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	Daniel Chester French - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		French's best-known work is the sculpture of a seated Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. In collaboration with Edward Clark Potter he modelled the George Washington, presented to France by the Daughters of the American Revolution; the General Grant in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, and the General Joseph Hooker in Boston.
		French became a member of the National Academy of Design (1901), the National Sculpture Society, the Architectural League, and the Accademia di San Luca, of Rome.
		French is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daniel_Chester_French (764 words)

	DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH CORRESPONDENCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		French’s touching letter from Florence declining Concord’s invitation to be present at the unveiling of the Minute Man in 1875 is found among the Hoar family papers (Vault A45, Hoar, Unit 1).
		DCF agrees to model a figure of the Minute Man for Concord’s 1875 celebration of the centennial of the Concord Fight, asks to receive payment for materials "as fast as needful," and leaves his compensation to the discretion of Concord’s committee for arranging the statue.
		DCF responds to Miss Noyes’s condolences on the death of his brother in Chicago and refers to a recent visit with her in Concord.
	www.concordnet.org /library/scollect/Fin_Aids/DCFrench.htm (1626 words)

	Daniel Chester French Biography / Biography of Daniel Chester French Biography
		Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) was one of America's leading sculptors of the late 19th century and maintained his popularity and fame well into the 20th century.
		Daniel Chester French was born in Exeter, N.H. He grew up in Concord, Mass., and came under the influence of the intellectual circle of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Louisa May Alcott.
		French chose to become a sculptor early in life and had the benefit of study with the painter William Morris Hunt and the sculptors William Rimmer and John Q.A. Ward--a particularly fortuitous group of instructors because of the variety of their esthetic approaches and their sympathetic professionalism.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-daniel-chester-french (420 words)

	DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH - LoveToKnow Article on DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		(1850), American sculptor, was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, on the 20th of April 1850, the son of Henry Flagg French, a lawyer, who for a time was assistant-secretary of the United States treasury.
		,Frenchs best-known work is Death Staying the Hand of the Sculptor, a memorial for the tomb of the sculptor Martin Milmore, in the Forest Hills cemetery, Boston; this received a medal of honor at Paris, in 1900.
		In collaboration with Edward C. Potter he modelled the Washington, presented to France by the Daughters of the American Revolution; the General Grant in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, and the General Joseph Hooker in Boston.
	8.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FR/FRENCH_DANIEL_CHESTER.htm (172 words)

	Today in History: April 20
		American sculptor Daniel Chester French was born in Exeter, New Hampshire on April 20, 1850.
		French studied in Boston and New York prior to receiving his first commission for the 1875 statue The Minute Man.
		Daniel Chester French died on October 7, 1931.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/apr20.html (391 words)

	Daniel Chester French: Sculpture In Situ
		Daniel Chester French (1850 - 1931) is well known as the sculptor who created the massive statue of Abraham Lincoln which sits in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
		Howver, French created hundreds of other scuptures, many of which hold a great fascination for me. Part of my pluralistic life is to enjoy and be inspired by a variety of artist expressions among which gothic cathedral architecture in France (1150-1350) and French's sculpture figure prominently.
		Daniel Chester French: The Angel of Death and the Sculptor.
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	Daniel Chester French
		Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850-1931) was an American sculptor.
		French's best-known work is Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial at Washington, D.C.
		Death Staying the Hand of the Sculptor, a memorial for the tomb of the sculptor Martin Milmore, in the Forest Hills cemetery, Boston; this received a medal of honor at Paris, in 1900.
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	Daniel Chester French
		Charles Meryon and Jean-François Millet, French printmakers of the mid-ninet...
		French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was regarded as the...
		French paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries, seen in 55 works, are featured in the most imp...
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	IHAS: Artist/Movement/Ideas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		French, who had been born in Exeter, NH, and who had studied in Boston with William Hunt, had come highly recommended to Emerson from the Transcendentalist community.
		Indeed, it was Louisa May Alcott who had first encouraged French's vocation as a sculptor, and it was with Samuel Ward, one of Emerson's close friends, that French continued his training in Brooklyn.
		The instant popularity of his Concord monument afforded French the opportunity to study in Italy in 1876 before opening his first studio in Washington, DC, where his father was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
	www.wnet.org /ihas/icon/french.html (360 words)

	Daniel Chester French
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		FRENCH, Daniel Chester, sculptor, born in Exeter, N. H., 9 June 1850.
		He studied under Dr. William Rimmer in Boston, and in the studio of Thomas Ball, at Florence, Italy, but returned to the United States in 1876 and opened a studio in Washington.
	www.famousamericans.net /danielchesterfrench (218 words)

	Famous New Englanders: Daniel Chester French, Sculptor
		Born in Exeter, NH, Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) moved to Boston to study sculpture with William Hunt, a pursuit encouraged by author Louisa May Alcott.
		French's first famous sculpture, "The Minute Man," was commissioned by Ralph Waldo Emerson, a friend of Ward's, and unveiled at the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA, on April 18, 1875.
		French's most famous work is probably the huge, fine Seated Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
	www.newenglandtravelplanner.com /people/french_dc.html (277 words)

	French, Daniel Chester on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER [French, Daniel Chester] 1850-1931, American sculptor, b.
		Daniel Chester French and the sculpture of Augustus Saint-Gaudens.(New York Metropolitan Museum)
		Linda Colley: Daniel Snowman meets the historian of Britons and Captives.
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	Daniel Chester French - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Daniel Chester French - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		French, Daniel Chester (1850-1931), American sculptor, one of the best known of his time.
		In 1753, when Boone was 18, his family settled on the Yadkin River in what is now North Carolina.
	encarta.msn.com /Daniel_Chester_French.html (171 words)

	GeorgiaInfo - Carl Vinson Institute of Government
		The stamp was part of a 35-stamp "Famous Americans" series of stamps issued in 1940, and French was one of five great American artists honored in the series.
		Born April 20, 1850, in Exeter, New Hampshire, French studied sculpture briefly in Italy, though he primarily learned the art form on his own.
		A few years later, French completed his most famous work--the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Lincoln monument's Georgia tie was not the subject but rather the fact that French carved the renowned work from Georgia marble.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/d-french.htm (198 words)

	Daniel Chester French (1850 - 1931) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Daniel Chester French became famous with his commemorative bronze statue, The Minute Man. After gaining a reputation in the United States, he traveled to France and continued to produce public monuments.
		Daniel Chester French - The Angel of Death and the Sculptor from the Milmore Memorial 1889-93 marble The Metropolitan Museum of Art American
		On an invitation from the French government, Curator of Programming Carole Ann Klonarides travelled to Paris and Marseilles in July 1998 to meet with French artists, in particular those whose ideas are realized in the form of installation, media, a...
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	Daniel Chester French Online
		Daniel Chester French at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
		Daniel Chester French at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. The Newark Museum, New Jersey
		All images and text on this Daniel Chester French page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
	www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/french_daniel_chester.html (215 words)

	Daniel Chester French - MSN Encarta
		Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he studied sculpture in New York City and Florence, Italy.
		His most-celebrated sculpture is the over-life-size marble statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., which was dedicated in 1922.
		Other works by French include the equestrian statues General Grant (1899, Philadelphia) and General Washington (1900, Paris), the Four Continents (1907, Customs House, New York City), and portrait busts.
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	FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER... - Online Information article about FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER...
		Henry Flagg French, a lawyer, who for a See also:
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	Explore DC: Daniel Chester French
		Daniel Chester French is regarded as one of this country's most eminent sculptors.
		French is perhaps best known for his great marble, the seated Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial, however, the statue was not the first time French sculpted the 16th President.
		In 1909 he collaborated with architect Henry Bacon on a standing, bronze figure in front of a granite wall inscribed with the Gettysburg Address.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=28 (167 words)

	Daniel Chester French's "Little Studio"
		Imagine a drive through Chesterwood, the former estate of Daniel Chester French to reach a secluded cottage!
		Historic Meadowlark, located a scenic three miles from the Inn, was once the "Little Studio" of this renowned American sculptor.
		French is best known for sculpting the famous seated Lincoln in Washington's Lincoln Memorial and The Minuteman in Concord, Massachusetts.
	www.redlioninn.com /rli/meadowlark.html (136 words)

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		Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, Daniel Chester French, along with Augustus Saint- Gaudens, became one of the leading sculptors of the late 19th Century and a key figure in developing the sculpture collection of living artists for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
		He was credited with developing a style of naturalism in his sculpture that was a welcome counter to the prevailing neoclassical idealism.
		Daniel French is also mentioned in these AskART essays:
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	The Oxford Dictionary of Art: French, Daniel Chester @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Oxford Dictionary of Art: French, Daniel Chester @ HighBeam Research
		French, Daniel Chester (b Exeter, NH, 20 Apr. 1850; d Stockbridge, Mass., 7 Oct. 1931).
		He made his name with the famous bronze statue of the Minute Man (1875) in Concord, Massachusetts, a monument to commemorate the rising of the citizens of the town during the early years of the...
	highbeam.com /doc/1O2:FrenchDanielChester/French,+Daniel+Chester+... (136 words)

	American Sculptor Daniel Chester French Was Born
		A peaceful and stately Lincoln courtesy of Daniel Chester French
		Even if you have not visited the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., you've probably seen pictures of the colossal statue of Abraham Lincoln sitting in a chair in the center of the memorial.
		American sculptor Daniel Chester French created that famous statue of Lincoln.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/reform/chester_1 (70 words)

	Daniel Chester French (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		By 1905, when this picture appeared, Daniel Chester French, who was largely self-taught, had established himself as the leading American sculptor of his generation.
		Much of French's work incorporates allegorical figures and themes, but he remains best known for his humanistic portrayal of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Here French poses before the camera of Zaida Ben-Yusuf, a respected portraitist whose Fifth Avenue studio in New York attracted much attention.
		Beginning in the fall of 1905, ARTnews—then known as American ARTnews—published a number of her photographic portraits of prominent artists.
	www.npg.si.edu /cexh/artnews/french2.htm (128 words)

	Sculpture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Excluding the base, the cost of this fountain was $150,000.
		Constructed by Daniel Chester French, the 65 foot tall sculpture faced the Administration Building in the Court of Honor of the White City.
		The Columbus Quadriga was designed by Daniel Chester French and E. Potter and sat upon the Peristyle.
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