List of public art in Baltimore
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
[edit]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 4+1⁄2 in (2.553 m) × 4 ft (1.2 m) | 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 (4.9 m) 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 (16 m) high; figure height 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) | City of Baltimore[3] | ||||
Statue of Billie Holiday | Pennsylvania and W. Lafayette avenues 39°18′04.3″N 76°37′55.3″W / 39.301194°N 76.632028°W | 1985 | James Earl Reid | Bronze | City of Baltimore | |||||
Columbus Monument | Druid Hill Park, Jones Falls Trail 39°19′09.9″N 76°38′30.8″W / 39.319417°N 76.641889°W | 1892 | Achille Canessa | Marble | 6 ft (1.8 m) × 34 in (860 mm) × 24 in (610 mm) | City of Baltimore[4] | ||||
Christopher Columbus | Little Italy, Columbus Piazza | 1984 | Mauro Bigarani | Marble | 14 ft (4.3 m) | City of Baltimore[5] | Destroyed on July 4, 2020 by protesters toppling over the statue and dumping the remains into the Baltimore Harbor.[6] | |||
Columbus Obelisk | Harford Road & Walther Avenue, Herring Run Park 39°20′10.9″N 76°34′28.3″W / 39.336361°N 76.574528°W | 1792 | Brick and stucco | 44 ft (13 m) × 6+3⁄4 in (170 mm)[7] | City of Baltimore | Councilman Ryan Dorsey introduce legislation to rename and rededicate the monument as The Police Violence Victims Monument.[8] | ||||
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument | Mount Royal Avenue and Lafayette Avenue | 1902–2017 | Frederick Ruckstull | Bronze | City of Baltimore | Removed August 16, 2017, per joint resolution of the City Council and approval from the Mayor, following a murder in Charlottesville, VA in partial agreement with recommendations of a Joint Commission report (2016).[9] | ||||
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 | 1917–2017 | J. Maxwell Miller | Bronze | 115 in × 114 in × 98 in (2,920 mm × 2,900 mm × 2,490 mm) | City of Baltimore[10] | Removed August 16, 2017, per joint resolution of the City Council and approval from the Mayor, following a murder in Charlottesville, VA in partial agreement with recommendations of a Joint Commission report (2016).[9] | |||
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 (1.5 m) × 27 in (690 mm) × 45 in (1,100 mm) | City of Baltimore[11] | ||||
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 ft × 24 ft × 44 ft (9.1 m × 7.3 m × 13.4 m) | City of Baltimore[12] | ||||
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 in × 28 in × 32 in (990 mm × 710 mm × 810 mm) | City of Baltimore[13] | ||||
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 (12 m) | City of Baltimore[14] | ||||
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 in × 40 in × 64 in (2,100 mm × 1,000 mm × 1,600 mm) | City of Baltimore[15] | ||||
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 in × 3 in × 30 in (203 mm × 76 mm × 762 mm) | City of Baltimore[16] | ||||
The Hiker | North Lakewood and East Fayette Streets 39°17′41″N 76°34′46″W / 39.294602°N 76.579387°W | 1943 | Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson | Bronze | City of Baltimore[17] | |||||
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 ft × 4+1⁄2 ft × 9+1⁄2 ft (3.7 m × 1.4 m × 2.9 m) | City of Baltimore[17] | ||||
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 in × 186 in × 53 in (1,800 mm × 4,700 mm × 1,300 mm) | City of Baltimore[18] | ||||
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 ft × 8 ft × 16 ft (4.9 m × 2.4 m × 4.9 m) | City of Baltimore[19] | ||||
Latrobe Monument | Broadway at Baltimore Street 39°17′30″N 76°35′38″W / 39.29168°N 76.59386°W | 1914 | Edward Berge and J. Maxwell Miller | Bronze | 150 in × 9 in × 83+1⁄2 in (3,810 mm × 230 mm × 2,120 mm) | City of Baltimore[20] | ||||
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 (18.44 m) high; sculpture 11 ft (3.4 m) high approx. | City of Baltimore[21] | ||||
Military Courage | 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 in × 24 in × 32 in (1,780 mm × 610 mm × 810 mm) | City of Baltimore[22] | ||||
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 in × 27 in × 33 in (970 mm × 690 mm × 840 mm) | City of Baltimore[23] | ||||
Orpheus with the Awkward Foot | Fort McHenry 39°15′51″N 76°34′56″W / 39.26417°N 76.58222°W | 1922 | Charles Henry Niehaus | Bronze and marble | Height: 39 feet (12 m) | National Park Service | ||||
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 in × 26 in × 34 in (970 mm × 660 mm × 860 mm) | City of Baltimore[24] | ||||
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 (3,300 mm) × 15 ft (4.6 m) × 26 in (660 mm) | City of Baltimore[25] | ||||
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, 2017 removed | William Henry Rinehart | Bronze | 86 in × 47 in × 62 in (2,200 mm × 1,200 mm × 1,600 mm) | City of Baltimore[26] | Removed August 16, 2017, per joint resolution of the City Council and approval from the Mayor, following a murder in Charlottesville, VA in partial agreement with recommendations of a Joint Commission report (2016).[9] | |||
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 in × 38 in × 53 in (1,900 mm × 970 mm × 1,350 mm) | City of Baltimore[27] | ||||
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 in × 40 in × 30 in (2,390 mm × 1,020 mm × 760 mm) | City of Baltimore[28] | ||||
Jackson and Lee Monument | West slope of Wyman Park Dell along Art Museum Drive | 1948-2017 | Laura Gardin Fraser | Bronze | City of Baltimore[28] | Removed August 16, 2017, per joint resolution of the City Council and approval from the Mayor, following a murder in Charlottesville, VA in partial agreement with recommendations of a Joint Commission report (2016).[9] | ||||
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 in × 102 in × 150 in (250 mm × 2,590 mm × 3,810 mm) | City of Baltimore[29] | ||||
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 ft × 6 ft × 4 ft (4.9 m × 1.8 m × 1.2 m); Base 14 ft × 12 ft × 11 ft (4.3 m × 3.7 m × 3.4 m) | City of Baltimore[30] | ||||
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 × 28 in × 36 in (1,020 mm × 710 mm × 910 mm) | City of Baltimore[31] | ||||
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 (57 m) high, sculpture 16 ft (4.9 m) high approx. | City of Baltimore[32] |
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Further reading
[edit]- Kelly, Cindy. Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore: A Historical Guide to Public Art in the Monumental City. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Baltimore - Columbus Statue at Inner Harbor".
- ^ "Columbus statue toppled by Baltimore protesters".
- ^ "Baltimore - Columbus Obelisk".
- ^ "Activists warn Mayor Young they plan to take down Baltimore's Columbus monuments".
- ^ a b c d Welsh, Sean (August 16, 2017). "Baltimore Confederate monuments removed: A timeline of how we got here". The Baltimore Sun.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Peace (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ "Pulaski Memorial (Shuler)". Art Inventories Catalog. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved August 8, 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.
- ^ a b "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.