United States Capitol art

The United States Capitol displays public artworks by a variety of artists, including the National Statuary Hall Collection and United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection.

Sculptures in National Statuary Hall, as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection, in 2016

Paintings

Sculpture

Sculptures include those within the National Statuary Hall Collection and United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection. Other sculptures include a bust of Martin Luther King Jr., the Columbus Doors, and the Revolutionary War Door.

National Statuary Hall Collection
Main article: National Statuary Hall Collection
See also: Sculptures of the National Statuary Hall Collection

The National Statuary Hall Collection is composed of statues donated by individual U.S. states to honor persons notable in their history. Limited to two statues per state, the collection was originally set up in the old Hall of the House of Representatives, which was then renamed National Statuary Hall. The expanding collection has since been spread throughout the Capitol and its Visitor Center.

Other portrait sculpture

Other sculptures under the control of the Architect of the Capitol include the following:[1]

HonoreeMediumSculptorDate placedLocation
Abraham LincolnMarbleVinnie Ream1871Rotunda
Alexander HamiltonMarbleHoratio Stone1868Rotunda
Martin Luther King Jr.BronzeJohn Woodrow Wilson1986Rotunda
Edward Dickinson BakerMarbleHoratio Stone1876Hall of Columns
Sojourner TruthBronzeArtis Lane2009Capitol Visitor Center
James MadisonMarbleWalker Hancock1976James Madison Memorial Building
Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. AnthonyMarbleAdelaide Johnson1920Rotunda
Thomas JeffersonBronzePierre-Jean David d’Angers1834Rotunda
Ulysses S. GrantMarbleFranklin Simmons1899Rotunda
Rosa ParksBronzeEugene Daub2013National Statuary Hall
Frederick DouglassBronzeSteven Weitzman2013Capitol Visitor Center[2]
John MarshallBronzeWilliam Wetmore Story1884Capitol Grounds, West Front
Robert A. TaftBronzeWheeler Williams1959Square 633, Capitol Grounds

Allegorical or mythological sculpture
TitleMediumSculptorDate placedLocationComment
Car of HistoryMarbleCarlo Franzoni1819National Statuary Hallrepresents Clio, the muse of history
Liberty and the EaglePlasterEnrico Causici1817–1819National Statuary Hall
Statue of FreedomBronzeThomas Crawford1863top of dome
The Progress of Civilization[3]MarbleThomas Crawford1863Pediment over Senate Portico, East Front
Apotheosis of Democracy[4]MarblePaul Wayland Bartlett1916Pediment, East FrontFigures of Peace protecting Genius surrounded by scenes representing Industry and Agriculture
Genius of America (1)SandstoneLuigi Persico1825–1828Pediment, East Central EntranceAmerica with Justice and Hope, duplicated and replaced by Genius of America (2)
Genius of America (2)MarbleBruno Mankowski1959–1960Pediment, East Central Entranceduplicate in marble of Genius of America (1)
Fame and Peace Crowning George Washington (1)SandstoneAntonio Capellano1827East central portico, above the Rotunda doorsduplicated and replaced by Fame and Peace ... (2)
Fame and Peace Crowning George Washington (2)MarbleG. Gianetti1959–1960East central portico, above the Rotunda doorsduplicate in marble of Fame and Peace ... (1)
Justice and History[5]MarbleThomas Crawford1863East Front

See also

References
  1. "Other Statues". Architect of the Capitol, United States Capitol. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. P.L. 112-179, enacted September 20, 2012, authorized the acceptance of the Frederick Douglass statue as a gift of the District of Columbia to be placed "in a suitable permanent location in Emancipation Hall of the United States Capitol." "Public Law 112-179" (PDF). United States Congress. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. Architect of the Capitol Under the Direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, Compilation of Works of Art and Other Objects in the United States Capitol, United States Government Printing Office, Washington 1965 p. 380
  4. Architect of the Capitol 1965, p. 379.
  5. Architect of the Capitol 1965, p. 366.
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