List of public art in Baltimore

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This list of public art in Baltimore provides an introduction to public art which is accessible in an outdoor public space in Baltimore. Because the collection of public art is extensive and continues to grow, the list is incomplete. A fuller picture is available externally at:

Selected artworks

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates
Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Owner / administrator Notes
The Armistead Monument Fort McHenry

39°15′51.01″N 76°34′55.80″W / 39.2641694°N 76.5821667°W / 39.2641694; -76.5821667 (short title)
1914 Edward Berge Bronze 8 ft. 4½ × 4 ft. National Park Service[1]
Babe's Dream Oriole Park at Camden Yards

39°17′5.81″N 76°37′14.56″W / 39.2849472°N 76.6207111°W / 39.2849472; -76.6207111 (short title)
1998 Susan Luery Bronze 16 ft. high Maryland Stadium Authority[2]
The Battle Monument Calvert and Fayette streets

39°17′26.96″N 76°36′44.75″W / 39.2908222°N 76.6124306°W / 39.2908222; -76.6124306 (short title)
1825 Antonio Capellano
Architect: Maximilian Godefroy
Marble 52 ft. high; figure height 8 ft. 6 in. City of Baltimore[3]
Columbus Monument Druid Hill Park, Jones Falls Trail

39°19′10″N 76°38′31″W / 39.3194°N 76.6419°W / 39.3194; -76.6419 (short title)
1892 Achille Canessa Marble 6 ft. × 34 in. × 24 in. City of Baltimore[4]
Confederate Women's Monument Charles Street and University Parkway

39°19′59.94″N 76°37′6.11″W / 39.3333167°N 76.6183639°W / 39.3333167; -76.6183639 (short title)
1917 Joseph Maxwell Miller Bronze 115 × 114 × 98 in. City of Baltimore[5]
Edgar Allan Poe Monument University of Baltimore Law Center Plaza

39°18′20.48″N 76°37′2.27″W / 39.3056889°N 76.6172972°W / 39.3056889; -76.6172972 (short title)
1915 Moses Jacob Ezekiel Bronze 5 ft. × 27 in. × 45 in. City of Baltimore[6]
Fallsway Fountain Guilford Avenue and Biddle Street

39°18′11.95″N 76°36′42.39″W / 39.3033194°N 76.6117750°W / 39.3033194; -76.6117750 (short title)
1915 Hans Schuler
Architect: Theodore Wells Pietsch
Marble 30 × 24 × 44 ft. City of Baltimore[7]
Force Mount Vernon Place, the Northeast corner of the Washington Monument

39°17′51.54″N 76°36′54.9″W / 39.2976500°N 76.615250°W / 39.2976500; -76.615250 (Force (sculpture))
late 1850s Antoine-Louis Barye Bronze 39 × 28 × 32 in. City of Baltimore[8]
Francis Scott Key Monument Eutaw Place & Lanvale Street

39°18′14″N 76°37′34″W / 39.30388°N 76.62605°W / 39.30388; -76.62605 (F.S. Key Monument)
1911 Antonin Mercié Bronze, marble, and granite. Figure of Columbia appears to be gilt. Overall: approx. H. 40 ft. City of Baltimore[9]
George Peabody East garden of Mount Vernon Place

39°17′51.2″N 76°36′54.14″W / 39.297556°N 76.6150389°W / 39.297556; -76.6150389 (short title)
1869 William Wetmore Story Bronze 84 × 40 × 64 in. City of Baltimore[10]
George Washington Druid Hill Park

39°19′03″N 76°38′34″W / 39.3175°N 76.6428°W / 39.3175; -76.6428 (short title)
1857 Edward Sheffield Bartholomew Marble 8 × 3 × 30 in. City of Baltimore[11]
The John Eager Howard Monument North garden of Mount Vernon Place

39°17′54.25″N 76°36′56.58″W / 39.2984028°N 76.6157167°W / 39.2984028; -76.6157167 (short title)
1904 Emmanuel Fremiet 1824–1910 Bronze 12 × 4½ × 9½ ft. City of Baltimore[12]
Johns Hopkins Monument Charles and 33rd Streets

39°19′41″N 76°37′4.65″W / 39.32806°N 76.6179583°W / 39.32806; -76.6179583 (short title)
1935 Hans Schuler
Architect: William Gordon Beecher
Bronze and marble 70 × 186 × 53 in. City of Baltimore[13]
Lafayette Monument South garden of Mount Vernon Place

39°17′49.92″N 76°36′56.3″W / 39.2972000°N 76.615639°W / 39.2972000; -76.615639 (short title)
1924 Andrew O'Connor, Jr. Bronze 16 × 8 × 16 ft City of Baltimore[14]
Latrobe Monument Broadway at Baltimore Street

39°17′30″N 76°35′38″W / 39.29168°N 76.59386°W / 39.29168; -76.59386 (short title)
1914 Edward Berge
and Joseph Maxwell Miller
Bronze 150 × 9 × 83½ in. City of Baltimore[15]
Maryland Line Monument Mount Royal Plaza

39°18′20.26″N 76°37′7.71″W / 39.3056278°N 76.6188083°W / 39.3056278; -76.6188083 (short title)
1901 Albert L. Van den Berghen
Architect: Hodges and Leach
Bronze 60 ft. 6 in. high; sculpture 11 ft. high approx. City of Baltimore[16]
Military Courage (DuBois) West garden of Mount Vernon Place

39°17′50.95″N 76°37′0.45″W / 39.2974861°N 76.6167917°W / 39.2974861; -76.6167917 (Military Courage (DuBois))
1885 Paul DuBois Bronze 70 × 24 × 32 in City of Baltimore[17]
Order Mount Vernon Place, the Southeast corner of the Washington Monument

39°17′50.82″N 76°36′54.91″W / 39.2974500°N 76.6152528°W / 39.2974500; -76.6152528 (Order (sculpture))
late 1850s Antoine-Louis Barye Bronze 38 × 27 × 33 in. City of Baltimore[18]
Peace Mount Vernon Place, the Southwest corner of the Washington Monument

39°17′50.66″N 76°36′57.81″W / 39.2974056°N 76.6160583°W / 39.2974056; -76.6160583 (Peace (sculpture))
late 1850s Antoine-Louis Barye Bronze 38 × 26 × 34 in. City of Baltimore[19]
Pulaski Memorial Patterson Park at Linwood and Eastern Avenue

39°17′13.77″N 76°34′37.47″W / 39.2871583°N 76.5770750°W / 39.2871583; -76.5770750 (Peace (sculpture))
1942 Hans Schuler Architect: A. C. Radziszewski Bronze, marble and brick 129 in. × 15 ft. × 26 in. City of Baltimore[19]
Roger B. Taney North garden of Mount Vernon Place

39°17′52.63″N 76°36′56.47″W / 39.2979528°N 76.6156861°W / 39.2979528; -76.6156861 (short title)
1871, 1887 recast William Henry Rinehart Bronze 86 in. x 47 in. x 62 in. City of Baltimore[20]
Seated Lion Mount Vernon Place, the Southwest corner of the Washington Monument

39°17′51.04″N 76°36′58.28″W / 39.2975111°N 76.6161889°W / 39.2975111; -76.6161889 (Seated Lion (sculpture))
1847 duplicate Antoine-Louis Barye Bronze 75 × 38 × 53 in. City of Baltimore[21]
Severn Teackle Wallis East garden of Mount Vernon Place

39°17′51.33″N 76°36′51.29″W / 39.2975917°N 76.6142472°W / 39.2975917; -76.6142472 (short title)
1903 Laurent-Honoré Marqueste Bronze 94 × 40 × 30 in. City of Baltimore[22]
Jackson and Lee Monument West slope of Wyman Park Dell along Art Museum Drive 1948 Laura Gardin Fraser Bronze City of Baltimore[22]
Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument Wyman Park, Charles and 29th streets

39°19′25.77″N 76°37′4.30″W / 39.3238250°N 76.6178611°W / 39.3238250; -76.6178611 (short title)
1909 Adolph A. Weinman
Architect: Albert Randolph Ross
Bronze 10 × 102 × 150 in. City of Baltimore[23]
Wallace Monument Druid Hill Park, Lake Drive

39°19′02″N 76°38′29″W / 39.3173°N 76.6413°W / 39.3173; -76.6413 (Wallace Monument))
1893 D. W. Stevenson Bronze 16 × 6 × 4 ft.; Base 14 × 12 × 11 ft. City of Baltimore[24]
War Mount Vernon Place, the Northwest corner of the Washington Monument

39°17′51.44″N 76°36′57.87″W / 39.2976222°N 76.6160750°W / 39.2976222; -76.6160750 (War (sculpture))
late 1850s Antoine-Louis Barye Bronze 40 in. x 28 in. x 36 in. City of Baltimore[25]
Washington Monument Mount Vernon Place

39°17′51″N 76°36′56″W / 39.29750°N 76.61556°W / 39.29750; -76.61556 (short title)
1829 Enrico Causici
Architect: Robert Mills
Italian travertine. 188 ft. high, sculpture 16 ft high approx. City of Baltimore[26]

Further reading

References

  1. "The Armistead Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  2. "Babe's Dream, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  3. "The Battle Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  4. "Columbus Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  5. "Confederate Women's Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  6. "Edgar Allan Poe Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  7. "Fallsway Fountain, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  8. "Force (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  9. "F.S. Key Monument". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
  10. "George Peabody, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  11. "George Washington (Bartholomew)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  12. "The John Eager Howard Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  13. "Johns Hopkins Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  14. "Lafayette Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  15. "Latrobe Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  16. "Maryland Line Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  17. "Military Courage, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  18. "Order (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  19. 1 2 "Peace (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  20. "Roger B. Taney, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  21. "Seated Lion (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  22. 1 2 "Severn Teackle Wallis, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  23. "Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  24. "Wallace Monument". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
  25. "War (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  26. "Washington Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.

See also

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