The Metropolitan Museum designates Daniel Chester French "the leading American monumental sculptor in the early twentieth century." Born in 1850, he belonged to the large and busy generation that brought Beaux Arts style from Europe to the United States. By 1897 French was successful enough to build himself an estate called Chesterwood near Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It included a studio and gardens now preserved as a museum.
Images of surviving public works by Daniel Chester French (below) from the Carol M. Highsmith archive at the Library of Congress.
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| The Progress of the State, gilded quadriga, Minnesota State Capitol |
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| The Republic, gilded replica of colossal statue for World Columbian Exposition, Chicago |
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| Marble fountain, Dupont Circle, Washington DC |
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| Marble fountain, Dupont Circle, Washington DC |
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| Monument, Old North Bridge, Concord, Massachusetts |
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| America, marble statue, U.S. Custom House, New York |
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| Africa, marble statue, U.S. Custom House, New York |
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| Alma Mater, bronze statue, Columbia University |
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| History, marble statue, Library of Congress |
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| Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC |