Frederick William MacMonnies
(1863–1937) United States expatriate sculptor (1863-1937)
Frederick William MacMonnies (USA, 1863–1937) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a sculptor. By year of birth, Frederick William MacMonnies belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
Frederick William MacMonnies was born in Brooklyn Heights and died in Doctors Hospital. Frederick William MacMonnies trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Frederick William MacMonnies became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters. Frederick William MacMonnies was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour.
The best-known works include ‘Major General George B. McClellan’ and ‘Nathan Hale’. The catalogue has 24 works by Frederick William MacMonnies with free images. The dated works span the years 1873–1930. Works by Frederick William MacMonnies are held by several collections, among them Smithsonian American Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sculptures in the National Gallery of Art, and Art Institute of Chicago.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Otto Reiniger, Hermann Pleuer, Richard F. Outcault, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, and Sem.