Leonard Crunelle

Leonard Crunelle (July 8, 1872 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais – 1944) was an American sculptor.^[1]

After immigrating to the United States, he worked as a coal miner in Illinois. Lorado Taft discovered him. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Taft.^[2]

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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  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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  General 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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leonard Crunelle.

• Public Art in Chicago
• http://www.lib.niu.edu/2007/ih030720.html