by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
Henry Shaw wanted fine music and works of art in his Tower Grove Park, so he hired architects to build cupola-covered bandstands and commissioned artists to produce sculptures, including marble busts of his favorite composers—Mozart, Rossini, Wagner, Beethoven,...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
Henry Shaw oversaw the design of stately carriage entrances to his Tower Grove Park. Forty-foot stone towers were placed at the western entrance at Kingshighway. The North Gate, at Magnolia, has 15-foot columns topped by limestone spheres that Shaw got from the Old...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
Year Completed: 1968 Material: Bronze Owner: City of St. Louis
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
Henry Shaw wanted fine music and works of art in his Tower Grove Park, so he hired architects to build cupola-covered bandstands and commissioned artists to produce sculptures, including marble busts of his favorite composers—Mozart, Rossini, Wagner, Beethoven,...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
In this sculpture, two lyrical lion characters face each other on opposite ornate benches. One plays a lute while the other plays a horn. By sitting on these benches, the viewer engages in a complex interaction with these figures and in a way becomes part of the...
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