by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
This large bronze was originally sculpted as a 13″ maquette called Tara Reclining. A prominent art collector liked the small figure so much that he encouraged Mauro to produce a similar sculpture in 10 percent over life size. The influence of two masters is...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
Sitting on a bench in a grassy campus courtyard, this life size-sculpture of the poet Robert Frost has a quiet presence. The figure’s intense gaze and his inward-looking expression seem to suggest a poet in thought. The immediacy of the moment is highlighted by the...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
King Saint Louis IX was an influential patron of the arts who most likely ordered the production of the Morgan Bible, a masterpiece of medieval painting. He ruled during the so-called “golden century of Saint Louis,” when the kingdom of France was...
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 18, 2014
Year Completed: 1997 Material: Bronze Owner: Saint Louis University
by Sherry Sissac | Feb 17, 2014
Martin Luther King, Jr. memorializes the famous civil rights leader who died in 1968. The neighborhood association of North St. Louis City initiated the project to mark the beginning of a redevelopment program planned for the area. In the statue, the Rev. Martin...
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