Public Art
Creativity thrives in St. Louis. Sculptures, murals, fountains, mosaics and memorials are part of the fabric of the streets and parks of our region. Public art goes beyond the expected idea of art. Public art in St. Louis extends to a wide range of innovative concepts, projects and programs. Explore the different areas of our community and the public art that enriches our lives below.
The original plaster model of the statue of the Crusader King, Louis IX of France, stood at the main entrance...
The bronze Baboon, with mouth agape, is a multi-purpose work of public art: it uses one of the more popular animals...
The Colonial Daughter Fountain was donated by the Missouri Society of Colonial Daughters, built by park department employees, and dedicated in 1947....
The granite shaft of Confederate Memorial has a high-relief bronze of life-size figures depicting a southern family sending a youth off to...
William Timym (pronounced “Tim”) was an artist whose most well known work is probably the Bleep and Booster cartoons for...
Erected in 1885, the statue Francis Preston Blair, Jr. honors the Civil War general and statesman who fought for the North, then...
This monument is in the shape of a bench with a colossal head of Jahn in the center and an...
The General Edward Bates statue was originally created for Lafayette Park, but it was never installed because the sculptor’s fee had not...
St. Louis’ first equestrian war monument recognized General Sigel as one of the leaders of the German revolution of 1848-49....
Howard and Isabel Baer commissioned the artist to create a retirement statue of Zoo Director George P. Vierheller. Mr. Vierheller...