Kārlis Zāle

{{Short description|Latvian sculptor}}

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{{Infobox artist

| name = Kārlis Zāle

| image = 1935. Sculpnor Karl Zale.jpg

| caption = Zāle in 1935

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 28 October 1888

| birth_place = Mažeikiai, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|2|19|1888|10|28|df=yes}}

| death_place = Inčukalns, Reichskomissariat Ostland

| nationality = Latvian

| known_for = Sculpture

| notable_works = Freedom Monument

}}

Kārlis Zāle (28 October 1888 – 19 February 1942) was a Latvian sculptor.[http://www.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/maksla/kultura/restaurets-karla-zales-mates-latvijas-mets.a219128/ "Renovated Charles Lawn «Mother Latvian» Mets"] Latvian Public Media. Retrieved 2017-02-07.

Zāle was born in Mažeikiai, but grew up in Liepāja.{{cite web|url=http://www.kulturaskanons.lv/en/1/5/49/|title=Kārlis Zāle|last=Slava|first=Laima|publisher=Latvian Cultural Canon|accessdate=22 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601093946/http://www.kulturaskanons.lv/en/1/5/49/|archive-date=1 June 2016|url-status=dead}} After training in Russia at the Kazan Art School under Alexander Matveyev and in Germany, he returned to Riga in 1923, where he both worked in sculpture and taught it. He is best known for his monumental sculptures, including the massive main gates at Brothers' Cemetery and the Freedom Monument in Riga.

He died in Inčukalns, Latvia.