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Notes on Daniel Chester French
By Jeffrey Plank - Daniel Chester French will use selected major works to identify and elucidate the important and very difficult...
Dec 21, 20216 min read


A Doc for Daniel Chester French
The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia was organized in 1935. The founders were scholars and elected officials who shared a wish to m
Dec 21, 20211 min read


Preserving Historic Places
Meet Brent Leggs; he probably has the best job in the world. He’s the current Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the African...
Dec 16, 20212 min read


On Location in Richmond, Va
It was a good day in Richmond with David Dearinger. He did most of the talking about male and female figures in the sculptured work of...
Dec 9, 20212 min read


On Location at St. Bartholomew's
If you ever walked down Park Avenue, north of Grand Central Station, in the early hours of the afternoon, you probably saw the reflection...
Nov 23, 20211 min read


On Location at the MET
A two-day filming escapade to New York On a recent two-day shoot in NYC with had an opportunity to meet Thayer Tolles, Marica F. Vilcek...
Nov 13, 20211 min read


French goes to Florence
Following on Daniel Chester French’s trip to Europe through his correspondence. Some letters are more interesting than others. The...
Oct 12, 20217 min read


New York, 1911
This documentary, part of MoMA's extraordinary collection, was made by the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern as part of a series...
Oct 7, 20211 min read


The Spirit of Life
Water and horses are the recurring theme in Saratoga Springs. However, I did not come all this way to see the racing beasts, but to...
Aug 9, 20212 min read


The Hands That Rock the Nation
Preliminary notes on a documentary project about Daniel Chester French As I slowly drift into a French state of mind, while still devoted...
Jun 28, 20212 min read
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