Mention the name Daniel Chester French and the answer is usually a blank look. Follow that with, “Ya know, the guy who created the Lincoln statue at the Lincoln Memorial.” Oh yeah, OK, that guy! Huh!

Chesterwood - the summer home, studio and gardens of American sculptor Daniel Chester French – re-opened its doors to the public after a multi-faceted, four-year renovation and rehabilitation project ...

STOCKBRIDGE — Daniel Chester French never met Abraham Lincoln — the sculptor was only 15 when the president was assassinated — but you'll have the rare opportunity to hear the two men speak across ...

BRATTLEBORO — In the window, on the south end of Brooks Memorial Library, is a statue titled “Spirit of Life.” Daniel Chester French created the original bronze sculpture in 1914. There were six to ...

Sculptor Daniel Chester French was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, April 20, 1850, the son of a lawyer who later became a judge and a government official. Reared in Cambridge and Concord, Massachusetts ...