The Life of Daniel Chester French - Journey Into Fame

Margaret French Cresson

• Publisher: Becker Press
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473348257
• Print ISBN:
  9781406725872
  9781443723930

This is Margaret French Cresson 1947 biography "The Life of Daniel Chester French - Journey Into Fame". It is a fascinating exploration of the life and work of Daniel Chester French not to be missed by those with an interest in this exceptional artist. Daniel Chester French (1850 - 1931) was an American sculptor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is one of the most famous and prolific sculptors of that period, and is best known for designing the statue of Abraham Lincoln (1920) in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.. Other notable statues of his include: "Death and the Sculptor" (1893), Boston; "Architecture" (1901), Richard Morris Hunt Memorial, and "Republic", (1893), Chicago. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Foreword
• Contents
• Illustrations
• I. Primroses of Spring
• II. A Ladder for Youth
• III. Clay and Tools
• IV. Bright Horizon
• V. The Minute Man
• VI. Italy
• VII. The Threads of Home
• VIII. The Friendship of Mr. Emerson
• IX. The Lonely Years
• X. Time Out for Love
• XI. Seedtime and Harvest
• XII. Wagon to a Star
• XIII. Salute to Genius
• XIV. The Press of Work
• XV. Migrations and Wings
• XVI. Daniel’s Daughter
• XVII. The Lincoln Memorial
• XVIII. The Blue Remembered Hills
• The Works of Daniel Chester French
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgement