The New International Encyclopædia/Ruckstuhl, Frederick Wellington

RUCKSTUHL, rūk'stōōl, (1853&mdash;). An American sculptor, born at Breitenbach, in Alsace. His family went to Saint Louis when the boy was hardly a year old. He was educated in the city schools of Saint Louis and in Paris. His statue &ldquo;Evening,&rdquo; which had honorable mention at the Salon in 1888, received a grand medal at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893, and is now at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Returning to Saint Louis, Ruckstuhl carved a statue of &ldquo;Mercury Leading the Eagle of Jupiter,&rdquo; which is owned by that city, and the statue of &ldquo;Solon&rdquo; in the Congressional Library (Washington). Among his most successful works are the equestrian statue of General Hartranft in Harrisburg, Pa.; a portrait bust of John Russell Young; the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Jamaica, Long Island. He directed the sculptural decoration of the Appellate Court House in New York.