Public Art

Hippopotamus

By Robert Cassilly

Category: Statue

About

Dimensions: 5′ x 8′ x 4′
Year completed: 1986
Material: Painted fiberglass
Owner: City of St. Louis
Donor: St. Louis Zoo

About the artist:

Robert Cassilly

1949-2011

Bob Cassilly was an American sculptor and entrepreneur. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, he was best known as the founder of the idiosyncratic City Museum. Cassilly graduated from Vianney High School and earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in art from Fontbonne University in St. Louis.