Albert Rieker (1889–1959) was a German-born American sculptor. He designed public sculptures in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Early life
Albert Rieker was born in 1889 in
Eislingen
Eislingen () is a town in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
History
Southern Eislingen (Kleineislingen) became a possession Württemberg in 1492 while Northern Eislingen (Großeislingen) was annexed by the Prince-Bisho ...
, Germany.
He emigrated to the United States in 1923.
Career
Rieker became a sculptor in
, where his designs are found in the City Hall and the
First Baptist Church.
His 1940 bust of Governor
Huey P. Long
Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...
can be seen at the
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is located in the Warehouse Arts District of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana.
Established in 1999, and in Stephen Goldring Hall at 925 Camp Street since 2003.
The building
The Ogden consists of two main buildin ...
in New Orleans.
Rieker also designed the statue of
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (; ; February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767), also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French colonial administrator in New France. Born in Montreal, he was an early governor of French Louisiana, appointed four ...
inside the
Louisiana State Capitol
The Louisiana State Capitol (french: Capitole de l'État de Louisiane) is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Louisiana and is located in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge. The capitol houses the chambers for the Louisiana Sta ...
in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous parish—the equivalent of counties i ...
.
Other public sculptures can be found in
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe (historically french: Poste-du-Ouachita) is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and parish seat of Ouachita Parish. With a 2020 census-tabulated population of 47,702, it is the principal city of the Monroe metropolita ...
.
Rieker designed "two friezes" on the
War Memorial Building in
Jackson, Mississippi
Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the Capital city, capital of and the List of municipalities in Mississippi, most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, Mississippi, ...
,
which is listed as a contributing property to the Old Capitol on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
.
Death
Rieker resided in and summered in
Clermont Harbor, Mississippi
Clermont Harbor is an unincorporated community on the western end of Hancock County on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. It is part of the Gulfport– Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Clermont Harbor is located directly on the ...
.
He died in 1959 in Clermont Harbor.
References
1889 births
1959 deaths
German emigrants to the United States
People from Göppingen (district)
Artists from New Orleans
People from Hancock County, Mississippi
German sculptors
Sculptors from Mississippi
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