Fountain of Faith

The Fountain of Faith is a monumental sculptural group by Carl Milles in Falls Church, Virginia. It is located in National Memorial Park, a large cemetery which also displays a colossal cast of Milles' Sunsinger. Each of the fountain's thirty-seven life-size bronze figures evokes a specific individual whom Milles had known before their death.[1]

The Fountain of Faith in Falls Church, Virginia
The Sunsinger, also by Carl Milles at National Memorial Park

It was inaugurated in 1952 after 12 years of Milles' work.[2] On that occasion, the National Symphony Orchestra played in front of a crowd of 25,000. Over the years, Milles's dedication to the project had grown so much that he only took payment for four of the figures, not counting the Sunsinger which he also offered to the cemetery's developer Robert F. Marlowe.[3]

Notes
  1. Ann O'Hanlon (September 28, 2000). "A Sculpture Garden's Rebirth". Washington Post.
  2. Carl Milles (1952). Fountain of Faith: A Monument to Life. National Memorial Park, Lee Highway, Falls Church, Virginia.
  3. James M. Goode (2008). Washington Sculpture: A Cultural History of Outdoor Sculpture in the Nation's Capital. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.


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