Leonard Crunelle
Leonard Crunelle (July 8, 1872 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais – 1944) was a French-born American sculptor especially known for his sculptures of children.[1][2] Crunelle immigrated with his family to the United States and worked as a coal miner in Decatur, Illinois. Lorado Taft discovered him as a youth and brought him to Chicago where he was an apprentice to the sculptors decorating the 1893 World's Fair Horticultural Exhibit.[2] He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Taft.[3]
Gallery[]
Sakakawea (1904–10), North Dakota State Capitol, Bismarck. A 2003 casting is at the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Dr. William Worrall Mayo (1911), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Potosa, Daughter of Meskwaki Chief, Peosta (1914), Jackson Park, Dubuque, Iowa.
Statue of Richard J. Oglesby (1919), Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois.
Civil War Monument (1920), Jacksonville Square, Jacksonville, Illinois.
Victory Monument, aka World War I Black Soldiers' Memorial (1927), Chicago, Illinois.
Lincoln the Debater (1928–29), Taylor Park, Freeport, Illinois.
Statue of Artemas Ward (1936–38), Ward Circle, Washington, D.C.
Heald Square Monument (1936–41), Chicago, Illinois. Begun by Lorado Taft.
Maj. Gen. John A. Logan (1917) at Vicksburg National Military Park
References[]
- ^ Krehl, Donald (December 11, 2011). Monumental Chicago. p. 16. ISBN 978-1105280566.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Lorado Taft and The Western School of Sculptors". The Craftsman Illustrated Monthly Journal. 14 (1): 21–22. April 1908.
- ^ "Lincoln the Debater".
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- Public Art in Chicago
- http://www.lib.niu.edu/2007/ih030720.html
- Leonard Crunelle in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website
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- 1872 births
- 1944 deaths
- People from Lens, Pas-de-Calais
- French emigrants to the United States
- 20th-century American sculptors
- American male sculptors