Leon Hermant

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Leon Hermant (1866 - 1936) was an American sculptor best known for his architectural sculpture. Hermant was born in France, educated in Europe and came to America in 1904 to work on the French Pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. For most of his career he was based in Chicago, Illinois and frequently worked with a partner Carl (Charles) Beil.

[edit] Public monuments

Heroes of Illinois Memorial in the Memphis National Cemetery (2008)
Heroes of Illinois Memorial in the Memphis National Cemetery (2008)
Hermant was awarded the Légion d'honneur by the French government for this monument

[edit] Architectural sculpture

  • Illinois Athletic Club Building, (1908), Chicago, Illinois
  • Cook County Building, (1911), Chicago, Illinois
  • Radisson Chicago Hotel Reliefs, (1929), Chicago, Illinois
  • One N La Salle Street (1930),Vitzthum and Burns architects, Chicago Ill
  • United States Interstate Commerce Commission Building, (1936) Washington D.C.

[edit] References

  • Bach, Ira and Mary Lackritz Gray, Chicago’s Public Sculpture, University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1983
  • Falk, Peter Hastings, Editor Who Was Who in American Art, Sound View Press, Madison Connecticut, 1985
  • Kvaran and Lockley, A Guide to Architectural Sculpture in America, unpublished manuscript
  • Riedy, James L., Chicago Sculpture, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL 1981
  • Rooney, William A., Architectural Ornamentation in Chicago, Chicago Review Press, Chicago, 1984
  • Scheinman, Muriel, A Guide to the Art at the University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign, Robert Allerton Park and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1995