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MACMONNIES, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1863- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 264 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MACMONNIES, See also:FREDERICK See also:WILLIAM (1863- ) , See also:American sculptor and painter, was See also:born at See also:Brooklyn, New See also:York, on the 10th of See also:September 1863. His See also:mother was a niece of See also:Benjamin See also:West. At the See also:age of sixteen MacMonnies was received as an apprentice in the studio of See also:Augustus St Gaudens, the sculptor, where he remained for five years. In 1884 he went to See also:Paris and thence to See also:Munich, where he painted for some months. Returning to Paris next See also:year he became the most prominent See also:pupil of See also:Falguiere. His " See also:Diana " brought him a mention at the See also:Salon of 1889. Three See also:life-sized figures of angels for the See also:church of St See also:Paul, New York, were followed by his " Nathan See also:Hale," in the See also:City See also:Hall See also:Park, New York, and a portrait of See also:James S. T. Stranahan, for Brooklyn. This last brought him a " second See also:medal " in the Salon of 1891, the first See also:time an American sculptor had been so honoured. In 1893 he was chosen to See also:design and carry out the Columbian See also:Fountain for the See also:Chicago See also:World's See also:Fair, which placed him instantly in the front See also:rank. His largest See also:work is a decoration for the Memorial See also:Arch to Soldiers and Sailors, in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, consisting of three enormous See also:groups in See also:bronze.

In Prospect Park, Brooklyn, MacMonnies has also a large " See also:

Horse Tamer," a work of much distinction. A " Winged Victory " at the U.S. military See also:academy at West Point, New York, is of importance; and his " Bacchante," an extraordinary See also:combination of real-ism and See also:imagination, rejected by the See also:Boston Public Library, is now at the See also:Metropolitan Museum of See also:Art, New York. He also became well known as a painter, mainly of portraits. In 1888 he married See also:Mary Fairchild, a figure painter of distinction, but in 1909 they were divorced and she married Will H. See also:Low.

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