Daniel Chester French | |
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Born | Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S. | April 20, 1850
Died | October 7, 1931 | (aged 81)
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (no degree) |
Known for | Sculpture |
Notable work | Abraham Lincoln |
Movement | American Renaissance |
Patron(s) | Hiram Powers, Thomas Ball |
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.