List of public art in Baltimore List of public artworks in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
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 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 / 39.2849472; -76.6207111 (short title )
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 / 39.2908222; -76.6124306 (short title )
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 / 39.301194; -76.632028 (short title )
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 / 39.319417; -76.641889 (short title )
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 / 39.336361; -76.574528 (short title )
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 / 39.3333167; -76.6183639 (short title )
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 / 39.3056889; -76.6172972 (short title )
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 / 39.3033194; -76.6117750 (short title )
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 / 39.2976500; -76.615250 (Force (sculpture) )
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 / 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 (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 / 39.297556; -76.6150389 (short title )
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 / 39.3175; -76.6428 (short title )
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 / 39.294602; -76.579387 (Baltimore, Maryland )
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 / 39.2984028; -76.6157167 (short title )
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 / 39.32806; -76.6179583 (short title )
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 / 39.2972000; -76.615639 (short title )
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 / 39.29168; -76.59386 (short title )
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 / 39.3056278; -76.6188083 (short title )
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 / 39.2974861; -76.6167917 (Military Courage (DuBois) )
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 / 39.2974500; -76.6152528 (Order (sculpture) )
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 / 39.26417; -76.58222 (Orpheus with the Awkward Foot )
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 / 39.2974056; -76.6160583 (Peace (sculpture) )
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 / 39.2871583; -76.5770750 (Peace (sculpture) )
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 / 39.2979528; -76.6156861 (short title )
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 / 39.2975111; -76.6161889 (Seated Lion (sculpture) )
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 / 39.2975917; -76.6142472 (short title )
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 / 39.3238250; -76.6178611 (short title )
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 / 39.3173; -76.6413 (Wallace Monument) )
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 / 39.2976222; -76.6160750 (War (sculpture) )
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 / 39.29750; -76.61556 (short title )
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]
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 .
^ "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 .
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