Carol Sellen, Cynthia J. Johnson, Neal-Schuman Publishers, New York, 1993.
"Self-Made Worlds: Visionary Environments" by Roger Manley and Mark Sloan, Aperture, New York, 1997.
"Fantastic Architecture: Personal And Eccentric Visions" by Michael Schuyt, Joost Elffers, and George R. Collins, 1980, Dumont Buchverlag, Cologne, ISBN 0-8109-0914-6; out of print.
"Self Taught, Outsider, and Folk Art—A guide to American Artists, Locations and Resources" by Betty-Carol Sellen with Cynthia J. Johnson, 2000.
"American Self-Taught Art: An Illustrated Analysis of 20th Century Artists and Trends with 1,319 Capsule Biographies" by Florence Laffal and Julius Laffal, 2003.
"Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations Coast to Coast Travel-o-Pedia" by Randy Mason, et. al., Kansas City Star Books, 2009. |
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