Daniel Chester French

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American sculptor human sculptor

Daniel Chester French was a prominent American sculptor best known for creating the monumental seated statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial.

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Surface form Occurrences
Sculptures by Daniel Chester French 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American sculptor ⓘ
human ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
awardReceived Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1850-04-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1931-10-07 ⓘ
designed Seated statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial ⓘ
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
familyName French ⓘ
fieldOfWork sculpture ⓘ
givenName Daniel ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ⓘ
Smithsonian American Art Museum ⓘ
influencedBy Thomas Ball ⓘ
William Rimmer ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Letters ⓘ
National Academy of Design ⓘ
movement Beaux-Arts ⓘ
name Daniel Chester French self-link ⓘ
notableWork Columbia University ⓘ
surface form: Alma Mater (Columbia University)

Clark Memorial Fountain (Indianapolis) ⓘ
Four Continents sculptures (New York Custom House) ⓘ
Gallaudet Memorial (Washington, D.C.) ⓘ
John Harvard statue ⓘ
surface form: John Harvard statue (Harvard University)

Melvin Memorial (Concord, Massachusetts) ⓘ
Richard Morris Hunt Memorial (New York City) ⓘ
Seated statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial) ⓘ
Statue of Charles Sumner (Boston) ⓘ
Statue of Francis Parkman (Boston) ⓘ
Statue of General George Washington (Paris, Place d'Iéna) ⓘ
Statue of General Ulysses S. Grant (Philadelphia) ⓘ
Statue of General William Franklin Draper (Milford, Massachusetts) ⓘ
Statue of John Boyle O'Reilly (Boston) ⓘ
Statue of John Peter Altgeld (Chicago) ⓘ
Statue of Rufus Choate (Boston) ⓘ
Statue of Thomas Starr King (San Francisco) ⓘ
Statue of Wendell Phillips (Boston) ⓘ
Statue of the Republic (World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago) ⓘ
Minute Man National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form: The Minute Man (Concord, Massachusetts)
occupation sculptor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Exeter, New Hampshire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Stockbridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
residence Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
Stockbridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Stockbridge, Massachusetts ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Melvin Memorial (Concord, Massachusetts) → artist → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Statue of Francis Parkman (Boston) → artistName → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Statue of Charles Sumner (Boston) → category → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sculptures by Daniel Chester French
Clark Memorial Fountain (Indianapolis) → creator → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Gallaudet Memorial (Washington, D.C.) → creator → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
John Harvard statue → creator → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Morris Hunt Memorial
Statue of Charles Sumner (Boston) → creator → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Statue of Francis Parkman (Boston) → creator → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Statue of John Boyle O'Reilly (Boston) → creator → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Statue of John Peter Altgeld (Chicago) → creator → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Statue of Rufus Choate (Boston) → creator → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Statue of Three Lies → creator → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Statue of Wendell Phillips (Boston) → creator → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Morris Hunt Memorial
Statue of John Boyle O'Reilly (Boston) → designer → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
The Minute Man statue → designer → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
subject surface form: The Minute Man
Daniel Chester French → name → Daniel Chester French self-link ⓘ
Statue of Rufus Choate (Boston) → notableWorkOf → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Statue of Wendell Phillips (Boston) → notableWorkOf → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Clark Memorial Fountain (Indianapolis) → sculptor → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Gallaudet Memorial (Washington, D.C.) → sculptor → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Lincoln Memorial → sculptor → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Melvin Memorial (Concord, Massachusetts) → sculptor → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard Morris Hunt Memorial
Statue of Charles Sumner (Boston) → sculptor → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Statue of John Peter Altgeld (Chicago) → sculptor → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
The Minute Man statue → sculptor → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
subject surface form: The Minute Man
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City → sculptor → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Low Memorial Library → sculptorOfFrontStatue → Daniel Chester French ⓘ
Wisconsin State Capitol → statueSculptor → Daniel Chester French ⓘ