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. photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Charles Keck File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Charles Keck File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... An Italian Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA). ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World[1], Gotham Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area    - City 1,214. ... The National Academy of Design, in New York City, now called simply The National Academy, is an honorary association of American artists, with a museum and a school of fine arts. ... Augustus Saint Gaudens, 1905 Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Dublin, March 1, 1848 - Cornish, New Hampshire, August 3, 1907), was the Irish born American sculptor of the Beaux Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... The Taj Mahal, commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, as a mausoleum for his wife, Arjumand Banu Begum. ...

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

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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

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Images

Lewis & Clark Memorial. Charlottesville, Virginia Photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Charles Keck File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

World War I Memorial, Harrisonburg, Virginia Photo by Einar Einarsson Kvaran Charles Keck File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

George Rogers Clark Memorial, Springfield, Ohio I took it Charles Keck File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

References

• Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript