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Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is best known for his 1874 sculpture The Minute Man in Concord, Massachusetts, and his 1920 monumental statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Daniel Chester French attained prominence as the leading American monumental sculptor of the early twentieth century. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, he spent his youth in Cambridge and Amherst, Massachusetts, before moving with his family to Concord in 1867.
Daniel Chester French (born April 20, 1850, Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S.—died October 7, 1931, Stockbridge, Massachusetts) was a sculptor of bronze and marble statues and monuments whose work is probably more familiar to a wider American audience than that of any other native sculptor.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
French created the statues of General Grant in Philadelphia, of General Washington in Paris, and of John Harvard in the Harvard Yard, Cambridge. Surpassing them all is the eighteen foot high marble revelation of Abraham Lincoln seated in quiet majesty in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
- Susan Ritchie
Sep 28, 2019 · Daniel Chester French would pass away in 1931. Here you’ll find a video of French’s life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=63&v=CvHdNbqYDj8. Following is a list of Daniel Chester French’s notable works: Notable public monuments • Minute Man (Concord) (fr) at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, (1874)
- Male
- April 20, 1850
- Mary Adams French
- October 7, 1931
Daniel Chester French. Birth. 20 Apr 1850. Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA. Death. 7 Oct 1931 (aged 81) Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA. Burial. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
French was rooted firmly in the traditions of New England, with ancestors who sailed from England in 1630, landing in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Nine generations later, on April 20, 1850, Daniel was born to Judge Henry Flagg French and Anne Richardson French in Exeter, New Hampshire.
