Lion Fountain
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Artist
George Suyeoka
Artwork Year Installed
2006
Features
Artworks & Monuments, Outdoor, Sculptural Fountain Description
Artist George Suyeoka incorporates small animal sculptures into drinking fountains. This one depicts a lion pride鈥攁n adult male, an adult female, and three small cubs鈥攎ounted on a bronze podium. The animals appear to be drinking water at the edge of the fountain鈥檚 basin. Suyeoka, a native of Hawaii, is a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago. Along with the Lion Fountain, he also created two other sculptural drinking fountains which are located at the Lincoln Park Zoo.
Additional Information
West of the Kovler Lion House
Lion Fountain
Lion Fountain