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{{short description|American sculptor and architect}}

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[[File:Thomas Paine Monument 2015.png|thumb|upright|The [[Thomas Paine Monument]] in [[New Rochelle, New York]]]]
[[File:Thomas Paine Monument 2015.png|thumb|upright|The [[Thomas Paine Monument]] in [[New Rochelle, New York]]]]
[[File:Federal Hall front.jpg|thumb|Designed by Frazee as [[New York Customs House]], the building was converted into [[Federal Hall National Memorial]]]]
[[File:Federal Hall front.jpg|thumb|Designed by Frazee as [[New York Customs House]], the building was converted into [[Federal Hall National Memorial]].]]
'''John Frazee''' (July 18, 1790 – February 24, 1852) was an [[Citizenship in the United States|American]] sculptor and architect.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/john-frazee-papers-8913|title=Summary of the John Frazee papers, 1810-1964 - Digitized Collection - Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|author=Archives of American Art|work=si.edu|accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalacademy.org/collections/artists/detail/491/ John Frazee] National Academy</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!211098!0#focus|title=John Frazee papers, 1810-1964.|work=si.edu|accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref> The [[Smithsonian]] has a collection of many of his sculptures as well as paintings of Frazee by other artists including [[Asher B. Durand]] and [[Henry Colton Shumway]]<ref name=smith>[http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=Frazee+John# John Frazee] Smithsonian Collections</ref>
'''John Frazee''' (July 18, 1790 – February 24, 1852) was an [[Citizenship in the United States|American]] sculptor and architect.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/john-frazee-papers-8913|title=Summary of the John Frazee papers, 1810-1964 - Digitized Collection - Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution|author=Archives of American Art|work=si.edu|accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalacademy.org/collections/artists/detail/491/ John Frazee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824172147/http://www.nationalacademy.org/collections/artists/detail/491/ |date=2016-08-24 }} National Academy</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!211098!0#focus|title=John Frazee papers, 1810-1964.|work=si.edu|accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref> The [[Smithsonian]] has a collection of many of his sculptures as well as paintings of Frazee by other artists including [[Asher B. Durand]] and [[Henry Colton Shumway]].<ref name=smith>[http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=Frazee+John# John Frazee] Smithsonian Collections</ref>


He was born in [[Rahway, New Jersey]], and worked in the [[Neoclassical sculpture|Neo-Classic]] tradition. He is known as being one of the first successful native born American sculptors and ''"the first American born sculptor to execute a bust in marble.''"<ref>James-Gadzinski, Susan and Mary Mullen Cunningham, ‘’American Sculpture in the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’’, Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1997 p. 20</ref> He is best known for his portrait busts, including of [[John Jay]] and [[Marquis De Lafayette]]. He carved sculptures for the [[Boston Athenaeum]] including of Chief Justice [[John Marshall]] and [[Daniel Webster]].<ref name=sculpt>{{cite web|url=http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!211098!0#focus|title=John Frazee papers, 1810-1964.|work=si.edu|accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref> He also received a commission to design the [[New York Customs House]], later used as [[Federal Hall National Memorial]].<ref name=sculpt/>
He was born in [[Rahway, New Jersey]], and worked in the [[Neoclassical sculpture|Neo-Classic]] tradition. He is known as being one of the first successful native born American sculptors and "the first American born sculptor to execute a bust in marble".<ref>James-Gadzinski, Susan and Mary Mullen Cunningham, ‘’American Sculpture in the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’’, Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1997 p. 20</ref> He is best known for his portrait busts, including of [[John Jay]] and [[Marquis De Lafayette]]. He carved sculptures for the [[Boston Athenaeum]] including of Chief Justice [[John Marshall]] and [[Daniel Webster]].<ref name=sculpt>{{cite web|url=http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!211098!0#focus|title=John Frazee papers, 1810-1964.|work=si.edu|accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref> He also received a commission to design the [[New York Customs House]], later used as [[Federal Hall National Memorial]].<ref name=sculpt/>


The sculptor [[Thomas Crawford (sculptor)|Thomas Crawford]] began his career as a marble carver in Frazee's studio in [[New York City]].<ref>Crane, Sylvia E., ‘’White Silence: Greenough, Powers and Crawfoed, American Sculptors in Nineteenth Century Italy’’, University of Miami Press, Coral Gables, 1972 p. 279</ref>
The sculptor [[Thomas Crawford (sculptor)|Thomas Crawford]] began his career as a marble carver in Frazee's studio in [[New York City]].<ref>Crane, Sylvia E., ‘’White Silence: Greenough, Powers and Crawfoed, American Sculptors in Nineteenth Century Italy’’, University of Miami Press, Coral Gables, 1972 p. 279</ref>


In 1826, he helped found the [[National Academy of Design]]. {{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
In 1826, he helped found the [[National Academy of Design]]. {{citation needed|date=January 2014}}
[[File:Self-portrait by John Frazee, 1827, plaster, from the National Portrait Gallery - NPG-8200334A 1.jpg|thumb|241x241px|Self-portrait by Frazee, 1827]]


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
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Latest revision as of 23:44, 6 November 2023

John Frazee
Portrait of Frazee by Asher Brown Durand (c. 1823)
Born(1790-07-18)July 18, 1790
Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 1852(1852-02-24) (aged 61)
Crompton Mills, Rhode Island, U.S.
Known forsculpture, architecture
Notable work
The Thomas Paine Monument in New Rochelle, New York
Designed by Frazee as New York Customs House, the building was converted into Federal Hall National Memorial.

John Frazee (July 18, 1790 – February 24, 1852) was an American sculptor and architect.[1][2][3] The Smithsonian has a collection of many of his sculptures as well as paintings of Frazee by other artists including Asher B. Durand and Henry Colton Shumway.[4]

He was born in Rahway, New Jersey, and worked in the Neo-Classic tradition. He is known as being one of the first successful native born American sculptors and "the first American born sculptor to execute a bust in marble".[5] He is best known for his portrait busts, including of John Jay and Marquis De Lafayette. He carved sculptures for the Boston Athenaeum including of Chief Justice John Marshall and Daniel Webster.[6] He also received a commission to design the New York Customs House, later used as Federal Hall National Memorial.[6]

The sculptor Thomas Crawford began his career as a marble carver in Frazee's studio in New York City.[7]

In 1826, he helped found the National Academy of Design. [citation needed]

Self-portrait by Frazee, 1827

Selected works[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Archives of American Art. "Summary of the John Frazee papers, 1810-1964 - Digitized Collection - Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution". si.edu. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. ^ John Frazee Archived 2016-08-24 at the Wayback Machine National Academy
  3. ^ "John Frazee papers, 1810-1964". si.edu. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  4. ^ John Frazee Smithsonian Collections
  5. ^ James-Gadzinski, Susan and Mary Mullen Cunningham, ‘’American Sculpture in the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’’, Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1997 p. 20
  6. ^ a b "John Frazee papers, 1810-1964". si.edu. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  7. ^ Crane, Sylvia E., ‘’White Silence: Greenough, Powers and Crawfoed, American Sculptors in Nineteenth Century Italy’’, University of Miami Press, Coral Gables, 1972 p. 279
  8. ^ Voss, Frederick S., ‘’John Frazee: 1790-1852, Sculptor’’, the Boston athenaeum and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington City and Boston, 1986 p. 29
  9. ^ Voss, Frederick S., ‘’John Frazee: 1790-1852, Sculptor’’, the Boston athenaeum and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington City and Boston, 1986 p. 104

Further reading[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Frazee.
  • From artisan to artist : John Frazee and the politics of culture in antebellum America by Linda Hyman 1983
  • John Frazee, American sculptor by Henry B. Caldwell 115 leaves, 20 leaves of plates : ill 1983, 1951 Call number:N40.1.F845 C14 1983a
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