Statue of Christopher Columbus (Houston)

Bronze sculpture in Bell Park, Houston, Texas, U.S.

Statue of Christopher Columbus

Artist	Joe Incrapera
Year	1992 (1992)
Medium	Bronze sculpture
Subject	Christopher Columbus
Location	Houston, Texas, United States
Coordinates	29°43′46″N 95°23′30″W / 29.729544°N 95.391632°W / 29.729544; -95.391632

An outdoor 1992 bronze sculpture of Christopher Columbus by Joe Incrapera was installed in Houston's Bell Park, in the U.S. state of Texas. It was later removed in 2020 after a history of vandalism.

History

The sculpture was vandalized with red paint in August 2017. The Houston Chronicle noted that the vandalism occurred around the same time that protesters demanded the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in Houston, and the same day that the city's statue of Martin Luther King Jr. was vandalized with white paint.

On June 11, 2020, the statue was vandalized again, with red paint covering its face, neck area and hands and a red circled "A" painted on its rear. This time, however, the statue was also holding a cardboard sign stating "Rip the head from your oppressor." That evening, the statue's left hand was cut off. The statue was then removed on June 19, 2020.

References

"Christopher Columbus". City of Houston. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
^ McGuinness, Dylan (19 June 2020). "Goodbye Columbus: Houston removes vandalized statue from Bell Park". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
Harden, John D.; Kadifa, Margaret; Morris, Mike; Lewis, Brooke A. (17 August 2017). "MLK, Christopher Columbus statues vandalized in Houston parks". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
"Christopher Columbus statue painted red at Houston park". FOX 26 Houston. 11 June 2020. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
"Christopher Columbus statue in Houston has once again been vandalized". KXXV. 11 June 2020. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
Barker, Aaron (12 June 2020). "Christopher Columbus statue in Houston vandalized for second straight night". KPRC. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.

Monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests

United States

Alabama	Birmingham – Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument; Charles Linn Huntsville – Confederate Soldier Memorial ✻ Mobile – Raphael Semmes
Arkansas	Bentonville – Confederate Monument ✻ Little Rock – Company A, Capitol Guards Pine Bluff – Confederate Monument
California	Carmel-by-the-Sea – Junípero Serra Chula Vista – Christopher Columbus Los Angeles – Junípero Serra Sacramento – Columbus' Last Appeal to Queen Isabella ✻; Junípero Serra; John Sutter San Francisco – Christopher Columbus; Ulysses S. Grant; Francis Scott Key; Junípero Serra Ventura – Junípero Serra ✻
Connecticut	Bridgeport – Christopher Columbus Hartford – Christopher Columbus ✻ Middletown – Christopher Columbus New Haven – Christopher Columbus ✻ New London – Christopher Columbus ✻ Norwalk – Christopher Columbus
Delaware	Dover – Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial Wilmington – Christopher Columbus; Caesar Rodney
District of Columbia	Washington – Albert Pike
Florida	Jacksonville – Confederate Memorial; Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy ✻ Palatka – Putnam County Confederate Memorial ✻ Quincy – Gadsden Confederate Memorial
Georgia	Athens – Confederate Monument Decatur – DeKalb County Confederate Monument
Indiana	Indianapolis – Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Kentucky	Frankfort – Jefferson Davis Louisville – John B. Castleman; Louis XVI
Louisiana	New Orleans – John McDonogh
Massachusetts	Boston – Christopher Columbus; Emancipation Memorial
Michigan	Dearborn – Orville L. Hubbard Detroit – Christopher Columbus
Minnesota	Minneapolis – Calvin Griffith Saint Paul – Christopher Columbus
Missouri	St. Louis – Christopher Columbus
Nevada	Las Vegas – Hey Reb!
New Jersey	Camden – Christopher Columbus Newark – Christopher Columbus West Orange – Christopher Columbus ✻
New Mexico	Albuquerque – Juan de Oñate Alcalde – Juan de Oñate Santa Fe – Diego de Vargas
New York	Albany – Philip Schuyler ✻ Buffalo – Christopher Columbus Hempstead – Thomas Jefferson New York City – Theodore Roosevelt Rochester – Frederick Douglass
North Carolina	Asheville – Vance Monument ✻ Charlotte – Jerry Richardson Raleigh – North Carolina Women of the Confederacy; Josephus Daniels; Henry Lawson Wyatt Rocky Mount – Nash County Confederate Monument ✻ Salisbury – Gloria Victis ✻ Wilmington – Confederate Memorial; George Davis
Ohio	Columbus – Christopher Columbus (City Hall); Christopher Columbus (Columbus State Community College)
Oregon	Eugene – The Pioneer; The Pioneer Mother Portland – Captain William Clark Monument; Thompson Elk Fountain; Thomas Jefferson; Abraham Lincoln; Theodore Roosevelt; Harvey W. Scott; George Washington
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia – Christopher Columbus ✻; Frank Rizzo; George Whitefield
Rhode Island	Providence – Christopher Columbus
South Carolina	Columbia – Christopher Columbus Charleston – John C. Calhoun
Tennessee	Nashville – Edward W. Carmack; Sam Davis ✻
Texas	Beaumont – Our Confederate Soldiers Dallas – Confederate War Memorial; One Riot, One Ranger Denton – Confederate Soldier Monument ✻ Fort Worth – Confederate Monument Houston – Christopher Columbus; Richard W. Dowling ✻; Spirit of the Confederacy
Virginia	Alexandria – Appomattox Fredericksburg – Slave Auction Block Norfolk – Confederate Monument Portsmouth – Confederate Monument Roanoke – Robert E. Lee Richmond – Christopher Columbus; Jefferson Davis; Howitzer Monument ✻; Stonewall Jackson; Robert E. Lee; Matthew Fontaine Maury; Richmond Police Memorial; J. E. B. Stuart; Williams Carter Wickham
Wisconsin	Madison – Forward; Hans Christian Heg

Other countries

Belgium	Antwerp – Leopold II Ghent – Leopold II
New Zealand	Hamilton – John Fane Charles Hamilton
United Kingdom	Bristol – Edward Colston Cambridge – Sir Ronald Fisher window Greater Manchester – Dunham Massey Hall sundial London – John Cass; Robert Clayton ✻; Thomas Guy ✻; Robert Milligan

Key: ✻ Pending removal

Public art in Houston

Works

Lillie and Hugh Roy
Cullen Sculpture Garden

Adam
Arch Falls
The Back Series
Big Twist
Conversation with the Wind
The Crab
Cybele
The Dance
Decanter
Exhaling Pearls
Flora, Nude
Gymnast II
Houston Triptych
The Large Horse
Large Standing Woman I
New Forms
The Pilgrim
Quarantania I
Recuerdo de Machu Picchu 3 (Las terrazas)
The Sound of Night
The Spirit of Eternal Repose
Two Circle Sentinel
The Walking Man
Untitled (Shapiro, 1990)

McGovern
Centennial Gardens

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