Raising the Barn — JPS, Lohr am Main
JPS (Jamie Paul Scanlon) · beside a primary-school playground, off Grabenstraße · Lohr am Main, Germany
Photo from Street Art Utopia’s archive; photographer and capture date are not recorded. Full photograph shown. Artwork: JPS.
The barn and its sandstone base are real; only Superman is painted. JPS put the hero on the wall beneath an old timber barn, fist raised, so that he appears to hold the whole building up. Barbara Picci · Superman Super Site · Main Spessart Info Checked
4 things to know
- A dated record from May 2020Barbara Picci’s street-art blog published three photographs titled “Raising the barn” on 23 May 2020, captioned “JPS @ Lohr am Main, Germany”. It is the earliest dated record we found. Barbara Picci Checked
- Seen from the schoolyardIn September 2020, the Lohr-based Main Spessart Info described primary-school pupils admiring a “Superman” who, beside their playground, seems to lift the massive roof of the neighbouring barn. The article names neither the street nor the town for this wall; Lohr appears only in its list of places where the couple’s works stand. Main Spessart Info Reported
- Off Grabenstraße, by the basketball courtsA 2025 report on the Superman Super Site places the mural off Grabenstraße, next to the basketball courts of the Grundschule Lohr. Superman Super Site Reported
- Permission firstThe same local profile says Scanlon came to street art eleven years earlier and once lived in Weston-super-Mare, England. In Germany, it adds, he and Stefanie, the couple behind the works, as a rule seek the owners’ permission for a wall. Main Spessart Info Reported
Check-in guide
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- Off Grabenstraße in Lohr am Main, next to the basketball courts of the Grundschule Lohr, according to the 2025 report. No street number has been published for the wall. Superman Super Site Reported
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- The barn stands beside a primary-school playground; Main Spessart Info describes pupils looking at it from their schoolyard. Main Spessart Info Reported
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- The map button searches for Grabenstraße. Look for the dark timber gable with the painted figure below it.
Sightings
- 202023 May
Barbara Picci photo post
- 202025 Sep
Main Spessart Info profile
- 202530 Jan
Superman Super Site report
All three stamps are publication dates; we found no camera-dated photograph. The January 2025 report describes where the mural can be found today and sets the status stamp; it is not a dated photograph.
On the record
Seen from the schoolyard
“faszinierte Grundschüler bewundern den “Superman”, der neben ihrem Pausenhof scheinbar das massive Dach der angrenzenden Scheune hochhebt.”
“Fascinated primary-school pupils admire the ‘Superman’ who, beside their playground, seems to lift the massive roof of the neighbouring barn.” Günter Roth’s profile of JPS.
Asking before painting
“Aufgrund deutscher Regeln bemüht sich das Paar grundsätzlich um die Genehmigung der jeweiligen Besitzer.”
“Because of German rules, the couple as a rule seek permission from the respective owners.”
The facts
- Work
- Raising the Barn: a painted Superman beneath a real timber barn, so the building seems to rest on his fist. Barbara Picci · Superman Super Site · Main Spessart Info Checked
- Artist
- JPS, the tag of Jamie Paul Scanlon. Main Spessart Info · Superman Super Site Checked
- Location
- Lohr am Main, Germany. Barbara Picci · Superman Super Site Checked Off Grabenstraße, by the Grundschule Lohr’s basketball courts. Superman Super Site Reported
- Date
- Existing by 23 May 2020, when Barbara Picci published it; Main Spessart Info described it in September 2020. Barbara Picci · Main Spessart Info Checked The Superman Super Site says it was painted in 2021. Superman Super Site Conflicting We follow the 2020 publications, which predate 2021.
- Status
- Seen January 2025: the Superman Super Site report gives its present location. Superman Super Site Reported No newer dated photograph was found.
- Artist’s post
- Street Art Utopia’s source post links to a JPS Instagram post titled “Raising the barn” from May 2020. We could not open it, so it is not counted here. JPS on Instagram Unconfirmed
- Photograph
- From Street Art Utopia’s archive, uploaded in February 2021; photographer and capture date unrecorded. Archive post Unconfirmed
Related
- Odd Art and Architecture (12 Photos): the SAU collection that includes this wall.
- Superman Raising the Barn (4 photos): more views of the same mural on Street Art Utopia.
- 40 Stunning Street Art By Creative Genius JPS: more of the artist’s work.
All sources (4)
Counted sources
- Barbara Picci: Streetart – JPS @ Lohr am Main, Germany, 23 May 2020. Three photographs titled “Raising the barn”; names the town but not the street.
- Main Spessart Info: Straßenkünstler mit Herz, Günter Roth, 25 September 2020. Local profile of Jamie Paul Scanlon; describes the Superman beside a primary-school playground lifting a barn roof, but names neither the street nor the town for this wall (Lohr appears only in a list of places with the couple’s works). Source of both quotes.
- Superman Super Site: Superman Mural Adorns Building in Lohr a. Main, Germany, Neil A. Cole, 30 January 2025. Gives the title, the full name, the Grabenstraße location and the year 2021 (which conflicts with the 2020 records).
Not counted
- JPS on Instagram: “Raising the barn”, May 2020 according to Street Art Utopia; the page could not be opened for this file.
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