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Daniel Chester French (April 20 1850 – October 7 1931) was an American
United States

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 sculptor
Sculpture

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. His best-known work is the sculpture of a seated Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....
 at the Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a Presidential memorials in the United States built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C....
 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....


ch was born in Exeter, New Hampshire
Exeter, New Hampshire

Exeter is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States. The town's population was 14,058 at the 2000 census. Exeter was the county seat until 1997, when county offices were moved to neighboring Brentwood, New Hampshire....
, to Henry Flagg French, a lawyer, Assistant US Treasury Secretary and author of a book that described the French drain
French drain

A French drain, drain tile, or land drain is a ditch covered with gravel or rock that redirects surface and ground water away from an area....
.






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Daniel Chester French (April 20 1850 – October 7 1931) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 sculptor
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
. His best-known work is the sculpture of a seated Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....
 at the Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a Presidential memorials in the United States built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C....
 in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....


Biography

French was born in Exeter, New Hampshire
Exeter, New Hampshire

Exeter is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States. The town's population was 14,058 at the 2000 census. Exeter was the county seat until 1997, when county offices were moved to neighboring Brentwood, New Hampshire....
, to Henry Flagg French, a lawyer, Assistant US Treasury Secretary and author of a book that described the French drain
French drain

A French drain, drain tile, or land drain is a ditch covered with gravel or rock that redirects surface and ground water away from an area....
. Daniel Chester French was a neighbor and friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, philosopher, poet, and leader of the transcendentalism movement in the early 19th century. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid 1800s....
, and the Alcott family. His decision to pursue sculpting was influenced by Louisa May Alcott's sister May Alcott.

After a year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private university research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States....
, French worked on his father's farm. While visiting relatives in Brooklyn, New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, he spent a month in the studio of John Quincy Adams Ward
John Quincy Adams Ward

John Quincy Adams Ward was an United States sculptor, who is most familiar for his over-lifesize standing statue of George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall in Wall Street....
, then began to work on commissions, and at the age of twenty-three received from the town of Concord, Massachusetts
Concord, Massachusetts

Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2000 Census, the town population was about 17,000....
, an order for his well-known statue The Minute Man, which was unveiled April 19 1875 on the centenary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

Previously French had gone to Florence, Italy, where he spent a year working with sculptor Thomas Ball
Thomas Ball (artist)

Thomas Ball was an United States artist and musician. His work has had a marked influence on monument in the United States, especially in New England....
.

In 1917, he designed the Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is an United States award regarded as the highest national honor in newspaper journalism, literary achievements and musical composition....
 gold medal presented to laureates.

In collaboration with Edward Clark Potter
Edward Clark Potter

Edward Clark Potter was an United States sculpture....
 he modelled the George Washington
George Washington

George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War and served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States of the United States of Americas ....
 statue, presented to France by the Daughters of the American Revolution; the General Grant in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, and the General Joseph Hooker
Joseph Hooker

Joseph Hooker was a career United States Army officer, fought in the Mexican-American War, and was a Major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
 statue in Boston.

In 1893, French was a founding member of the National Sculpture Society
National Sculpture Society

Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States. The purpose of the organization was to promote the welfare of American sculptors, although its founding members included several renowned architects....
, and he became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an organization dedicated to scholarship and the advancement of learning. It serves as a nationwide honor society for the United States....
. French also became a member of the National Academy of Design
National Academy of Design

The National Academy of Design, in New York City, now called simply, The National Academy, is an honorary association of United States artists, with a museum and a school of fine arts....
 (1901), the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The American Academy of Arts and Letters

The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member organization whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in United States literature, music, and art....
, the Architectural League, and the Accademia di San Luca
Accademia di San Luca

The Accademia di San Luca, was an association of artists in Rome, founded in 1593 with the directorship of Federico Zuccari, with the purpose of elevating the work of "artists" above that of craftsman....
, of Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
. French was one of many sculptors who frequently employed Audrey Munson
Audrey Munson

Audrey Munson was an United States model and actor, known variously as "Miss Manhattan," "the Exposition Girl," and "American Venus." She was the model or inspiration for more than 15 statues in New York City....
 as a model.

In 1940, French was selected as one of five artists to be honored in the 35-stamp "Famous Americans" series.

French was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, New York is the resting place of numerous famous figures, including Washington Irving, whose story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is set in the adjacent Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow....
, Concord, Massachusetts
Concord, Massachusetts

Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2000 Census, the town population was about 17,000....
 after his death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Stockbridge, Massachusetts

Stockbridge is a New England town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts in Western Massachusetts Massachusetts. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Statistical Area....
 in 1931 at age 81.

Chesterwood
Chesterwood (Massachusetts)

Chesterwood was the summer estate and studio of American sculptor Daniel Chester French in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965....
, French's summer home, studio, (designed by his architect friend and frequent collaborator Henry Bacon
Henry Bacon

Henry Bacon an American Beaux-Arts architect, is best remembered for his severe Greek Doric Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. , which was his final project....
) and garden is now a museum.

Work


Notable public monuments

  • Concord Minute Man, Old North Bridge
    Old North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts

    The North Bridge, often colloquially called the Old North Bridge, across the Concord River in Concord, Massachusetts, is a historical site in the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battle day in the Revolutionary War....
     in Concord, Massachusetts
    Concord, Massachusetts

    Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2000 Census, the town population was about 17,000....
    , (1874)
  • The John Harvard
    John Harvard (clergyman)

    John Harvard was an England clergyman after whom Harvard University is named....
     Monument    , Harvard Yard
    Harvard Yard

    Harvard Yard is a grassy area of about twenty-five acres , adjacent to Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which constitutes the oldest part and the center of the campus of Harvard University....
      in Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England....
    , (1884)
  • Lewis Cass
    Lewis Cass

    Lewis Cass was an United States military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, and a United States Senate representing Michigan....
    , National Statuary Hall
    National Statuary Hall

    National Statuary Hall is a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to sculptures of prominent United States. The hall, also known as the Old Hall of the House, is a large, two-story, semicircular room with a second story gallery along the curved perimeter....
    , Washington D.C., (1889)
  • Thomas Starr King
    Thomas Starr King

    Thomas Starr King was an United States Unitarianism minister, influential in California politics during the American Civil War.Thomas Starr King, ?the orator who saved the nation?, was born December 17, 1824, in New York City....
     monument     San Francisco, California
    San Francisco, California

    The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
    , (1891)
  • Republic, the colossal centerpiece of the World's Columbian Exposition
    World's Columbian Exposition

    The World's Columbian Exposition , a World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World....
    , Chicago, 1893. His 24-foot gilt-bronze reduced version made in 1918 survives in Chicago.
  • John Boyle O'Reilly
    John Boyle O'Reilly

    John Boyle O'Reilly was an Ireland-born poet and novelist. As a youth in Ireland he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, for which crime he was penal transportation to Western Australia....
     Memorial    , intersection of Boylston Street and Westland Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
    , (1897)
  • Rufus Choate
    Rufus Choate

    Rufus Choate , United States lawyer and orator, was born at Ipswich, Massachusetts, the descendant of a family which settled in Massachusetts in 1643; brother of physician George Choate, and uncle to George C....
     memorial    , Old Suffolk County Court House, Boston, Massachusetts
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
    , (1898)
  • Richard Morris Hunt
    Richard Morris Hunt

    Richard Morris Hunt was a well-known American architect of the nineteenth century and a preeminent figure in the history of American architecture....
     Memorial    , on the perimeter wall of Central Park
    Central Park

    Central Park is a large public, urban park in New York City, with about twenty-five million visitors annually. Most of the areas immediately adjacent to the park are known for impressive buildings and valuable real estate....
    , at 5th Avenue at 70th Street, opposite the Frick Collection
    Frick Collection

    The Frick Collection is an art museum located in Manhattan, New York City, United States. It is housed in the former residence of steel magnate Henry Clay Frick, which was designed by Carrere and Hastings and constructed in 1913-1914....
    , in New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
    , (1900)
  • Alma Mater, campus of Columbia University
    Columbia University

    Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
     in New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
     (1903)
  • Casting Bread Upon the Waters - George Robert White Memorial, Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
    Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
  • Samuel Spencer
    Samuel Spencer (Southern Railway)

    Samuel Spencer was an American civil engineer, businessman, and railroad. With an education interrupted by service in the Confederate States of America cavalry late in the American Civil War, he completed his education at the University of Georgia and the University of Virginia....
    , 1st president of Southern Railway
    Southern Railway (US)

    The Southern Railway is a former United States railroad. It was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined beginning in the 1830s, formally becoming the Southern Railway in 1894....
    , located at Hardy Ivy Park in Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
    , (1909).
  • August Meyer Memorial, 10th and The Paseo
    The Paseo

    The Paseo is a major north?south parkway in Kansas City, Missouri. It runs 19 miles in the center of the city ? from Cliff Drive & Lexington Avenue on the bluffs above the Missouri River in the Pendleton Heights historic neighborhood, to 85th Street & Woodland Avenue....
    , Kansas City, Missouri
    Kansas City, Missouri

    Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson County, Missouri, Clay County, Missouri, Cass County, Missouri, and Platte County, Missouri counties....
    , 1909
  • Standing Lincoln at the Nebraska State Capitol
    Nebraska State Capitol

    The Nebraska State Capitol, located in Lincoln, Nebraska, is the capitol and seat of the Nebraska Legislature and houses other offices of the government of the U.S....
    , Lincoln, Nebraska
    Lincoln, Nebraska

    The City of Lincoln is the Capital and the Nebraska#Important cities and towns of the United States U.S. state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County, Nebraska and the home of the University of Nebraska....
    , (1912)
  • Brooklyn and Manhattan, seated figures from the Manhattan Bridge
    Manhattan Bridge

    The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn on Long Island....
    , Brooklyn Museum
    Brooklyn Museum

    The Brooklyn Museum, located at 200 Eastern Parkway , in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, is the second-largest art museum in New York City, and one of the largest in the United States....
     in Brooklyn, New York, (1915)
  • "The Spirit of Life
    The Spirit of Life

    "The Spirit of Life" is a sculpture by American sculptor Daniel Chester French."The Spirit of Life" began as a commission for a memorial to the famous Wall Street financier Spencer Trask ....
    ", memorial to Spencer Trask
    Spencer Trask

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    , in Saratoga, New York
    Saratoga, New York

    Saratoga is a town in Saratoga County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 5,141 at the 2000 census. It is also the commonly used, but not official, name for the neighboring and much larger city, Saratoga Springs....
     at Congress Park, 1915
  • Samuel Francis du Pont
    Samuel Francis du Pont

    Samuel Francis Du Pont was an United States naval officer who achieved the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent Du Pont family; he was the only member of his generation to use a capital D....
     Memorial Fountain, Wilmington, Delaware
    Wilmington, Delaware

    Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek , near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River....
     (1921).
  • Russell Alger Memorial Fountain, Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Michigan (1921).
  • Gale Park War Memorial & Park, Exeter, New Hampshire
    Exeter, New Hampshire

    Exeter is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States. The town's population was 14,058 at the 2000 census. Exeter was the county seat until 1997, when county offices were moved to neighboring Brentwood, New Hampshire....
     (1922)
  • Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial
    Lincoln Memorial

    The Lincoln Memorial is a Presidential memorials in the United States built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C....
     (1922)
  • Bust of Washington Irving
    Washington Irving

    Washington Irving was an United States author, essays, biography and history of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon His historical works include biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmi...
     and relief
    Relief

    A relief is a sculptured artwork where a modelled form is raised, or in sunken-relief lowered, from a flatish background plane without being disconnected from it....
    s of Boabdil and Rip Van Winkle
    Rip Van Winkle

    "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819 in literature, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist....
     for the Washington Irving Memorial
    Washington Irving Memorial

    The Washington Irving Memorial is located at Broadway and West Sunnyside Lane in Irvington, New York, New York, United States. It features a bust of Washington Irving and sculptures of two of his better-known characters by Daniel Chester French, set in a small stone plaza at the street corner designed by Charles A....
    , Irvington, New York
    Irvington, New York

    Irvington, sometimes known as "Irvington-on-Hudson", is an affluent suburban Administrative divisions of New York#Village in the Political subdivisions of New York State#Town of Greenburgh, New York in Westchester County, New York, New York, United States....
    , 1927
  • Beneficence
    Beneficence

    Beneficence is a bronze statue on the campus of Ball State University, located in Muncie, Indiana. It is referred to as "Benny" by the students....
    , Ball State University
    Ball State University

    Ball State University is a state university research university located in Muncie, Indiana, Indiana, United States Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans more than 1,000 acres ....
     in Muncie, Indiana
    Muncie, Indiana

    Muncie is a city in Center Township, Delaware County, Indiana, Delaware County, Indiana in east central Indiana, best known as the home of Ball State University and the birthplace of the Ball Corporation....
    . (1930)
  • William Henry Seward Memorial
    William Henry Seward Memorial

    The William Henry Seward Memorial is located along Main Street in downtown Florida, Orange County, New York, New York, United States. It commemorates the life of Seward, a Florida native whose career in public service culminated with his tenure as United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln, in which capacity he negotiated the pur...
     in Florida, New York
    Florida, Orange County, New York

    Florida is a village in Orange County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 2,757 at the 2007 census estimates. It is part of the Poughkeepsie , New York–Newburgh , New York–Middletown, Orange County, New York, NY Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown metropolitan area as well as the larger New York City–Newark,...
     (1930)
  • Death and the Wounded Soldier aka Death and Youth, The Chapel of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, St. Paul's School
    St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)

    St. Paul's School is a private, college-University-preparatory school, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire, New Hampshire affiliated with the Episcopal Church in the United States of America....
    , Concord, New Hampshire
  • Lady Wisconsin
    Wisconsin

    Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....
     atop the Wisconsin State Capitol
    Wisconsin State Capitol

    The Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin Legislature along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the List of Governors of Wisconsin....
     building.
  • Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
    Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

    Reverend Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, LL.D., was a renowned United States pioneer in the education of the Deaf individual. He helped found and was for many years the principal of the first institution for the education of the deaf in North America....
    , Gallaudet University
    Gallaudet University

    Gallaudet University is a federally chartered, quasi-governmental university for the education of the deaf and hard-of-hearing, located in Washington, D.C....
    , Washington, D.C. he also sculpted the at Gallaudet University.
  • James Woods, “Uncle Jimmy” Green, University of Kansas
    University of Kansas

    The University of Kansas is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas, and Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas with the main campus being located atop Mount Oread in Lawrence....
    , Lawrence, KS. (1924)
  • Gen. William Franklin Draper
    William F. Draper

    William Franklin Draper was a United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Draper attended public, private, and high schools....
    , Draper Memorial Park, Milford, Massachusetts
    Milford, Massachusetts

    Milford is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 26,799 according to the United States Census, 2000....
    . (1912)
  • , Henry Bacon
    Henry Bacon

    Henry Bacon an American Beaux-Arts architect, is best remembered for his severe Greek Doric Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. , which was his final project....
     designer, Jno. Williams, Inc. (NY) founder, Danville, Illinois
    Danville, Illinois

    Danville is a city in Vermilion County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. It is the principal city of the 'Danville, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses all of Danville and Vermilion County....
    . (1915)


Image:Minute Man.JPG|Concord Minute Man, Concord, Massachusetts. Image:almamater.JPEG|Alma Mater on the campus of Columbia University
Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....
 in New York, NY. Image:SpiritofLife.jpg|The Spirit of Life,
Saratoga, New York. Image:2004-08-08 1580x2800 chicago republic.jpg|Republic
Statue of the Republic

The Statue of the Republic is a 24 foot high gilded bronze sculpture in Jackson Park , Chicago, Illinois. The statue was built in 1918 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago and the Illinois statehood centennial....
, 1918 reduced version, Chicago. Image:August Robt Meyer by DC French-Kansas City.jpg|August Meyer Memorial, on The Paseo
The Paseo

The Paseo is a major north?south parkway in Kansas City, Missouri. It runs 19 miles in the center of the city ? from Cliff Drive & Lexington Avenue on the bluffs above the Missouri River in the Pendleton Heights historic neighborhood, to 85th Street & Woodland Avenue....
 in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson County, Missouri, Clay County, Missouri, Cass County, Missouri, and Platte County, Missouri counties....
.

Architectural sculpture

  • America at War and Peace, US Customs House & Post Office, St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
    , Alfred B. Mullett
    Alfred B. Mullett

    Alfred Bult Mullett was an American architect born at Taunton in the county of Somerset, England. When Alfred was 11, his farming family emigrated to Glendale, Ohio, near Cincinnati, Ohio....
     architect (1876-1882)
  • Pediment, New Hampshire Historic Society Building, Concord, New Hampshire
    Concord, New Hampshire

    The city of Concord is the Capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County, New Hampshire....
    , Guy Lowell
    Guy Lowell

    Guy Lowell , United States architect, was the son of Mary Walcott and Edward Jackson Lowell, and a member of Boston, Massachusetts well-known Lowell family....
    , architect (1909-1911)
  • Bronze doors, Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts
    Massachusetts

    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
    , McKim, Mead & White architects, (1884-1904)
  • Justice, Appellate Court House, NYC, James Brown Lord
    James Brown Lord

    James Brown Lord was an American architect, working in a Beaux-Arts architecture, with a practice in New York City. His Appellate Court House was his most prominent commission, noted at the time of his premature death, at the age of forty-three....
     architect (1900)
  • Four Continents, Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
    Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House

    The Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House is a building in New York City, built 1902 - 1907 by the federal government to house the duty collection operations for the port of New York....
     , NYC, Cass Gilbert
    Cass Gilbert

    Cass Gilbert was a pioneering American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers in works like the Woolworth Building, Gilbert was also responsible for numerous museums and libraries , state capitol buildings as well as public architectural icons like the United States Supreme Court building....
     architect, (1904)
  • Progress of the State
    Progress of the State

    Progress of the State is the title of a group of statue that sits above the south portico, at the main entrance to the Minnesota State Capitol at Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the U.S....
    , quadriga, Six statues on entablature, Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota, Cass Gilbert
    Cass Gilbert

    Cass Gilbert was a pioneering American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers in works like the Woolworth Building, Gilbert was also responsible for numerous museums and libraries , state capitol buildings as well as public architectural icons like the United States Supreme Court building....
     architect (1907)
  • Jurisprudence and Commerce, Federal Building, Cleveland, Ohio, Arnold Brunner
    Arnold Brunner

    Arnold William Brunner was an United States architect who was born and died in New York City. Brunner was educated in New York and in Manchester, England....
     architect (1910)
  • John Hampden, and Edward I, two attic figures, Cuyahoga County Courthouse
    Cuyahoga County Courthouse

    The Cuyahoga County Courthouse stretches along Lakeside Blvd. at the north end of the Cleveland Mall in Downtown Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio....
    , Cleveland, Ohio, Lehman & Schmidt architects (1908, 1911)
  • Attic Figures, Pediment, Brooklyn Museum, NYC, McKim, Mead & White architects (1912)
  • Wisconsin, figure surmounting the dome, Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin, George B. Post
    George B. Post

    George Browne Post was an United States architect trained in the Beaux-Arts architecture....
     architect (1914)
  • Abraham Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....
    ,     Lincoln Memorial
    Lincoln Memorial

    The Lincoln Memorial is a Presidential memorials in the United States built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C....
    , Washington D.C., Henry Bacon
    Henry Bacon

    Henry Bacon an American Beaux-Arts architect, is best remembered for his severe Greek Doric Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. , which was his final project....
     architect (1923)
  • Alfred Tredway White Memorial, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Henry Bacon
    Henry Bacon

    Henry Bacon an American Beaux-Arts architect, is best remembered for his severe Greek Doric Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. , which was his final project....
     architect (1921)
  • Peace Sculpture for the Admiral Thomas E. Dewey Triumphal Arch and Colonnade that was built in Madison Square
    Madison Square

    Madison Square is formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The square was named for James Madison, fourth President of the United States and the principal author of the American Constitution of the United States....
     in New York City in 1900. Destroyed when popularity for Admiral Dewey waned.
  • Justice, Power and Study. New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division (First Department); 27 Madison Avenue at East 24th Street; 1900.
  • DeWitt Clinton; Alexander Hamilton; and John Jay. Three statues prepared in 1902 for the New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building
    Chamber of Commerce Building (New York, New York)

    The Chamber of Commerce Building in New York was built in 1901 to house the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York. Located at 65 Liberty Street in Manhattan, New York City....
     at 65 Liberty Street. The building was declared a landmark on 1977.
  • Greek Epic; Lyric Poetry, and Religion. Sculptures for the 1908 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences building on Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, New York.
  • Power and Wisdom. Sculpture for the 1919 First World War Memorial. Since destroyed.


Image:Lincoln statue.jpg|Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....
 in the Lincoln Memorial
Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a Presidential memorials in the United States built to honor the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C....
, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....

Cemetery monuments

  • Death Staying the Hand of the Sculptor, a memorial for the tomb of the sculptor Martin Milmore
    Martin Milmore

    Martin Milmore was a noted American sculptor.Milmore immigrated to Boston from Sligo, Ireland, at age seven, graduated from Boston Latin School in 1860, took art lessons at the Lowell Institute, and learned to carve in wood and stone from his older brother Joseph....
    , in the Forest Hills cemetery, Boston; this received a medal of honor at Paris
    Paris

    Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
    , in 1900. (1893)
  • Clark Memorial, Forest Hills Cemetery
    Forest Hills Cemetery

    Forest Hills Cemetery in the Forest Hills, Boston area of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts is a historic cemetery, greenspace, arboretum and sculpture garden....
    , Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
    Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

    Jamaica Plain, commonly known as JP, is an historic neighborhood of 4.4 sq. miles in Boston, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States....
    , (1894)
  • Chapman Memorial, Forest Home Cemetery
    Forest Home Cemetery

    Forest Home Cemetery located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the final resting place of many of the city's famed beer barons, politicians and social elite....
    , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and List of United States cities by population in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan....
    , (1897)
  • Angel of Peace - George Robert White
    George Robert White

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    , Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, (1898)
  • The Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Often referred to as the "Black Angel". (1918)
  • Memory, the Marshall Field
    Marshall Field

    Marshall Field was founder of Marshall Field's, the Chicago-based department stores....
     Memorial    , Graceland Cemetery
    Graceland Cemetery

    Graceland Cemetery is a large Victorian-era cemetery located in the north side community area of Uptown, Chicago, in the city of Chicago, Illinois, USA....
    , Chicago, Henry Bacon
    Henry Bacon

    Henry Bacon an American Beaux-Arts architect, is best remembered for his severe Greek Doric Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. , which was his final project....
    , architect
  • Slocum
    Joshua Slocum

    Joshua Slocum was a Canada/United States seaman and adventurer, a noted writer, and the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. In 1900 he told the story of this in Sailing Alone Around the World....
     Memorial    , Forest Hills Cemetery
    Forest Hills Cemetery

    Forest Hills Cemetery in the Forest Hills, Boston area of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts is a historic cemetery, greenspace, arboretum and sculpture garden....
     in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
    Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

    Jamaica Plain, commonly known as JP, is an historic neighborhood of 4.4 sq. miles in Boston, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States....
  • Melvin Memorial, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
    Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord

    Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a cemetery located on Bedford Street near the center of Concord, Massachusetts. The cemetery is the burial site of a number of famous Concordians, including some of the United States' greatest authors and thinkers, especially on a hill known as "Author's Ridge."...
    , Concord, Massachusetts
    Concord, Massachusetts

    Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2000 Census, the town population was about 17,000....
    , (1906-08)


Image:g2-french3.jpg|Marshall Field Memorial, Chicago. Image:RussellAlgersfoundGCircParkdetroit.jpg|Russell A. Alger
Russell A. Alger

Russell Alexander Alger was a Governor of Michigan and U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Michigan and also U.S. Secretary of War during the U.S....
 Fountain in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
. Image:Lafayette-statue.JPG|Marquis de Lafayette
Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette

Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de la Fayette was a French military officer born in the province of Auvergne in south central France....
 statue at Lafayette College
Lafayette College

Lafayette College is a private school coeducational Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in Easton, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States....
 in Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton, Pennsylvania

Easton is a city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, located on the eastern Pennsylvania side of the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border, in the United States....
.

Selected museum pieces

  • The Angel of Death and the Sculptor, Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Metropolitan Museum of Art

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile, New York City in New York City, USA....
     in New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • Memory, Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Metropolitan Museum of Art

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile, New York City in New York City, USA....
    , marble carved by the Piccirilli Brothers
    Piccirilli Brothers

    The Piccirilli Brothers were a family of renowned marble carvers who carved a large number of the most significant marble sculpture in the United States, including Daniel Chester French?s colossal Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C....
    , 1917-19, from a bronze of 1886-87, revised in 1909.
  • Mourning Victory, Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Metropolitan Museum of Art

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile, New York City in New York City, USA....
     in New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • And the Sons of God saw the Daughters of Men That They Were Fair…, For French, an unusually erotic sculpture depicting the verse from Genesis whereby a fallen angel seduces a mortal woman thus producing the mythical Nephilim
    Nephilim

    Nephilim are beings who appear in the Hebrew Bible, specifically in the Book of Genesis, and are also mentioned in other Bible texts and in some Biblical canon Jewish writings....
    , Corcoran Gallery of Art
    Corcoran Gallery of Art

    The Corcoran Gallery of Art is the largest privately supported cultural institution in Washington, DC. The museum's main focus is Visual arts of the United States....
    ; Washington, D.C.
    Washington, D.C.

    Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
    , signed and dated 1923.




Further reading

  • Buck, Diane M. and Virginia A. Palmer, Outdoor Sculpture in Milwaukee: A Cultural and Historical Guidebook, The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, 1995
  • Caffin, Charles H.
    Charles Henry Caffin

    Charles Henry Caffin , was an United States writer and art critic, born in Sittingbourne, Kent, England. After graduating from Magdalen College, Oxford Oxford University in 1876, with a broad background in culture and aesthetics, he engaged in scholastic and theatrical work....
    , American Masters of Sculpture, Doubleday, Page & Company, New York 1913
  • Caffin, in International Studio, volumes xx (1903), lx (1910), and lxvi (1912)
  • Carlock, Marty, A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston from Newburyport to Plymouth, The Harvard Common Press, Boston Massachusetts, 1988
  • Chesterwood Archives, Geographical List of Works: DRAFT, unpublished manuscript, April 14, 1993
  • Coughlan, in Magazine of Art (1901)
  • Craven, Wayne, Sculpture in America, Thomas Y. Crowell Co, NY, NY 1968
  • Cresson, Margaret French, Journey in Fame: The Life of Daniel Chaster French, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1947
  • Hucke, Matt and Ursela Bielski, Graveyards of Chicago: the People, History, Art and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries, Lake Claremont Press, Chicago, 1999
  • Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture in America
  • Lanctot, Barbara, A Walk Through Graceland Cemetery, Chicago Architectural Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, 1988
  • Richman, Michael, Daniel Chester French: An American Sculptor, The Preservation Press, Washington D.C., 1976
  • Taft, Lorado, The History of American Sculpture, MacMillan Co., New York, NY 1925
  • Wilson, Susan, Garden of Memorias: A Guide to Historic Forest Hills, Forest Hills Educational Trust


External links

  • • Summer home, studio, and garden of sculptor Daniel Chester French