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 tradition of portraying the four seasons as human figures flourished during the Renaissance. Usually the figures carry or wear...
The Missouri Botanical Garden’s George Washington Carver Garden opened to the public on Oct. 15, 2005. The inspirational garden honors...
This sculpture is from Trova’s GOX series of monumental geometric forms made from circles, squares and rectangles that have an...
The vine patterns that make up the bench are intended to remind the viewer of Henry Shaw’s expertise in the...
This statue was donated by the Lamy family and probably dates from the 1930s. George McCue, art consultant for the...
This statue of Juno is a copy of the Farnese Juno in the Naples National Museum. The original dates from the fifth...
Rau was born in Brussels and studied under Paul Dubois at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He executed war memorials...
Dimensions: 12′ x 40″ x 40″ Year Completed: 1887 Material: Pink granite Owner: Missouri Botanical Garden
Dimensions: 30″ x 24″ x 12″ Year Completed: 1993 Material: Bronze Owner: Missouri Botanical Garden
Dimensions: 24″ Year Completed: 1993 Material: Bronze Owner: Missouri Botanical Garden
Milles created the Orpheus Fountain in 1936. According to Greek legend, Orpheus played the lyre so beautifully that stones and trees danced...
Manuhwa works in the Chapungu tradition, a Zimbabwean contemporary art movement that fuses a contemporary aesthetic with many of the...