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:
- Baltimore City Public Art Inventory as of 2012
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog - database for Baltimore
Selected artworks
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
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The Armistead Monument | Fort McHenry 39°15′51.01″N 76°34′55.80″W / 39.2641694°N 76.5821667°W |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
1829 | Enrico Causici Architect: Robert Mills |
Italian travertine. | 188 ft. high, sculpture 16 ft high approx. | City of Baltimore[26] |
Further reading
- Kelly, Cindy. Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore: A Historical Guide to Public Art in the Monumental City. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
References
- ↑ "The Armistead Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Babe's Dream, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "The Battle Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Columbus Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ↑ "Confederate Women's Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Edgar Allan Poe Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Fallsway Fountain, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Force (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ↑ "F.S. Key Monument". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
- ↑ "George Peabody, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "George Washington (Bartholomew)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ↑ "The John Eager Howard Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Johns Hopkins Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Lafayette Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Latrobe Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ↑ "Maryland Line Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Military Courage, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Order (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- 1 2 "Peace (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Roger B. Taney, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Seated Lion (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- 1 2 "Severn Teackle Wallis, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Wallace Monument". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
- ↑ "War (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Washington Monument, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
See also
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