Charles Keck

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An example of Keck's work: A panel in the Nelson Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri.

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.

1 Architectural Sculpture
2 Monuments and Memorials
3 Images
4 References

[edit] Architectural Sculpture

Education Building, Albany, NY

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 Court House, Freedlander & Hausle architects, Bronx, New York, 1933

[edit] Monuments and Memorials

Stonewall Jackson Memorial. Charlottesville, Virginia

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
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

In 1913 Keck designed a memorial plaque that was cast from metal that had been salvaged from the USS Maine after it had been 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. [see "Discussion", above]