by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
Dimensions: variable Year Completed: 2011 Material: Painted steel Owner: City of St. Louis
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
The four statues Courage, Vision, Sacrifice, and Loyalty were part of the architect’s total design of the Soldiers’ Memorial, the only building on the two-block-long plaza. Sculptors nationwide were invited to bid on the project. The winner, Leo...
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
J. Seward Johnson studied at the University of Maine and at Harvard University. He has produced numerous sculptures for public places. The developers of the new downtown shopping mall commissioned Johnson to execute a statue that would be “representative of St....
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
The developers of Gateway One, a new office tower in St. Louis, commissioned Passanise to produce a work of public art relating to the enormous controversy surrounding the demolition of historic buildings. The artist created a metaphorical gateway by assembling two...
by jfawcett | Feb 14, 2014
A special commission in charge of the design and construction of the Peabody Opera House, then known as the Municipal Auditorium, decided that bears would be more appropriate sentries to the building than the traditional lions, alluding to the bear figures in the...
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