Leonard Crunelle
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Leonard Crunelle (8 July 1872 in
Lens, Pas-de-Calais Lens (; ) is a city in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is one of the main towns of Hauts-de-France along with Lille, Valenciennes, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Arras and Douai. The inhabitants are called ''Lensois'' (). Metro ...
– 10 September 1944 in
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) was a French-born American sculptor especially known for his sculptures of children. Crunelle immigrated with his family to the United States and worked as a coal miner in Decatur, Illinois.
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discovered him as a youth and brought him to Chicago where he was an apprentice to the sculptors decorating the 1893 World's Fair Horticultural Exhibit. He studied at the
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with Taft.


Gallery

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, Rochester, Minnesota. File:Potosa Sculpture 1914 Jackson Park Dubuque Iowa.jpg, ''Potosa, Daughter of
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Chief, Peosta'' (1914), Jackson Park,
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. File:Richard J Oglesby.JPG, Statue of Richard J. Oglesby (1919), Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois. File:JacksonvilleILSquare 2006.jpg, Civil War Monument (1920), Jacksonville Square, Jacksonville, Illinois. File:Victory Monument Chicago 2.jpg, '' Victory Monument'', aka ''World War I Black Soldiers' Memorial'' (1927), Chicago, Illinois. File:Freeport Il Lincoln the Debater1.JPG, ''Lincoln the Debater'' (1928–29), Taylor Park, Freeport, Illinois. File:Artemas Ward statue Ward Circle color.png, Statue of Artemas Ward (1936–38),
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, Washington, D.C. File:Heald Monument (2).JPG, '' Heald Square Monument'' (1936–41), Chicago, Illinois. Begun by
Lorado Taft Lorado Zadok Taft (April 29, 1860 – October 30, 1936) was an American sculptor, writer and educator. Part of the American Renaissance movement, his monumental pieces include, ''Fountain of Time'', ''Spirit of the Great Lakes'', and ''The ...
. File:20-13-193-logan.jpg, Maj. Gen. John A. Logan (1917) at Vicksburg National Military Park


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Public Art in Chicago
*http://www.lib.niu.edu/2007/ih030720.html * {{DEFAULTSORT:Crunelle, Leonard 1872 births 1944 deaths People from Lens, Pas-de-Calais French emigrants to the United States 20th-century American sculptors American male sculptors 20th-century American male artists