Daniel Chester French may be the foremost sculptor of America’s Guilded Age. Locally, he’s known as the artist behind “The Minuteman Memorial” in Concord, Massachusetts, and several reliefs around Boston. Internationally, he’s known as the designer of the Pulitzer Prize medallion and sculptor behind the iconic Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. But in the small Berkshire town of Stockbridge, French is known as the town’s favorite son (well, maybe second-favorite behind Norman Rockwell). Born in New Hampshire, French traveled the world to study sculpting, refining his artistry, and garnering the…
