Julian Hoke Harris

Julian Hoke Harris (1906-1987) was an American artist. He graduated from Georgia Tech in 1928 with a B.S. in architecture. He worked as a sculptor based in Atlanta.

At Georgia Tech, he did ten busts of famous engineers and scientists, the bronze gate of the Naval Armory, and the stained glass window in Brittain Dining Hall. He also taught architecture part-time in the College of Architecture for 34 years.[1]

He worked with the architectural firm of Tucker & Howell on various projects and sculpted a frieze at Georgia State Prison depicting figures embodying various trades and occupations.[2] Other collaborations with architectural firms in Atlanta include the Morris Plan Bank (1936, razed), zoo buildings (1950s), the Department of Agriculture Building (1954), the Commerce Building (1959), and the DeKalb County Federal Savings and Loan Building (1963) in Conyers, Georgia.[2]

He was elected into the National Academy of Design in 1976 as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1979.

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  1. ↑ "Julian Harris Photograph Collection". Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2014-01-05.
  2. 1 2 "Tucker and Howell". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2014-01-05.


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