Frederick William Macmonnies

Frederick William Macmonnies (Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn September 28, 1863 - New York March 22, 1937) was the best known expatriate American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts school, as successful and lauded in France as he was in the United States. He was also a highly accomplished painter and portraitist.

Nathan Hale

The life-size Nathan Hale was the first major commission gained by MacMonnies. Erected in 1890 in City Hall Park, New York, it stands near where the actual Nathan Hale was thought to have been executed. Copies are scattered in museums across the United States, since MacMonnies was one of the earliest sculptors to supplement his fees from major commissions by selling reduced-size reproductions to the public. The Metropolitan Museum has a copy, as do the Art Museum at Princeton University and the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College (Amherst, Mass.).

Related Topics:
City Hall Park, New York - Nathan Hale - Executed - Museum - Metropolitan Museum - Amherst College

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