Donald De Lue
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Donald Harcourt De Lue (b. October 5, 1897, Boston, Massachusetts - d. August 26, 1988, Leonardo, New Jersey) was an American sculptor. [1]
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[edit] Background
He studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and later served as an assistant to sculptors Richard Recchia and Robert P.Baker. This was followed by five years in Paris where he continued his study, while working as an assistant to various French artists. He returned to the United States where he was engaged by Bryant Baker.
In 1941 De Lue won a competition to create sculpture for the Philadelphia Post Office and from then on he stopped being an assistant for other artists and only worked on his own commissions and creations.
De Lue's works can be found in many museums across America. Like many other sculptors of his generation De Lue executed several architectural works. He was also a prolific medalist.
De Lue taught at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York City during the early 1940s. In 1960 he won two Henry Hering Awards, given by the National Sculpture Society for outstanding collaboration between a sculptor and an architect for his Omaha Beach Memorial in Normandy, France and for the Stations of the Cross at the Loyola Jesuit Seminary in Shrub Oak, New York.
In 1967, De Lue won the American Numismatic Society J. Sanford Saltus Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Art of the Medal known as the Saltus Award.
[edit] Public monuments
- Triton Fountain, Federal Reserve Bank Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1941
- Harvey Firestone Memorial, Akron, Ohio, 1950
- Spirit of American Youth,[2] figures of France and America and urns, U.S. Battle Monument, St. Laurent, Normandy, France, 1953-1956
- George Washington as a Mason, New Orleans, Louisiana 1960, Wallingford, Connecticut 1965, Detroit, Michigan 1966, Alexandria, Virginia 1966, Lansing, Michigan 1982, Indianapolis, Indiana 1987, Flushing, New York
- Boy Scout Memorial,[3] Washington, DC, 1963
- The Mountaineer,West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1971
- Louisiana State Monument,[4] Gettysburg Battlefield, 1971
- Mississippi State Monument,[5] Gettysburg Battlefield, 1973
- Rocket Thrower,[6] Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Queens, New York City 1964
- Thomas Jefferson,[7] Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, 1975
- Comprehensive List of Public Monuments by Donald De Lue at www.sculptor.org [8]
[edit] Architectural sculpture
- Alchemist, University of Pennsylvania, Chemistry Building, 1940
- Eagles, United States Court House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1941
- Law and Justice, Post Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1941
[edit] Images
 Louisiana Memorial |
 detail, Louisiana Memorial |
 Mississippi Memorial |
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George Washington statue in Detroit in front of Mariners' Church. |
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Boy Scout Memorial |
[edit] Further Reading
- Goode, James M. The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington D.C. 1974
- Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript
- Nishiura, Elizabeth, editor, American Battle Monuments: A Guide to Military Cemeteries and Monuments Maintained By the American Battle Monuments Commission, Omnigraphics Inc., Detroit, Michigan 1989
- Proske, Beatrice Gilman, Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture, Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina, 1968
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Howlett, D. Roger, The Sculpture of Donald De Lue:Gods, Prophets and Heroes, David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, 1990
- ^ http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/no_pict.pdf
- ^ Statue / monument of Boy Scout Memorial in Washington DC by Sculptor Donald DeLue
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- ^ City of New York/Parks and Recreation: Your Park
- ^ WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY, Wichita State University
- ^ Sculptor.Org - Donald De Lue (1897-1988)
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