Happy Birthday Frederick Williams MacMonnies!! This American sculptor was born in 1863, in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to sculpting, he was also an accomplished portrait painter. It is said that he was as well known in France as in the US. He studied art in Paris as the Ecoles des Beaux-Arts, receiving high honors. His best known sculpture is of Nathan Hale, located near where Nathan Hale was actually executed.
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