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Mourning Victory
It is a fact that were all the dwellers there simultaneously to respond to the resurrection-call, Thoreau would be within easy conversing…
Feb 27, 20222 min read


The Angel of Death
Daniel was not in attendance at the unveiling of The Minuteman. Shortly before the memorable day in which Ralph Waldo Emerson and the...
Feb 26, 20223 min read


For Immediate Release
Stockbridge, MA – Chesterwood, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announces a new documentary film that explores the...
Feb 23, 20225 min read


Chesterwood Announces Film
Chesterwood is pleased to announce the development of “Daniel Chester French” a documentary by award-winning filmmaker Eduardo...
Feb 16, 20222 min read


Beyond the Female Form
It is exceptional, to say the least, to find statues, busts or otherwise dedicated to female historical figures in America. In fact, as...
Feb 10, 20221 min read


HFP at The MET
During the last several months I had the opportunity to walk on the shoes of Daniel Chester French, the famed sculptor of the Lincoln...
Feb 9, 20224 min read


The Bohemians
By the time The Minutemen was ready to be unveiled in the presence of Emerson and Ulysses Grant, then sitting president of the United...
Feb 3, 20223 min read


Public Art at the Custom’s House
Notes for a documentary film on Daniel Chester French If you ever walk south on Broadway, all the way to the tip of Manhattan, you might...
Jan 9, 20222 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


Filming in New York
Research for Daniel Chester French is moving along. In recent days we were able to confirm locations in New York City for the second week...
Oct 1, 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


Chesterwood, proyecto documental 2022
En agosto me instalo en el estudio del escultor Daniel Chester French en Massachussetts por dos semanas. La idea es pensar en un film...
Jun 23, 20212 min read
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