by Sherry Sissac | Feb 14, 2014
Henry J. Kiener, a steel executive and lifelong athlete who had been an Olympic high-hurdler, bequested funds for a fountain with an athletic figure. Kiener’s trust fund consulted with art experts who recommended world-renowned Alexander Calder for the...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 14, 2014
Ten sculptures of former St. Louis Cardinals players adorn the sidewalk outside Busch Stadium. Each player appears caught in mid-action in a different pose, sliding into home plate or diving to catch a pop fly. Over the course of four years, sculptor Harry Weber was...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 14, 2014
Ten sculptures of former St. Louis Cardinals players adorn the sidewalk outside Busch Stadium. Each player appears caught in mid-action in a different pose, sliding into home plate or diving to catch a pop fly. Over the course of four years, sculptor Harry Weber was...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 14, 2014
The statue General Ulysses S. Grant is a public tribute to Grant, who resided in St. Louis for six years. While here, he met and married Julia Dent and unsuccessfully farmed the land on Gravois, known today as Grant’s Farm. Grant held many jobs here, including...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 14, 2014
The statue Friedrich Schiller was a gift to the city from George Stifel in honor of the German poet. The sculpture is an exact reproduction of one that Rau did in Schiller’s birthplace, Marbach, Germany. Rau sculpted this bronze statue with Schiller’s left...
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