Charles Keck

Statue of James B. Duke in Duke University, 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, born in New York City. He studied in the National Academy of Design and Art Students League with Philip Martiny and was an assistant to Augustus Saint-Gaudens from 1893 to 1898. He also attended the American Academy in Rome. He is best known for his monuments and architectural sculpture. His interment was located at Fishkill Rural Cemetery.

Architectural Sculpture

• Brooklyn Museum, Genius of Islam, McKim, Mead and White, architects, NYC, 1908
• Pennsylvania Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1908
• Oakland City Hall, Palmer & Hornbostel architects, Oakland, California, 1914
• City-County Building, Palmer & Hornbostel architects, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1916
• Wilmington City Hall, Palmer & Hornbostel architects, Wilmington, Delaware, 1917
• Education Building, Albany, New York
• Nelson Gallery of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
• Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Schultz & Weaver architects, NYC, 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, 1933^[1]
• Campus gates, Columbia University, New York City

Monuments and Memorials

• The John B. Murphy Memorial, Chicago, Illinois
• Amicitia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• George Washington, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Lewis and Clark Memorial, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1921
• Stonewall Jackson, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Duke Family sarcophagi, Memorial Chapel, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
• Angel of Peace, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, 1930
• The Lincoln Monument of Wabash, Indiana, 1932
• Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Alabama
• Father Duffy, Times Square, NYC
• Andrew Jackson, Kansas City, Missouri
• Ernest Hass Memorial, Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
• George Rogers Clark Memorial, Springfield, Ohio
• Huey Long Memorial, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Liberty Monument, Ticonderoga, New York

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 to this day and appears on the state flag.

References

1. ^ Larry E. Gobrecht (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bronx County Courthouse". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=673. Retrieved 2011-01-12. 

• Kvaran & Lockley, Guide to the Architectural Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript

External links

Biography portal

• Charles Keck at Find a Grave

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Name	Keck, Charles
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Date of birth	September 9, 1875
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Date of death	April 23, 1951
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