Apotheosis of St. Louis

Apotheosis of St. Louis
ArtistDesign by Charles Henry Niehaus,
execution by W. R. Hodges
Year1904–1906
TypeBronze
LocationSaint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

Apotheosis of St. Louis is a statue of King Louis IX of France, namesake of St. Louis, Missouri, located in front of the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park. Part of the iconography of St. Louis, the statue was the principal symbol of the city between its erection in 1906 and the construction of the Gateway Arch in the mid-1960s.