Sculpture, (sculpture) - St. Louis Art Museum - Forest Park - St. Louis, MO
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YoSam.
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This sculpture is really called "Sculpture". This "Sculpture" resides to the right of someone as they enter the Art Museum (West Side).
Waymark Code: WMQ8JT
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2016
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County of statue: Independent City of St. Louis
Location of art: Fine Arts Dr., St. Louis Art Museum entrance, Forest Park, St. Louis
Artist: Daniel Chester French, 1850-1931, sculptor
Date Created: 1904
Proper Description: "A woman, nude from the waist up, sits in a large throne-like chair who's legs resemble the legs of a lion. She rests to her left with arms relaxed unon the arms of the chair. A drape is thrown across her legs and wrapped around her back." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum
"Although similar in style, the two allegorical statues that flank the main entrance to the Saint Louis Art Museum are by two different artists. Painting (this page), on the east side, is the work of Louis Saint-Gaudens; Sculpture, on the west side, is by Daniel Chester French. Both figures were created for the 1904 World’s Fair to stand in front of the Palace of Fine Arts, now the Art Museum.
"The Palace of Fine Arts, designed by Cass Gilbert, was one of the few permanent structures built for the Fair. Most of the buildings and statues at the Fair were constructed from “staff,” a mixture of plaster of Paris, cement and hemp fibers — durable enough to last the length of the Fair, but not intended for permanent display. The originals of these two sculptures were made of staff, and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company commissioned the artists to create marble copies after the Fair.
"Louis Saint-Gaudens was the lesser known brother of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, but a fine artist in his own right. He is best known as the sculptor of all the statues in Union Station in Washington D.C. He died in 1912, and his wife, Annette Johnson Saint-Gaudens, completed the marble copy.
"Daniel Chester French was one of the most acclaimed and prolific sculptors of his time and in the circle of such literary luminaries as Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Alcotts of Concord, Massachusetts. His most famous work is the iconic figure of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. He also designed the medal awarded to recipients of the Pulitzer Prize." ~ Forest Park Forever