Marshall Fredericks
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Marshall Maynard Fredericks was an American sculptor who was born in Rock Island, Illinois on January 31, 1908 and died in Birmingham, Michigan on April 4, 1998.
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[edit] Education and early career
In 1930 Fredericks graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art, and traveled to Europe on the Herman Matzen Traveling Scholarship. It was during this trip that he first met Carl Milles who was to be his mentor for many years. Upon returning from Europe he obtained a position teaching at his former school. In 1932 he was invited by Milles, then at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, to join him there as an assistant, an offer which Fredericks accepted. He was to remain there until 1942.
In 1936 Fredericks won a competition to create the Levi L Barbour Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle in Detroit and this was to be the first of many public monuments created by Fredericks.
[edit] Selected works
- Levi L Barbour Memorial Fountain, Detroit, Michigan, 1936
- Spirit of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan,
[edit] Cleveland War Memorial Fountain: Peace Arising from the Flames of War
Cleveland War Memorial Fountain: Peace Arising from the Flames of War. It bears the inscription, IN HONORED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY. The work was 20 years in the making and was dedicated on May 31,1964.
Four groups in Norwegian emerald pearl granite, each 4 feet by 12 feet represent the religious aspirations from all over the globe that are the foundation for the soaring figure that represents eternal life. The figure was cast in Norway, where also the granite groups were carved. The globe under the figure was cast in Brooklyn, New York. The four groups represent the four "corners" of the earth from which comes the major religions, which in turn gave birth to the idea of eternal life, here represented by the human figure in the center of the sculpture.
 The Fountain of Eternal Life (Memorial Plaza, Cleveland, Ohio) |
 Eternal Life |
 Southern civilization and gods |
 Western civilization and gods |
 Eastern civilization and gods |
 Nordic civilization and gods |
[edit] Architectural sculpture
- Horace H Rackham Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1942
[edit] Images
 Baboon (Brookgreen Gardens, Murrell's Inlet, South Carolina, USA) |
 Siberian Ram (Brookgreen Gardens) |
 The Thinker (Brookgreen Gardens) |
 Victory Eagle (Meijer Gardens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) |
 Three Clowns (Meijer Gardens) |
 Baboon with Sitting Friend (Meijer Gardens) |
 Two Bears (Meijer Gardens) |
 The Boy and the Bear (Meijer Gardens) |
 Frog (Meijer Gardens) |
 Gazelle Fountain (Meijer Gardens) |
 The Star Dream (Downtown Royal Oak, MI) |
[edit] References
- Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript
- Opitz, Glenn B , Editor, Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986
