Faces and lore behind some of oldest US streets Oct 19, 2008
Monument Street was named after the Minute Man monument by Daniel Chester French at Old North Bridge, while Monument Square was named later for the Civil War monument built in 1866 in historic Concord. Lexington Road, originally called the Way to the Bay and then Bay Road, was renamed for Concord's Revolutionary connection to Lexington. (Boston Globe)
* [ART JOURNAL] Pop Art gets it on with Mao Zedong Aug 6, 2008
The figure seems clearly modeled on the Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French in Washington except that where Lincoln looks somber, aged and lost in thought, Mao is youthfully alert, his face raised and faintly smiling. I flash back to the ocean of Mao statuettes I just saw at Panjiayuan (a), Beijings art flea market. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Summer opens door for outdoor art Jun 11, 2008
The country estate of Daniel Chester French -- the noted sculptor of "The Minute Man" and Lincoln Memorial fame -- continues its tradition of presenting American sculpture. When: June 28-Oct. (Albany Times Union)
New Currier Museum of Art Opens Apr 11, 2008
Major collections of decorative arts and sculpture include Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Daniel Chester French, Frederic Remington and Jacques Lipchitz. A large collection of paperweights is on view for the first time, in a gallery exclusively designed for glass and ceramics. (Suite101.com)
Lincoln's cottage a gift to be preserved Feb 14, 2008
Lincoln was a great president, justly honored for presiding over a perilous and transformative in our history, and his memorial on the Mall with its brooding, seated statue by Daniel Chester French, is one of the capital's most moving. What the cottage shows is that sometimes a president is just a guy who wants to get away from the heat. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Which is the fairest of them all? Feb 25, 2007
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, by Henry Bacon, sculpture by Daniel Chester French. The Gamble House in Pasadena, Calif. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Tubac artist receives 10th commission to capture history for National Guard Feb 11, 2007
by Daniel Chester French, the interpretation and dramatic colors used in the painting were Vann's own. African American Minuteman. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
