by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
The Musician’s Memorial and Fountain commemorates the services of Owen Miller and Otto Ostendorf, both members of the St. Louis Symphony and various theater orchestras. Miller and Ostendorf were secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the American Federation...
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
William Timym (pronounced “Tim”) was an artist whose most well known work is probably the Bleep and Booster cartoons for the BBC’s Blue Peter. Other cartoons he produced include Bengo the Boxer puppy. He was also a bronze sculptor: Lowland Gorilla is...
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
Dedicated July 23, 1989, this Korean War Memorial commemorates the 54,246 Americans who died in the Korean War. “Diem Adimere Aegritudinem Hominibus,” concludes the inscription on the title plaque. This translates to “Time heals all wounds,”...
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
Joie de Vivre, which means “joy of living” in French, was done in 1927 at a time when the sculptor was changing from his early cubist style to a more impressionist and abstract approach. The bronze, one of seven casts of the form, suggests a figure in...
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Carl Mose was an art professor at Saint Louis University. He died in New Windsor, Maryland, in 1973. The monument Jewish Tercentenary Memorial celebrates the First Amendment right of freedom of religion in honor of the 300th anniversary of...
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