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Charles Keck
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Name
Charles Keck
Died
April 23, 1951, New York City, New York, United States
Education
National Academy Museum and School, Art Students League of New York
Charles Keck (September 9, 1875 – April 23, 1951) was an American sculptor from New York City, New York.
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 interment was located at Fishkill Rural cemetery.
Architectural sculptures
Brooklyn Museum, Genius of Islam, McKim, Mead and White, architects, NYC, 1908
Pennsylvania Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1908
Soldiers and Sailors National Military Museum and Memorial, Pittsburgh. 1910
Oakland City Hall, Palmer & Hornbostel architects, Oakland, California, 1914
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
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
Manchester Bridge statues, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1917
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark Sculpture, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1919
Thomas Jonathan Jackson Sculpture, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1921
Duke Family sarcophagi, Memorial Chapel, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Angel of Peace, Exhibition Place, Toronto, 1930
The Lincoln Monument of Wabash, Indiana, 1932
Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Alabama
Father Duffy, Duffy Square, New York City, 1937
Andrew Jackson, Kansas City, Missouri
Ernest Haass Memorial, Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
George Rogers Clark Memorial, Springfield, Ohio
Huey Long Memorial, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Liberty Monument, Ticonderoga, New York
Listening Post, Lynchburg, Virginia
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.
Numismatic works
1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition Gold Dollar
1927 Vermont, Battle of Bennington Sesquicentennial Half Dollar
