biography of Carl C. MOSE (1903-1973)

Birth place: Copenhagen, Denmark

Death place: Mew Windsor, MD

Addresses: St. Louis, Mo; New Windsor, MD

Profession: Sculptor, lecturer, craftsperson, writer, teacher

Studied: AIC, apprenticeship with Lorado Taft; A. Polasek; L. Lentelli; Midway Studio Group, Chicago; ASL; BAID; independent study, Copenhagen & Paris.

Exhibited: AIC, 1918-38, (Am. P&S; Artists of Chicago & Vicinity Ann., 1923-24 & 1928-31); Twin City Art Exhs., Minneapolis Art Inst., 1930-31 (prizes, solo); Salons of Am., 1934; Soc. Wash. Artists, 1935-36 (two first prizes, solo); NAD; Royal Acad. Int. Exh., Copenhagen, Denmark, 1927; Amsterdam, Holland; Chicago Gals. Assn. (solo); PMG (solo); WFNY, 1939; Kansas City AI, 1938 (prize), 1939 (prize); First Regional Comp., U.S. Treasury, Fed. Bldg., Salina, KS, 1939 (prize); St. Louis Art Gld (two first prizes & hon. men., 1948-49 & 1955, solo); Houston Mus. FA (solo); CGA; NSS, Lever House, New York, 1972; Agra Gal., Wash., DC, 1970s.

Member: NSS (fellow); AEA; Nat. Soc. Arts & Letters; St. Louis AG; Soc. Wash. Artists; 2 x 4 Club

Work: CGA; Minn. State Hist. Soc.; sculpture, figures, monuments, mem., tablets, Old Crossing State Park, MN; Ft. Sumter, NC; Ralston-Purina Exp. Farm, Gray Summit, MO; 4-H Youth Center, Bethesda, MD; Meridian Hill Park, Wash., DC; Potomac Electric Power Co., Wash., DC; Chapel & Cloister, Sisters of 3rd Order of St. Francis, Rochester, MN; St. Mary of the Plains, Dodge City, KS; Jewish Tercentenary Mem., St. Louis, MO; Pershing Mem., State Capitol, Jefferson City, MO; Annunziata Church, St. Louis, MO; Washington Cathedral; City Hall, Granite City, IL; Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, MO; Dept. Agricultural Bldg., Wash., DC; USPO, Maplewood, MO; USPO & Court House, Salina, KS; Smithsonian Inst; Tenn. FAC, Cheekwood, Nashville; Evansville (IN) Mus. Arts & Sciences; Carleton College, Northfield, MN; Chicago YMCA; medal for Am. Med. Assn.; Emergency Hospital, Wash., DC; Faribault Lib., MN; Carleton College, Northfield, MN; mon., Crookston, MN; Settlers Mon., Wash., DC; Noonday Club, St. Louis; Wash. Univ.Commissions: bronze statue of Gen. J.J. Pershing, for State Capitol Grounds, State of Missouri, now in Laclede, MO, 1957; bronze eagle & fledglings monument, U.S. A.F. Acad., 1958; statue of St. Francis, Turner Mem., Forest Park, St. Louis, MO, 1962; statue of Stan Musial, Plaza, Busch Mem. Stadium, Civic Center, Saint Louis, 1968; numerous arch. carvings in stone & medals.

Comments: WPA artist. Preferred media: bronze, stone, ceramic. Positions: chief medalist, Inst. Heraldry, USA, Alexandria, VA, 1962-65. Teaching: Corcoran Sch. Art, Wash., DC, 1927-30; Minneapolis Art Inst. Sch. Art, 1930-33; Wash. Univ. Sch. FA, 1936-47.

Sources: WW73; Educ. TV Series (11), The Sculpture," Ann Arbor, MI, 1958; George McCue, "A Sculptor's Imprint on St. Louis," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 12, 1962; Bev Conolly, "Carl MoseóSculptor of Minds as Well as Iimages," The Art Scene.