1850 - 1931 (81 years)
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Name |
Daniel Chester FRENCH |
Born |
20 Apr 1850 |
Exeter, Rockingham County, NH |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
7 Oct 1931 |
Stockbridge, Berkshire County, MA |
Buried |
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, MA |
Notes |
- (1) "Daniel Chester French," Encyclopædia Brittanica, 2010, © 2010 Encyclopædia Brittanica, Inc.:
Daniel Chester French, (b. April 20, 1850, Exeter, N.H., U.S. - d. Oct. 7, 1931, Stockbridge, Mass.), sculptor whose work is probably more familiar to a wider American audience than that of any other native sculptor.
French's first important commission, which came from the town of Concord, Mass., was the statue "The Minute Man" (1875), commemorating the Concord fight 100 years earlier. It became the symbol for defense bonds, stamps, and posters of World War II. French's great marble, the seated Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., was dedicated in 1922. In the intervening 50 years he created a vast number of works on American subjects. Among these are the equestrian statues of General Ulysses S. Grant in Philadelphia and General George Washington in Paris; three pairs of bronze doors for the Boston Public Library; the "Standing Lincoln," Lincoln, Neb.; the statue of Ralph Waldo Emerson in the public library, Concord, Mass.; the "Alma Mater" at Columbia University; and the "Four Continents" at the New York City customhouse.
(2) www.findagrave.com:
Daniel Chester French
Birth: Apr. 20, 1850
Death: Oct. 7, 1931
Sculptor. His two most famous statues are the bronze "The Minuteman" (1875) in Concord, MA, and the marble statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC (1922).
Family links: Spouse: Mary French (1859 - 1939)
Burial: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 01, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 366
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Person ID |
I15304 |
Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families |
Last Modified |
26 Mar 2021 |
Father |
Judge Henry Flagg FRENCH, b. 14 Aug 1813, Chester, Rockingham County, NH , d. 29 Nov 1885, Concord, Middlesex County, MA (Age 72 years) |
Mother |
Anne RICHARDSON, b. 26 Sep 1811, Chester, Rockingham County, NH , d. 28 Aug 1856 (Age 44 years) |
Married |
9 Oct 1838 |
Chester, Rockingham County, NH |
Family ID |
F6868 |
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