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American sculptor (1875–1951)
Statue of
James B. Duke at
Duke University , erected in 1935
Fauns at Play 1934,
Brookgreen Gardens
Statue of
Andrew Jackson in front of
Jackson County Courthouse (Kansas City, Missouri) , 1934
Charles Keck (September 9, 1875 – April 23, 1951) was an American
sculptor from
New York City, New York .
[1]
Early life and education
Keck studied at the
National Academy of Design and the
Art Students League of New York with
Philip Martiny , and was an assistant to
Augustus Saint-Gaudens from 1893 to 1898. He also attended the American Academy in
Rome . In 1921 he was elected into the
National Academy of Design as an Associate member and became a full Academician in 1928. He is best known for his
monuments and
architectural sculpture . His work was also part of the
sculpture event in the
art competition at the
1932 Summer Olympics .
[2] His interment was located at
Fishkill
Rural cemetery .
Career
Architectural sculpture
Brooklyn Museum, Genius of Islam,
McKim, Mead and White , architects,
New York City , 1908
Pennsylvania Hall,
University of Pittsburgh ,
Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, 1908
America at the
Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial , Pittsburgh, 1910
Oakland City Hall,
Palmer & Hornbostel architects,
Oakland, California , 1914
Pittsburgh City-County Building , Palmer & Hornbostel architects, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1916
Wilmington City Hall, Palmer & Hornbostel architects,
Wilmington, Delaware , 1917
Design of the doors of the
John B. Murphy Memorial Building ,
Chicago , Illinois, 1926
[3]
Education Building,
Albany, New York
Nelson Gallery of Art,
Kansas City, Missouri
Waldorf Astoria Hotel,
Schultze & Weaver architects, New York City, 1931
Essex County Building Annex,
Newark, New Jersey ,
c. 1930
Jackson County Court House,
Wight & Wight , architects, Kansas City, Missouri, 1934
Bronx County Courthouse , Freedlander & Hausle architects,
Bronx , New York City, 1933
[4]
Campus gates,
Columbia University ,
New York City
Monuments and memorials
Minot Monument ,
Goshen, New York , with architect
Thomas Harlan Ellett , dedicated May, 1912
Amicitia ,
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
George Washington ,
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Manchester Bridge statues,
Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, 1917
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark ,
Charlottesville, Virginia , 1919
Thomas Jonathan Jackson , Charlottesville, Virginia, 1921
Duke Family
sarcophagi , Memorial Chapel,
Duke University ,
Durham, North Carolina
61st District War Memorial, (sculpture) , Greenwood Playground, Ocean Parkway at Fort Hamilton Parkway
Brooklyn , New York City, 1922
[5]
John Mitchell ,
Scranton, Pennsylvania , 1924
Liberty Monument ,
Ticonderoga, New York , 1924
Lifting the Veil of Ignorance , statue of
Booker T. Washington , 1927,
Tuskegee University Lifting the Veil of Ignorance , statue of
Booker T. Washington in
Tuskegee, Alabama , 1927 (replica in
Atlanta , Georgia)
Angel of Peace , Exhibition Place,
Toronto , 1930
Patrick Henry ,
Hall of Fame for Great Americans , New York City, 1930
The Lincoln Monument of Wabash, Indiana , 1932
Statue of Charles Brantley Aycock ,
National Statuary Hall Collection ,
U.S. Capitol in
Washington, D.C. , 1935
Father Francis P. Duffy ,
Duffy Square , New York City, 1937
Huey Long Memorial ,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana , 1940
Huey Long ,
National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., 1941
Young Lincoln , Senn Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1945
Andrew Jackson , Kansas City, Missouri
Ernest Haass Memorial ,
Woodlawn Cemetery ,
Detroit, Michigan
George Rogers Clark Memorial ,
Springfield, Ohio
Listening Post,
Lynchburg, Virginia
[6]
In 1913 Keck designed a memorial plaque that was cast from metal that had been salvaged from the
USS Maine after it was raised in
Havana harbor the previous year. Over a thousand of the plaques were cast and they are spread unevenly all over the United States. In 1931, Keck completed the
Great Seals of the Commonwealth of Virginia which had been commissioned by the Commonwealth. The obverse of the seal is still used and appears on the state flag.
Numismatic works
Other works
Notes
References
Kvaran & Lockley, Guide to the Architectural Sculpture in America , unpublished manuscript
External links
International National Artists Other