Biografie von Albert George RIEKER (1890-1959)

Birth place: Stuttgart, Germany

Death place: Clermont Harbor, MI

Addresses: New Orleans, LA

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: Univ. Munich; Royal Acad. FA, Munich; Royal Acad. FA, Stuttgart.

Exhibited: Stuttgart, 1910 (prize); Nuremberg, 1911 (prize); St. Württemberg, Stuttgart, 1921; NOAA, 1934 (prize), 1940 (prize), 1941 (prize); SSAL, 1938 (prize); Louisiana State Exh., 1939 (prize); AIC, 1929; PAFA Ann., 1929-30, 1937; New Orleans Art Lg.

Member: New Orleans Art Lg.; SSAL: New Orleans AA.

Work: monuments, mem., figures: Vicksburg (MS) Nat. Park; State Capitol, Baton Rouge, LA; Courthouse, Pascagoula, MS; Jackson, MS; Mente Park; Masonic Temple, New Orleans; Temple, Sinai; State College Lib., Starkville, MS; St. Augustine Seminary, St. Louis, MS; Jackson, MS; bas-reliefs, Vacarro Mausoleum, Metairie Cemetery; First Nat. Bank, Port Arthur, TX; Miltenberger-Lapeyre Convalescent Home; Mem. Playground; busts, Touro Infirmary, New Orleans; Delgado Mus.; Louisiana State Mus.; Elementary Sch., East Baton Rouge; Court House, St. Bernard, LA; First Baptist Church; crucifix, Lutheran Church, sculpture, Civic Center, all New Orleans, LA

Sources: WW59; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.