Leonard Crunelle

Leonard Crunelle (July 8, 1872 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais – 1944) was a French-born American sculptor especially known for his sculptures of children.[1][2] Cruelle immigrated with his family to the United States and worked as a coal miner in Decatur, Illinois. Lorado Taft 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.[2] He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Taft.[3]

Gallery

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  Sakakawea (1904–10), North Dakota State Capitol, Bismarck. A 2003 casting is at the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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  Dr. William Worrall Mayo (1911), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
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  Potosa, Daughter of Meskwaki Chief, Peosta (1914), Jackson Park, Dubuque, Iowa.
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  Richard J. Oglesby (1919), Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois.
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  Civil War Monument (1920), Jacksonville Square, Jacksonville, Illinois.
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  Victory Monument, aka World War I Black Soldiers' Memorial (1927), Chicago, Illinois.
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  Lincoln the Debater (1928–29), Taylor Park, Freeport, Illinois.
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  Statue of Artemas Ward (1936–38), Ward Circle, Washington, D.C.
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  Heald Square Monument (1936–41), Chicago, Illinois. Begun by Lorado Taft.

References

1. Krehl, Donald (December 11, 2011). Monumental Chicago. p. 16. ISBN 978-1105280566.
2. "Lorado Taft and The Western School of Sculptors". The Craftsman Illustrated Monthly Journal. 14 (1): 21–22. April 1908.
3. http://www.lib.niu.edu/2007/ih030720.html

External links

• Public Art in Chicago
• http://www.lib.niu.edu/2007/ih030720.html
• Leonard Crunelle in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website