Old Carousel City Park New Orleans
by Rebecca Korpita
Title
Old Carousel City Park New Orleans
Artist
Rebecca Korpita
Medium
Photograph - Photograph - Digital Art
Description
Dating back to 1906 with many figures dating to 1885, the old Carousel in City Park New Orleans Louisiana is only one of 100 hand-carved carousels remaining in the US and the only one in Louisiana. This is digital art based on an original photograph titled The Flying Horses by Rebecca Korpita.
The animals were carved and hand painted by Charles Looff and Charles Carmel. The Looff animal figures contain faux gem stones and are older than the Carmel animals.
The animals are loved so much by visitors they need repainting every year to 2 years. They are still hand painted. The Carousel contains fifty-six animals. 53 are horses plus a lion, giraffe, and camel. There are also 2 chariots for riding.
The horses have real horse hair tails and thirty of them move up and down and are called Flyers. The Carousel still uses the original motor.
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February 4th, 2016
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