Christopher Columbus

Details

Artist: FERDINAND VON MILLER II
Year: 1884
Url: https://racstl.org/public-art/christopher-columbus/
Medium: Bronze on limestone pedestal with bronze plaques
Collection: Tower Grove Park
Commissionedby: Henry Shaw

Description

This is a retired sculpture.

The most information comes from: https://racstl.org/public-art/christopher-columbus/

Data from ractstl :

Henry Shaw wanted fine music and works of art in his Tower Grove Park, so he hired architects to build cupola-covered bandstands and commissioned artists to produce sculptures, including marble busts of his favorite composers—Mozart, Rossini, Wagner, Beethoven, Gounod, and Verdi. Busts of Sullivan and Donizetti were planned for the last two pedestals, but Shaw passed away before they could be produced, so simple marble spheres took their place. Beginning in 1873, Shaw provided free Sunday concerts during summer months, featuring at least one piece by one of the composers represented on the busts. The badly deteriorated original busts were put in storage at the park in 1992 and replaced with the replica composite stone sculptures that are on view today. Several of the original pieces are on view in the Piper Palm House in Tower Grove Park.

Dimensions: 9′ x 4′ x 4′

This sculpture is now retired and removed from display at Tower Grow Park as part of the shuffle from the George Floyd Protests since May 2020.