Daniel Chester French

Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.. [Partnership of sculptor Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon]..

Daniel Chester French..
American Sculptor: April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931..
French specialized in large-scale statues, memorials and portrait busts.

He is most famous for his sculpture of seated Abraham Lincoln [1920] at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., click here.. Fortunately, many of his French's sculptures are in Chicago...

A reduced version of the full size statue in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., can be seen at the Art Institute of Chicago [AIC] - Sculpture Garden.. click here..

There is another 'Standing Lincoln" by Daniel Chester French, at the Art Institute of Chicago [American Galleries], click here..

Perhaps the most famous work of Daniel Chester French in Chicago, is "The Republic", This 24-foot gilt-bronze sculpture is about a one-third in size of the original 65-foot-high sculpture, which dominated the World's Columbian Exposition's Court of Honor..
Partnership of sculptor Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon.
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Bulls with Maiden [Garfield Park Conservatory]
Note: The maidens are by Daniel Chester French, although the bulls are by Edward Potter..
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"Memory", Tomb of Marshall Field [Graceland Cemetery]..
Partnership of sculptor Daniel Chester French and architect Henry Bacon.
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Truth [Art Institute of Chicago [AIC], Sculpture Park]..
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Victory [River North: 17 East Erie Street] cast from working model for the First Division Memorial, President's Park, Washington D.C..
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Head of Victory / First Division Memorial [President's Park, Washington D.C]
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Sculpture, Richard Morris Hunt Memorial [perimeter wall of Central Park, at 5th Avenue at 70th Street]

Allegorical sculptures "Continents" [US Custom House, Bowling Green, Manhatten]..
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