Daniel Chester French

Daniel Chester French ( born April 20, 1850 in Exeter, New Hampshire; † 7 October 1931 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts) was an American sculptor of the famous Lincoln statue in Washington, DC originates. He is considered one of the greatest sculptors of the 19th and 20th centuries. His work can be seen in parks, universities, public buildings, monuments and museums.

Life

Daniel Chester was the son of Henry Flagg French, a lawyer and assistant to the Treasury. He soon discovered his artistic talent and the writer Louisa May Alcott encouraged him to become a sculptor. French studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. In a visit to relatives in Brooklyn, he met the sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward know and worked out a month Long on commission in whose workshop. In 1873, French was from the town of Concord's an order zuerschaffen a statue to the centenary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The statue The Minute Man was unveiled on 19 April 1875. Then he went to Italy for a year to refine in Florence at Thomas Ball his skills. Shortly after his return to the United States he went to study in France at the École supérieure to national des beaux -arts de Paris. Then he lived for several years near Florence.

In 1917, the first Pulitzer Prize was awarded for outstanding journalism in the U.S. and Daniel Chester French was commissioned to design the gold medal. French was one of many sculptors who frequently employed the model Audrey Munson.

Daniel Chester French died on 7 October 1931 in Stockbridge and was buried in the cemetery of Concord. Its summer house Chesterwood, designed by architect Henry Bacon and friend, in Stockbridge is now a museum.

Honors and offices

Lincoln Statue

Summer House Chesterwood in Stockbridge

Studio in the summer house Chesterwood