Leonard Crunelle (8 July 1872 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais^[1] – 10 September 1944 in Chicago^[2]) was a French-born American sculptor especially known for his sculptures of children.^[3][4] Crunelle immigrated with his family to the United States and worked as a coal miner in Decatur, Illinois. Lorado Taft discovered him as a youth and brought him to Chicago where he was an apprentice to the sculptors decorating the 1893 World's Fair Horticultural Exhibit.^[4] He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Taft.^[5]

Gallery

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  Sakakawea (1904–10), North Dakota State Capitol, Bismarck. A 2003 casting is at the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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  Dr. William Worrall Mayo (1911), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
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  Potosa, Daughter of Meskwaki Chief, Peosta (1914), Jackson Park, Dubuque, Iowa.
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  Statue of Richard J. Oglesby (1919), Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois.
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  Civil War Monument (1920), Jacksonville Square, Jacksonville, Illinois.
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  Victory Monument, aka World War I Black Soldiers' Memorial (1927), Chicago, Illinois.
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  Lincoln the Debater (1928–29), Taylor Park, Freeport, Illinois.
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  Statue of Artemas Ward (1936–38), Ward Circle, Washington, D.C.
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  Heald Square Monument (1936–41), Chicago, Illinois. Begun by Lorado Taft.
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  Maj. Gen. John A. Logan (1917) at Vicksburg National Military Park