Outdoor Art Gallery

Artist: Ernest Trova

• Ernest Trova (American Artist, 1927 - 2009)
• Gox #9, Profile Canto VII, Profile Canto VI (1974)

• Location: Spirit of St. Louis Boulevard

  On loan to Spirit of St. Louis Airport from Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis County Parks Department

• Ernest Trova (American Artist, 1927 - 2009)
• Gox A (1981)

• Dimensions: 9' H, 5'7" W, 1' D
  Material: Stainless steel
  Owner: Chesterfield Arts
  Location: Central City Park

• Ernest Trova (American Artist, 1927 - 2009)
• Gox AB (1981)

• Dimensions: 9' H, 6'8" W, 2' D
  Material: Stainless steel
  Owner: Chesterfield Arts
  Location: Central City Park

• Ernest Trova (American Artist, 1927 - 2009)
• Profile Canto C (1981)

• Dimensions: 16' high
  Material: Stainless steel
  Owner: Chesterfield Arts

  Location: Olive Street Road in front of Lindell Bank

Ernest Tino Trova, a St. Louis native and self-trained American surrealist, pop art painter and sculptor, became one of the significant artists of the late twentieth century. Best known for his signature image, the Falling Man, Trova considered his entire output a single "work in progress." A collector of classic American comic character toys, Trova admired their surrealism and used them in some of his pieces. He began as a painter, progressing through three-dimensional constructions to his mature medium, sculpture. Trova's gift of forty of his works led to the opening of the Laumeier Sculpture Park. With his Falling Man, Ernest Trova created one of the defining artistic images of his time.