Inspired by “The Dream Garden” by Maxfield Parrish, the artwork is incorporated into an architectural setting that includes a waterfall, trees and smaller plants, and a reflecting pool.
The Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial committee sought to commission a work that would represent those American pioneers who journeyed west in search of new land to settle.
The writer who helps to shape the imagination of the country is represented in José de Creeft’s sculpture of a draped poet clutching his writings to his breast.
“The Preacher,” with his hands cupped near his chin as he speaks, is an emblem of the religious figures who have “guided our ways.”
Artist Heinz Warneke was well known for his animal sculptures, but also created monumental human figures for a number of public sites, including government buildings in Washington, D.C.
84 color video monitors, mounted in three overhead metal beams, offer a dazzling swirl of images. Nuam June Paik’s television sculptures and video installations have been shown in public spaces and museums worldwide.
The bronze by artist Jo Davidson captures the spirit of the free-striding American bard. This is a second cast from a plaster original.
In James Thom’s sculptural group, Sir Walter is shown sitting on a grave marker to talk with an aged peasant who travels from one churchyard to another to perform the pious act of recutting the faded names of Scottish Covenanters on their tombstones.