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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.

References

Mary Smart, A Flight With Fame: The Life & Art of Frederick MacMonnies 1996. Biography and a catalogue raisonné

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Janis Conner and Joel Rosenkranz, Rediscoveries in American Sculpture 1989. photographs of three of MacMonnies' best works, the Nathan Hale, Bacchante and Infant Faun, and Diana, along with some brief biographical information.

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