Robert Berks

Robert Berks (b. 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American sculptor, industrial designer and planner. He has created hundreds of bronze sculptures and monuments including the Mary McLeod Bethune memorial and the Albert Einstein Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Another of his statues, that of the Swedish botanist and physician Carolus Linnaeus, can be found in the Heritage Garden of the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, Illinois.

One of Berks' most famous works is a bust of former President John Fitzgerald Kennedy that can be found in the Grand Foyer of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.

Public monuments

* Richard Caliguiri Memorial, Pittsburgh City-County Building Pittsburgh, PA,
* Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, Department of Justice Washington, DC, 1969
* Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial, Lincoln Park, Washington, DC, 1974
* Albert Einstein Memorial, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, 1979
* John F. Kennedy Bust, Kennedy Center Washington, DC, 19
* Carolus Linnæus Monument, Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois, 1983
* Reinhold Niebuhr Memorial, Elmhurst College, 1997

References

* James M. Goode: "Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C." Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979, ISBN 0874741386

External links

* [http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000230.htm Photos of Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial]
* [http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0001310.htm Photos of Albert Einstein Memorial]
* [http://robertberksstudios.com/index.shtml Biographies in bronze - Robert Berks Studios]