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.
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, Carl Mose was an art professor at Saint Louis University. He died in New Windsor, Maryland,...
Year Completed: 1964 Owner: City of St. Louis Donor: Readers of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joie de Vivre, which means “joy of living” in French, was done in 1927 at a time when the sculptor...
Dedicated July 23, 1989, this Korean War Memorial commemorates the 54,246 Americans who died in the Korean War. “Diem Adimere Aegritudinem Hominibus,”...
William Timym (pronounced “Tim”) was an artist whose most well known work is probably the Bleep and Booster cartoons for...
The Musician’s Memorial and Fountain commemorates the services of Owen Miller and Otto Ostendorf, both members of the St. Louis Symphony and...
The original Forest Park bandstand, or music pagoda, was a wooden structure that stood on an island in Pagoda Lake....
The symbolic statue is the companion to Daniel Chester French’s Sculpture. The pieces were originally produced in plaster. The artists were...
One of a series of stainless steel trees that Paine executed for city parks, Placebo’s placement is as important to its meaning...
This nineteen-foot-tall sculpture of an African elephant rearing up was installed beneath a honey locust tree trimmed to resemble an...
In 1893, French was a founding member of the National Sculpture Society, and he became a member of the American...
In 1900, the United States Government presented the City of St. Louis with a gift — a Spanish cannon titled Examinador that...