page_title: Frederick Hart (sculptor)
section_title: James Earl Carter Presidential Statue
hierarchical_section_title: Frederick Hart (sculptor) / Artistic career / James Earl Carter Presidential Statue
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of President Jimmy Carter by Frederick Hart (James Earl Carter Presidential Statue, Atlanta, Georgia)
context_page_description: Frederick Elliott Hart was an American sculptor. The creator of hundreds of public monuments, private commissions, portraits, and other works of art, Hart is most famous for Ex Nihilo, a part of his Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathedral, and The Three Servicemen, at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  Working within the figurative tradition of American Beaux-Arts sculpture, Hart's approach was that of a craftsman. With little formal schooling, he developed his skills on the job, learning ancient techniques from master carvers.
  Hart modeled his work in clay. Many of his larger pieces were carved in Italian marble or limestone, or cast in bronze. During the later period of his career, Hart explored themes of beauty and spirituality, consciousness and identity, sculpting in transparent and semi-transparent acrylic materials using a process he patented.
context_section_description: In the 1981 competition to design the Carter Presidential Library, Hart was a principal of the winning team with Jova, Daniels and Busby Architects (Atlanta, Georgia), and EDAW Landscape Design Firm (Alexandria, Virginia). Hart was asked to provide a portrait of President Jimmy Carter, and on June 7, 1994, the James Earl Carter Presidential Statue was unveiled at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Among the guests were Governor Zell Miller, President Carter, and Mrs. Rosalynn Carter. Hart said: 
  "I am greatly honored to have been selected to sculpt President Carter, a man who served our country in so many ways. From the Camp David Accords and SALT II treaty, that were among the achievements of his presidency, to the myriad projects he has since undertaken on behalf of human and environmental needs.
  "In honor of President Carter’s past work as a farmer as well as his environmental initiatives, and his work on behalf of grassroots organizations, I have sculpted him in bronze on a low pedestal, in an informal pose, dressed in khakis with his sleeves rolled up… The gestures of the figure refer to the generosity of Carter’s nature, his eagerness to share a vision of justice, and his unpretentious delight in spreading a message of brotherhood."
  Carter said he liked the portrayal: "It was that image that put me in the White House and the governor's office, and I hope I can remain . . . (like that) in the future," he said.
caption: James Earl Carter Presidential Statue (1994)
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