The Sculptures of Daniel Chester French at Forest Hills Cemetery (Event Video)
Dana Pilson, a curatorial researcher at Chesterwood provides a presentation focusing on the remarkable achievements of sculptor Daniel Chester French. While most well-known for his statue of the Minute Man for Concord and the colossal seated Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, French sculpted almost one hundred other monuments and memorials throughout the country. The Boston area is especially rich with outdoor, public works by French, and three notable ones can be found in Forest Hills Cemetery: the Milmore Memorial, the Clark Memorial, and the George Robert White Memorial, known as the Angel of Peace. This talk places these works within the trajectory of French’s illustrious career, and will include rarely-seen historical images that highlight French’s remarkable creative processes.
This event was held on April 15, 2023 at 2:00 p.m in the Forsyth Chapel at Forest Hills Cemetery. Due to technical difficulties it was re-recorded on May 2, 2023 via Zoom. Click on the triangle below to watch the presentation. More materials below the video.
Watercolor of Dana giving her talk in Forsyth Chapel by JPHS member Felipe Alvarez @felipfecit His cards are for sale in our online Store!
Dana mentioned the research that Richard Heath has done on Forest Hills and DCF’s works in her talk - here are links to his articles:
Finally, here is a link to the talk that Dana did in February 2022 on Evelyn Longman