| Albert Rieker | |
| Birth Date: | 1889 |
| Birth Place: | Eislingen, Germany |
| Death Date: | 1959 |
| Death Place: | Clermont Harbor, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Sculptor |
Albert Rieker (1889–1959) was an American sculptor. He designed public sculptures in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Albert Rieker was born in 1889 in Eislingen, Germany.[1] [2] He emigrated to the United States in 1923.[1]
Rieker became a sculptor in New Orleans, Louisiana, where his designs are found in the City Hall and the First Baptist Church.[1] His 1940 bust of Governor Huey P. Long can be seen at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans.[2] Rieker also designed the statue of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville inside the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[3] Other public sculptures can be found in Monroe, Louisiana.[1]
Rieker designed "two friezes" on the War Memorial Building in Jackson, Mississippi,[2] which is listed as a contributing property to the Old Capitol on the National Register of Historic Places.
Rieker resided in and summered in Clermont Harbor, Mississippi.[1] He died in 1959 in Clermont Harbor.[1]