Frederick William MacMonnies
Frederick William MacMonnies (born September 28, 1863 in Brooklyn Heights , Brooklyn , † March 22, 1937 in New York City , New York ) was an American sculptor and painter .
Life
MacMonnies learned painting from his mother, who studied with the famous painter Benjamin West . In 1800 he apprenticed to Augustus Saint-Gaudens and later became his assistant. MacMonnies studied evening classes at the National Academy of Design and Art Students League of New York in New York City . In 1884 MacMonnies went to France , where he studied sculpture at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris . There he twice won the highest award ( Prix Atelier ) for foreign students. Shortly afterwards he returned to the United States and worked again at Saint-Gaudens - but after a year he moved back to France, where he lived until the beginning of the First World War . During that time he taught at the Académie Carmen and the Académie Vitti .
Frederick William MacMonnies was first married to the painter Mary Fairchild . The couple lived in the American artists' colony in Giverny for several years . There were three children from this marriage. While the two daughters reached adulthood, the son died at the age of two. After the divorce in 1909, he married the painter Alice Jones in 1910. He died on March 22, 1937 of complications from pneumonia .
Honors
- 1896 Chevalier la Légion d'honneur
- 1898 member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 1900 gold medal at the world exhibition in Paris
- 1900 member of the Académie française
- 1932 "Lindbergh Medal"
literature
- M. Smart, E. Gordon: A Flight with Fame: The life and Art of Frederick MacMonnies . 1996
- Sara Kimbrough: Drawn from Life . 1976
- Metropolitan Museum of Art : American Sculpture . 1965
- Glenn Opitz: Dictionary of American Sculptors .
- Donald M. Reynolds: Masters of American Sculpture .
- MacMonnies, Frederick William . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 17 : Lord Chamberlain - Mecklenburg . London 1911, p. 264 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- Frederick William MacMonnies. bronze-gallery.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Members: Frederick MacMonnies. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 12, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | MacMonnies, Frederick William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sculptor and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn Heights , Brooklyn |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1937 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York |