Leonard Crunelle (8 July 1872 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais[1] – 10 September 1944 in Chicago[2]) was a French-born American sculptor especially known for his sculptures of children.[3][4] 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.[4] He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Taft.[5]
Gallery
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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. -
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Heald Square Monument (1936–41), Chicago, Illinois. Begun by Lorado Taft. -
Maj. Gen. John A. Logan (1917) at Vicksburg National Military Park
References
- ^ Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed. (1917). The Book of Chicagoans: a Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the City of Chicago. Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company. p. 163.
- ^ "NOTED SCULTOR DIES IN CHICAGO". The Decatur Daily Review. Decatur, Illinois. September 12, 1944.
Leonard Crunelle, famous scultor and former Decatur resident, who died in Chicago Sunday....
- ^ Krehl, Donald (December 11, 2011). Monumental Chicago. Lulu.com. p. 16. ISBN 978-1105280566.
- ^ a b "Lorado Taft and The Western School of Sculptors". The Craftsman Illustrated Monthly Journal. 14 (1): 21–22. April 1908.
- ^ "Lincoln the Debater".
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leonard Crunelle.
- 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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