We just learned about the sculpture of Standing Lincoln by Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Another famous American statue is the sculpture of Nathan Hale by Frederick William MacMonnies in 1893.
MacMonnies was born in New York in 1863, and when he was 17 he started working with the famous artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens and became friends with him.
After a few years he went to Paris to study sculpture, and even opened his own art studio there.
He was one of the few American artists who was famous both in America and Paris.
When he was 30 years old he got a job in New York to make a big statue of Nathan Hale, who was a famous hero from the American Revolution.
It is about eight feet tall and made of Bronze, made in France and then brought over to America.
(from: wikipedia - nathan hale (statue))
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