Fred Wellington Ruckstull

Background

Ruckstull, Fred Wellington was born on May 22, 1853 in Breitenbach, Alsace. Son of John and Jeanette Ruckstull.

Education

Public schools, Saint Louis. Studied art in Paris, 12 years.

Career

1 son, Myron J. Honorary mention, Paris Salon, 1888. Grand medal, Chicago Exposition, 1893. Member Jury Fine Arts, Atlanta Exposition.

Chief of sculpture, Saint Louis Exposition Principal works in sculpture: “Evening,” lifesize female, marble, Metropolitan Museum, New New York

“Mercury Amusing Himself,” bronze heroic group, Portland Place, Saint Louis. “Victory,” bronze, heroic size, on Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Jamaica, Long Island.

“Solon,” heroic bronze, Library of Congress, Washington. Franklin, Goethe and Macaulay, colossal granite heads, façade, Library of Congress.

Equestrian statue Brigade-General John F. Hartranft, Capitol Hill, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Bronze “Color Bearer,” Pennsylvania soldier monument, St. Petersburg (Virginia) battlefield. “Wisdom” and “Force,” colossal marble, New York Appellate Court, New New York Heroic bronze, “Gloria Victis,” Baltimore Confederation monument, replica erected at Salisbury, North Carolina.

Confederate monument, “The Defense of the Flag,” Little Rock, Arkansas.

Equestrian statue of General Wade Hampton, Columbia, South Carolina. Marble statue of John C. Calhoun for capitol, Washington.

Woman’s monument, Columbia, South Carolina. Monument to Doctor Charles Doctorate. McIver, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Marble statue of U.M. Rose, of Arkansas, Capitol, Washington.

Monument to “The Three Partisan Generals,” Columbia, South Carolina. “Phoœnicia,” marble façade, New York Customs House. McIver monument, Raleigh, North Carolina, replica at Greensboro, North Carolina.

“Minerva,” bronze, Battle of Long Island monument, Brooklyn.

“America Remembers,” heroic bronze statue, Civil War monument, Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Heroic marble statue of Wade Hampton, Statuary Hall, Washington, District of Columbia.

Achievements

• Fred Wellington Ruckstull has been listed as a noteworthy sculptor. by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Editor The Art World, New New York Author: The Great Works of Art and What Makes Them Great, 1925.

Membership

Member Jury Fine Arts, Atlanta Exposition. Member National Institute Arts and Letters. Member National Arts.

Connections

Married Adelaide Pohlman, 1900.

Father:

John Ruckstull

Mother:

Jeanette Ruckstull

Spouse:

Adelaide Pohlman