Pittsburgh Cemeteries

Tag: Sculpture

  • Frackowiak-Wawrzyniak Monument, St. Adalbert’s Cemetery

    A very busy Gothic design with a praying angel in an alcove and a crucifix on top. Nevertheless, though Father Pitt cannot justify it intellectually, it is still his feeling that the form of the monument is pleasingly balanced.

  • Dominowskich Monument, St. Adalbert’s Cemetery

    The soft stone is eroding, softening the features of this sculpture to a kind of abstract peace, but she still clings to the rugged rustic cross. The rustic style, incidentally, is very much favored in St. Adalbert’s.

  • Siebert Monument, Birmingham Cemetery

    By far the grandest monument in the cemetery, this one is surmounted by a figure pointing upward, like the traditional representations of Hope, except that there is no anchor. Instead, she holds a stem of lilies. Whatever she represents, she is a fine piece of sculpture, all the more surprising for being the only notable piece of sculpture in the whole cemetery.

  • Sposato Monument, Calvary Cemetery

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    The base is a bit busy for a classical monument, but Father Pitt finds the overall effect pleasing. Emilio B. F. Sposato died at about forty in 1906, and that is probably about the date of this monument.

  • Lohmeyer Monument, Calvary Cemetery

    This slightly chunky but still graceful statue looks individual enough to be a portrait. Of whom? If it was a portrait of Emma Lohmeyer, it is curious that her death date was never filled in. But perhaps if she looked like this when she was widowed at fifty, we need not seek too far for an explanation.