249 – Fritz Triebel Statue @ Fred Block Grave
August 9th, 2008
As I said in the comments area, the statue was cast by Fritz Triebel, the same person Peoria native who sculpted the Civil War Monument at the Courthouse and the Ingersoll statue in lower Glen Oak Park.
The grave itself is of Fred Block of Schipper & Block and Block & Kuhl fame.
A nice color brochure put out by ArtsPartners titled In Plain Sight. A Guide to Finding & Experiencing Peoria’s Public Art. {pdf} describes it this way:
Many consider the bronze statue called “Peace†the most beautiful sculpture in Peoria. Frederick Triebel cast it in 1906 for the Fred L. Block family monument in Springdale Cemetery. Mr. Block chose it himself after a visit with the Triebels in New York; shortly thereafter, he was killed in an automobile/train accident. Fred Block and his brother made their fortune with the area’s most successful department store, Schipper & Block.