Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-07
DANIEL c. FRENCH,
SCULPTOR, EXPIRES
Man Who Executed Statues
of Lincoln and Others
Here Dies.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. October t.
Daniel Chester French, 81, dean Of
American sculptors, died at his Sum-
mer home today. He had been in all
ing health for several months.
The unwilling Of his first public work
was the real beginning OF a career as
sculptor which eventually brought in
ternational fame and honors to Mr..
French. The work, a bronze statue
called 1.-The Minute Men," was unveiled
at Concord, Mass, April 10, 1875. the
day before his twenty-fifth birthday.
1t evoked much favorable comment and
Immediately established his reputation.
Governmental recognition of the
young sculptor's ability was evidenced
by commissions given to Mr.. French
early in his career for marble groups
for the customs house at st. Louis, the
United States Court House at Philadel-
phia and the post Office at Boston, and
for statues of Gen. Lewis Cass in the
Capitol. of Gallaudet and OF Herodotus
and History" in the Congressional
Library at Washington.
Executed Lincoln Statue.
Mr.. French also executed three
colossal figures for the Columbian Ex-
position at Chicago, four groups In
front of the New York Customs House
and the statue of Abraham Lincoln in
the Lincoln Memorial at Washington.
A notable work of the sculptor is his
bronze statue of John Harvard at
Cambridge, Mass. Mr.; French re.
ceived a medal at the Paris salon OF
1891 for his large relief. THE Angel
of Death Staying the Hand OF the
Sculptor" This was designed and ex-
ecuted as a memorial to Martin Mil
more, the young sculptor who produced
the Soldiers Monument on Boston
Commons.
Mr.. French was further honored by
France by being made chevalier OF
the Legion of Honor in 1910 and by
election, in 1920. as one of 10 foreign
associate members by the fine arts
class of the French Academy. He was
made an academician of merit of the
ROYAL Academy of st. Luke at Rome
and was the only American so honored
until September. 1906. when Frederick
E. Triebel. New York sculptor, vas
similarly favored.
Married Capital Woman.
Mr.. French was born at Exeter, N. H.,
ADTll ~. lOOU, Tic SOIt VI ldBB
French and Anne Richardson French.
His family, which is connected with
those of Daniel Webster and John G.
Whittier. figured prominently in public
service. One of his grandfathers was
chief justice and the other attorney
general of New Hampshire, while his
father was lawyer and judge. and also
served as Assistant Secretary of the
United States Treasury.
Mr.. French did his work in a deliber-
ate and certain manner and his pro-
auctions, which are numerous. are of a
high order. At different times he main
tanned studios at Washington, Boston
and Concord, Mass. and in New York
since 1887. He was a member of the
National Commission of Fine Arts from
1910 to 1915, and chairman for three
years; trustee of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, member and honorary
president of the Natural Sculpture So
ciety; member of the American Acad-
envy of Arts and Letters and a fellow OF
the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences. Honorary degrees were con-
ferred upon him by Dartmouth, Yale.
Harvard and Columbia.
In 1888 Mr.. French married Mary
Adams French, daughter of Edmund
Flagg French Of Washington. He re-
sided in New York and had a country
home and studio at Stockbridge.