Dallas Love Field Airport
Home MenuCAMPANILE WINDOW, 2014
Artist: Octavio Medellin
Location: Ticketing Hall / Check-in
Description: Campanile Window was originally one of four fused glass windows installed at the Bell Tower of the Trinity Lutheran Church on Gaston Ave. in 1960. It has been reconstructed for installation here at Dallas Love Field by Van Enter Studios.
About the Artist: An important artist and teacher of many North Texas artists, Octavio Medellin (1909-1999) taught at North Texas State Teachers College (now the University of North Texas), Southern Methodist University, and the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts School. In 1966, he opened the Medellin School of Sculpture in Dallas and continued teaching through 1979. Medellin’s artwork has been exhibited in many museums including the Dallas Museum of Art, the Meadows Museum at SMU, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, the Witte Museum in San Antonio, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1996, the Dallas Visual Arts Center, now the Dallas Contemporary, honored Medellin with its prestigious Legends Award.