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Karl Bitter, the Glossary

Karl Theodore Francis Bitter (December 6, 1867 – April 9, 1915) was an Austrian-born American sculptor best known for his architectural sculpture, memorials and residential work.^[1]

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People from Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus
Sculptors from Vienna

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is a public art school in Vienna, Austria.

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Adolph Alexander Weinman (December 11, 1870 – August 8, 1952) was a German-born American sculptor and architectural sculptor. Karl Bitter and Adolph Alexander Weinman are American architectural sculptors and American male sculptors.

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Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755, or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency.

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Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House

The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (originally the New York Custom House) is a government building, museum, and former custom house at 1 Bowling Green, near the southern end of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States.

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Alexander Stirling Calder

Alexander Stirling Calder (January 11, 1870 – January 7, 1945) was an American sculptor and teacher. Karl Bitter and Alexander Stirling Calder are 19th-century American male artists, 19th-century American sculptors, American architectural sculptors, American male sculptors and Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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All Angels' Church

All Angels' Church is located on 251 West 80th Street in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.

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Allegorical sculpture

Allegorical sculpture are sculptures of personifications of abstract ideas as in allegory.

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American Academy of Arts and Letters

The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, music, and art.

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

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Andrew Dickson White

Andrew Dickson White (November 7, 1832 – November 4, 1918) was an American historian and educator who co-founded Cornell University, one of eight Ivy League universities in the United States, and served as its first president for nearly two decades.

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Audrey Munson

Audrey Marie Munson (June 8, 1891 – February 20, 1996) was an American artist's model and film actress, considered to be "America's first supermodel." In her time, she was variously known as "Miss Manhattan", the "Panama–Pacific Girl", the "Exposition Girl" and "American Venus." She was the model or inspiration for more than twelve statues in New York City, and many others elsewhere.

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Biltmore Estate

Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina.

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Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)

Broad Street Station at Broad & Market streets was the primary passenger terminal for the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in Philadelphia from early December 1881 to the 1950s.

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Broadway (Manhattan)

Broadway is a road in the U.S. state of New York.

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Carl Schurz

Carl Schurz (March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer.

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Carrère and Hastings

Carrère and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carrère (November 9, 1858 – March 1, 1911) and Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929), was an American architecture firm specializing in Beaux-Arts architecture.

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Caryatid

A caryatid (Καρυᾶτις|) is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.

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Cass Gilbert

Cass Gilbert (November 24, 1859 – May 17, 1934) was an American architect. Karl Bitter and Cass Gilbert are Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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Cleveland

Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.

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Cuyahoga County Courthouse

The Cuyahoga County Courthouse stretches along Lakeside Avenue at the north end of the Cleveland Mall in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.

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Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is a city in Montgomery and Greene counties and the county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.

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Depew Memorial Fountain

Depew Memorial Fountain is a freestanding fountain completed in 1919 and located in University Park in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, within the Indiana World War Memorial Plaza.

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Dewey Arch

The Dewey Arch was a triumphal arch that stood from 1899 to 1900 at Madison Square in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. It was erected for a parade in honor of Admiral George Dewey celebrating his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines in 1898.

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Eldorado Amusement Park

Eldorado Amusement Park was a 25-acre (10.12 ha) amusement park that opened in 1891 in the Highwood Park section of Weehawken, New Jersey.

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Forest Park (St. Louis)

Forest Park is a public park in western St. Louis, Missouri.

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Francis Bitter

Francis Bitter (July 22, 1902 – July 26, 1967) was an American physicist.

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Frank Furness

Frank Heyling Furness (November 12, 1839 – June 27, 1912) was an American architect of the Victorian era.

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Franz Joseph I of Austria

Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (Franz Joseph Karl; Ferenc József Károly; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his death in 1916.

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Franz Sigel

Franz Sigel (November 18, 1824 – August 21, 1902) was a German American military officer, revolutionary and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union major general in the American Civil War.

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Free Library of Philadelphia

The Free Library of Philadelphia is the public library system that serves Philadelphia.

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George B. Post

George Browne Post (December15, 1837November28, 1913), professionally known as George B. Post, was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition.

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Gettysburg National Military Park

The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought over three days between July 1 and July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War.

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Grand Army Plaza (Manhattan)

Grand Army Plaza (formerly Fifth Avenue Plaza and Central Park Plaza) is a public square at the southeast corner of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South (59th Street).

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Henry Bacon

Henry Bacon (November 28, 1866February 16, 1924) was an American Beaux-Arts architect who oversaw the engineering and design of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., built between 1915 and 1922, which was his final project before his 1924 death. Karl Bitter and Henry Bacon are Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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Henry Hudson Park

Henry Hudson Park is a small park in the center of Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx in New York City, located at the intersection of Kappock Street and Independence Avenue.

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Henry Philip Tappan

Henry Philip Tappan (April 18, 1805 – November 15, 1881) was an American philosopher, educator and academic administrator.

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Henry Villard

Henry Villard (April 10, 1835 – November 12, 1900) was an American journalist and financier who was an early president of the Northern Pacific Railway.

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Horace Jayne House

Horace Jayne House (1895) is an architecturally significant building designed by architect Frank Furness in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Indiana World War Memorial Plaza

The Indiana World War Memorial Plaza is an urban feature and war memorial located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, originally built to honor the veterans of World War I. and (PDF) It was conceived in 1919 as a location for the national headquarters of the American Legion and a memorial to the state's and nation's veterans.

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Indianapolis

Indianapolis, colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County.

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Isidore Konti

Isidore Konti (July 9, 1862 – January 11, 1938) was a Vienna-born (of Hungarian parents) sculptor. Karl Bitter and Isidore Konti are 19th-century American male artists, 19th-century American sculptors, American male sculptors and Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States.

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Ithaca, New York

Ithaca is a city in and the county seat of Tompkins County, New York, United States.

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J. Milton Dyer

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James Burrill Angell

James Burrill Angell (January 7, 1829 – April 1, 1916) was an American educator and diplomat.

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Jefferson High School (Portland, Oregon)

Jefferson High School (formally Thomas Jefferson High School) is a public high school in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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KeyBank

KeyBank is an American regional bank headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and the 25th largest bank in the United States.

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Kunstgewerbeschule

A Kunstgewerbeschule (English: School of Arts and Crafts or School of Applied Arts) was a type of vocational arts school that existed in German-speaking countries from the mid-19th century.

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Lee Lawrie

Lee Oscar Lawrie (October 16, 1877 – January 23, 1963) was an American architectural sculptor and an important figure in the American sculpture scene preceding World War II. Karl Bitter and Lee Lawrie are American architectural sculptors, American male sculptors and Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase (translation) was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803.

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the St.

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Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Dane County.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City.

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Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, currently resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis, officially the City of Minneapolis, is a city in and the county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. With a population of 429,954, it is the state's most populous city as of the 2020 census. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota.

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Missouri History Museum

The Missouri History Museum in Forest Park, St.

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Missouri State Capitol

The Missouri State Capitol is the home of the Missouri General Assembly and the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Montpelier, Vermont

Montpelier is the capital of the U.S. state of Vermont and the county seat of Washington County.

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Morningside Park (Manhattan)

Morningside Park is a public park in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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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.

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National Portrait Gallery (United States)

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is a historic art museum in Washington, D.C., United States.

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National Sculpture Society

Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society (NSS) was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States.

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Naturalization

Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth.

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Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area.

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Pan-American Exposition

The Pan-American Exposition was a World's Fair held in Buffalo, New York, United States, from May 1 through November 2, 1901.

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Panama–Pacific International Exposition

The Panama–Pacific International Exposition was a world's fair held in San Francisco, California, United States, from February 20 to December 4, 1915.

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Paterson, New Jersey

Paterson is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Piccirilli Brothers

The Piccirilli brothers were an Italian family of renowned marble carvers and sculptors who carved many of the most significant marble sculptures in the United States, including Daniel Chester French’s colossal Abraham Lincoln (1920) in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. Karl Bitter and Piccirilli Brothers are American architectural sculptors and American male sculptors.

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Pomona (mythology)

Pomona was a goddess of fruitful abundance and plenty in ancient Roman religion and myth.

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Prudential Headquarters

Prudential Financial is based in Newark, New Jersey.

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Prudential Lions

The Prudential Lions are sculptures in Newark, New Jersey designed by Karl Bitter.

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Pulitzer Fountain

Pulitzer Fountain is an outdoor fountain located in Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza in New York.

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Richard Morris Hunt

Richard Morris Hunt (October 31, 1827 – July 31, 1895) was an American architect of the nineteenth century and an eminent figure in the history of architecture of the United States.

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Riverside Park (Manhattan)

Riverside Park is a scenic public park on the waterfront of the Upper West Side, Morningside Heights, and Hamilton Heights neighborhoods of the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

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Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus

Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (Rudoifsham Fümfhaus) is the 15th municipal District of Vienna, Austria (15.). It is in central Vienna, west of Innere Stadt.

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Saint Louis Art Museum

The Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) is one of the principal U.S. art museums, with paintings, sculptures, cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from all corners of the world.

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Sleepy Hollow, New York

Sleepy Hollow is a village in the town of Mount Pleasant, New York, United States.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

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Spandrel

A spandrel is a roughly triangular space, usually found in pairs, between the top of an arch and a rectangular frame, between the tops of two adjacent arches, or one of the four spaces between a circle within a square.

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St. Paul Building

The St.

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Staff (building material)

Staff is a kind of artificial stone used for covering and ornamenting temporary buildings.

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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Thomas Jefferson (Bitter)

Thomas Jefferson is a 1911 bronze statue of a seated Thomas Jefferson created by Karl Bitter for the Cuyahoga County Courthouse in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

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Thomas Lowry

Thomas Lowry (February 27, 1843 – February 4, 1909) was an American lawyer, real-estate magnate, and businessman who oversaw much of the early growth of the streetcar lines in the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis, St. Paul, and surrounding communities in Minnesota.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bitter

Also known as Karl Bitter Studio, Karl Theodore Francis Bitter.

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People from Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus

Sculptors from Vienna

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