Interview Insights with Lisa Ackerman and John Belardo
DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH
AMERICAN SCULPTOR
Designed by Daniel Chester French. Poto by Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Designed by Daniel Chester French. Poto by Eduardo Montes-Bradley
The Lincoln Memorial attracts more than eight million visitors annually. Despite the monument's success, the sculptor who created it, Daniel Chester French, has been mostly overlooked and forgotten. French was a prominent artist during the American Renaissance, creating over two hundred monuments. The film focuses on several of French's notable works, including The Lafayette Memorial in Brooklyn, allegorical representations of Brooklyn and Manhattan in front of the Brooklyn Museum, The Four Continents on the façade of the US Customs House in Battery Park, The Millmore Memorial in Boston, and the Melvin Memorial in Concord, Mass. Finally, the film explores French's best-known work, the seated Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial, a collaboration with architect Henry Bacon and the Piccirilli family of sculptors. HD | 60 minutes
A film made possible with the support of the
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Executive Producers
Donna HASSLER
Eduardo MONTES-BRADLEY
Richard Guy WILSON Michael RICHMAN Harold HOLZER
Thayer TOLLES Adrian Michele BOGART BENEPE William SHERMAN
Eve KAHN David DEARINGER Judith SHEA Daniel PRESTON
Significant support for this film has come from
THE MORRIS AND ALMA SCHAPIRO FUND
Written, Edited, and Directed by
Eduardo MONTES-BRADLEY