Charles Keck was an American sculptor from New York City, New York.
Statue of James B. Duke at Duke University, erected in 1935
Fauns at Play 1934, Brookgreen Gardens
Statue of Andrew Jackson in front of Jackson County Courthouse (Kansas City, Missouri), 1934
Lifting the Veil of Ignorance, statue of Booker T. Washington, 1927, Tuskegee University
National Academy of Design
The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fine arts in America through instruction and exhibition." Membership is limited to 450 American artists and architects, who are elected by their peers on the basis of recognized excellence.
The academy's previous building at 1083 Fifth Avenue
National Academy of Design in New York City, one of many Gothic revival buildings modeled on Doge's Palace in Venice, seen c. 1863–1865; this building was demolished in 1901.
The National Academy School of Fine Arts
A few members in 1850 (L to R): Henry Kirke Brown, Henry Peters Gray and founding member Asher Brown Durand.