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Daniel Chester French

Daniel Chester French

1850

WA-00013269

Sculpture

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

27

Works in Collection

41

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ720910

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy· 92%
LocationWikidata· 80%

Source Registry (1)

Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

Daniel Chester French was an American sculptor whose monumental public works defined the civic sculptural tradition of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His bronze and marble figures, from The Minute Man in Concord, Massachusetts to the colossal seated Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial, combined classical restraint with American historical subject matter. French's practice emphasized idealized figuration and architectural integration, establishing a formal vocabulary for commemorative sculpture that influenced generations of public monuments across the United States.

Source: Artist Index · Trust score: 35% · Updated 2mo ago

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Sculpture

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (27)

Winged Victory

21 5/8 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (54.9 x 26.6 x 25.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

American Red Cross War Council Medal

American Red Cross War Council Medal

Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

American Red Cross War Council Medal (obverse)

Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

American Red Cross War Council Medal (reverse)

Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Medal Commemorating the Completion of Catskill Aqueduct

Medal Commemorating the Completion of Catskill Aqueduct

Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Medal Commemorating the Catskill Aqueduct

Medal Commemorating the Catskill Aqueduct

Diam.: 7.6 cm (3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

H.: 83.8 cm (33 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

H.: 83.8 cm (33 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Statue of the Republic, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Plan

Statue of the Republic, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Plan

1915 · Ink and ink wash or watercolor on paper

53.5 × 40.4 cm (21 1/16 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Statue of the Republic, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation of a Reduced-Scale Copy

Statue of the Republic, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation of a Reduced-Scale Copy

1915 · Ink and ink wash or watercolor on paper

53.5 × 40.5 cm (21 1/16 × 15 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Spirit of Life

30 x 34 7/8 in. (76.3 x 88.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Spirit of the Waters

11 1/8 x 8 1/2 x 4 in. (28.3 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

95.9 × 31.2 × 25.4 cm (37 3/4 × 12 1/4 × 10 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for the Head of The Melvin Memorial

18 x 10 3/8 x 11 3/4 in. (45.7 x 26.4 x 29.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust of Mary Harris Thompson, MD

Bust of Mary Harris Thompson, MD

74.8 × 56.6 × 37.5 cm (29 7/16 × 22 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Narcissa

1901 · cast silver

12 5/8 x 5 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. (32.2 x 13.4 x 9.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Alma Mater (Columbia University)

Alma Mater (Columbia University)

overall with base: 24.13 × 16.51 × 15.24 cm (9 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 6 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Truth

1900 · Plaster

147.1 × 53.4 × 40.7 cm (57 7/8 × 21 × 16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Painting & Sculpture

12 1/4 × 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (31.1 × 10.5 × 7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dewey medal

Art Institute of Chicago

Dewey medal

Art Institute of Chicago

12 3/8 × 4 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (31.4 × 10.5 × 7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Concord Minute Man of 1775

Concord Minute Man of 1775

32 1/4 x 17 1/8 x 18 3/8 in. (81.9 x 43.5 x 46.7 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

57 1/2 x 25 x 42 1/2 in. (146.1 x 63.5 x 108 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

27 published of 27 catalogued · 18 with image

Art Institute Chicago
11 published11 img
The Met
7 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published2 img
Smithsonian
4 published4 img
Nga
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

American Red Cross War Council Medal (reverse)
1920 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
American Red Cross War Council Medal (obverse)
1920 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
American Red Cross War Council Medal
1920 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Medal Commemorating the Completion of Catskill Aqueduct
1918 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

14 assets

Medal Commemorating the Completion of Catskill Aqueduct (1918)

Cleveland Museum of Art

American Red Cross War Council Medal (obverse) (1920)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Dewey medal (c. 1898)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) (modeled 1879)

Art Institute of Chicago

Bust of Mary Harris Thompson, MD (1902)

Art Institute of Chicago

Truth (1900)

Art Institute of Chicago

Abraham Lincoln (Modeled 1912, cast after 1912)

Art Institute of Chicago

Abraham Lincoln (Modeled 1916, cast after 1916)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Relationships

5

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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