Leonard Crunelle (July 8, 1872 in

Lens, Pas-de-Calais Lens (; pcd, Linse) 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' ...

– 1944) 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.

Lorado Taft Lorado Zadok Taft (April 29, 1860, in Elmwood, Illinois – October 30, 1936, in Chicago) was an American sculptor, writer and educator. His 1903 book, ''The History of American Sculpture,'' was the first survey of the subject and stood for deca ...

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

Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 mill ...

with Taft.

Gallery

File:Sakakawea-statue-bismarck-nd-2004.jpg, ''Sakakawea'' (1904–10),

North Dakota State Capitol The North Dakota State Capitol is the house of government of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The capitol, a 21-story Art Deco tower, is located in Bismarck at 600 East Boulevard Avenue, and is the tallest habitable building in the state. On ...

, Bismarck. A 2003 casting is at the

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in Washington, D.C. File:StatueWWMayo2005.JPG, ''Dr. William Worrall Mayo'' (1911),

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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),

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, Freeport, Illinois. File:Artemas Ward statue Ward Circle color.png,

Statue of Artemas Ward ''General Artemas Ward'' is a bronze statue of American Revolutionary War general Artemas Ward by Leonard Crunelle at Ward Circle, at the intersection of Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues in Northwest, Washington, D.C. The circle is centered a ...

(1936–38),

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, Washington, D.C. File:Heald Monument (2).JPG, '' Heald Square Monument'' (1936–41), Chicago, Illinois. Begun by

. File:20-13-193-logan.jpg, Maj. Gen. John A. Logan (1917) at

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References

External links

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