Daniel Chester French

Daniel Chester French
French in 1902
Born(1850-04-20)April 20, 1850
DiedOctober 7, 1931(1931-10-07) (aged 81)
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (no degree)
Known forSculpture
Notable workAbraham Lincoln
MovementAmerican Renaissance
Patron(s)Hiram Powers, Thomas Ball
America, one of the Four Continents at the Alexander Hamilton Custom House in New York City

Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His works include The Minute Man, an 1874 statue in Concord, Massachusetts, and his 1920 monumental statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.