Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Bronze Garden Sculpture

by Robert Lee Walker

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 26, 2023

1. Bronze Garden Sculpture Marker

Inscription.
Robert Lee Walker grew up in St. Louis and taught at John Burroughs School in Ladue from 1950 until his retirement in 1987. He earned a B.F.A. at Washington University School of Fine Arts and did graduate work at the Cransbrook Academy of Art from 1949 to 1950.

Walker created the whimsical bronze animals for the Kemper Center Gardens between early 1993 and 1995. Walker also executed the pediment panels for the Butterfly Pavilion and the medallion in the Blanke Boxwood Garden. His beautiful bronze "Birds in Flight" Waldemar Memorial Fountain was installed in the Lehmann Rose Garden in 1976.

Erected by Missouri Botanical Garden.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1950.

Location. 38° 36.812′ N, 90° 15.649′ W. Marker is in St. Louis, Missouri. It is in Missouri Botanical Garden. It can be reached from Shaw Boulevard west of Tower Grove Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4344 Shaw Boulevard, Saint Louis MO 63110, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening (within shouting distance of this marker); Building the Perfect Grapevine (about 300 feet away,

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measured in a direct line); Rethinking Our Trial Beds (about 400 feet away); The Gardens of Henry Shaw (about 400 feet away); Going West (about 400 feet away); Chinese Garden (about 400 feet away); Catching the Wind (about 500 feet away); Kresko Family Victorian Garden (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Louis.

The Bronze Garden Sculpture image. Click for full size.

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 26, 2023

2. The Bronze Garden Sculpture

Credits. This page was last revised on July 18, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 2, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.