Statue of Painting - St. Louis, Missouri
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 38° 38.372 W 090° 17.656
15S E 735497 N 4280249
Statue by Louis Saint-Gaudens located in front of the St. Louis Art Museum in Forest Park in west St. Louis.
Waymark Code: WM31BR
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Hikenutty
Views: 42

"The symbolic statue is the companion to Daniel Chester French's 'Sculpture.' The pieces were originally produced in plaster. The artists were commissioned to reproduce them in marble to permanently occupy the same location as they had during the fair, with Sculpture on the west and Painting on the east.

Saint-Gaudens trained as a cameo cutter before joining his elder brother, the famous artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens, in his Paris studio. They moved the studio to New York in 1898, and Louis soon went on his own. Saint-Gaudens died before the end of the St. Louis project and his marble figure was completed by his wife, Annetta Johnson." ~ St. Louis Regional Art Commission

Original Name of Structure (during fair): Statue of Painting

Current Name of Structure: Statue of Painting

Architect/Designer: Louis Saint-Gaudens

Fair Name: Louisiana Purchase Exposition—also known as the 1904 World’s Fair

Location: St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Year of Fair: 1904

Theme of Fair: Louisiana Purchase Exposition

Website Proof: [Web Link]

Website Reference: Not listed

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