Frederick Hart (1943 – 1999) was an American sculptor, best known for his public monuments and works of art in bronze, marble, and clear acrylic (a technique he coined as "sculpting with light"). Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Frederick_Hart. ... Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Frederick_Hart. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1999(MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Bronze figurine, found at Öland Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ... Marble This page is about the metamorphic rock. ... Acrylic can refer to: A generic name potatos all synthetic polymers derived from acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, see acryl group Acrylic glass, a common name for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), also known as Plexiglas. ...

Biography

Hart was born in Atlanta in 1943 while his father was serving in World War II. His mother died suddenly when Hart was three years old and he was subsequently cared for by his mother's family in rural South Carolina during his early childhood years. He moved to Washington, D.C. when his father remarried in the early 1950's where he attended public school. At age sixteen, he was admitted as a philosophy major to the University of South Carolina. This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Palmetto State Other U.S. States Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Governor Mark Sanford (R) Senators Lindsey Graham (R) Jim DeMint (R) Official languages English Area 82,965 km² (40th)  - Land 78,051 km²  - Water 4,915 km² (6%) Population (2000)  - Population 4,012... Jump to: navigation, search Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The University of South Carolina (also known as USC, South Carolina, or simply Carolina) is a public, coeducational, research university. ...

Hart returned to Washington, D.C. with a desire to study art and attended the Corcoran College of Art and Design and American University where he studied painting and drawing. Later, after sculpting a bust of a girlfriend, he realized an art form that possessed weight, volume, presence and gravity. Jump to: navigation, search The Corcoran College of Art and Design, founded in 1890, is the only professional college of art and design in Washington, DC. The school is affilliated with the Corcoran Gallery of Art. ... Jump to: navigation, search See also the American University in Cairo and American University of Beirut American University is a fully accredited and internationally known private coeducational university located at Ward Circle, straddling the Spring Valley and American University Park areas of Northwest Washington, DC. It currently has roughly 5...

As his interest in sculpture began to flourish, Hart became an apprentice stone carver at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. working on gargoyles. Washington National Cathedral was the site of two Presidential state funerals: for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald W. Reagan, and a presidential burial in the cathedral mausoleum: Woodrow Wilson. ... This article is about gargoyles, the statues. ...

In 1971, while Hart was still working on the stone of the cathedral, an international competition was announced to find a sculptor for the cathedral's west facade. After three years of work and at the age of thirty-one, Hart was commissioned to create The Creation which has been described as "the most monumental commission for religious sculpture in the United States in the twentieth century." ¹ Jump to: navigation, search 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...

It has been said that Hart was the greatest figurative sculptor since Daniel Chester French. "He not only created works of great beauty and gravitas, he was singularly responsible for restoring to American public monuments and memorials an iconology worthy of a great nation." ² Daniel Chester French Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor. ...

Notable Works

• The Three Soldiers sculpture - Located at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Dedicated in 1984.
• The Creation - Located at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Dedicated in 1990.
• President James Earl Carter sculpture - Located at the Georgia State Capital building in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Senator Richard B. Russell sculpture - Located in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. Dedicated in 1996.
• The Cross of the Millenium - An acrylic sculpture presented to Pope John Paul II in 1997 in honor of 50 years of priesthood.

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Awards and Accolades

• In 1985 President Ronald Reagan appointed Hart to a five-year term on the Commission of Fine Arts, a seven-member committee that advises the U.S. Government on matters pertaining the arts, and guides the architectural development of the nation's capital.
• In 1987 Hart received the Henry Hering Award from the National Sculpture Society for sculpture in an architectural setting, shared with architect Philip Frohman (National Cathedral work).
• In 1988 he was the recipient of the quadrennial Presidential Design Excellence Award (Vietnam Memorial work).
• In 1993 Hart received an honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of South Carolina for his "ability to create art that uplifts the human spirit, his commitment to the ideal that art must renew its moral authority by rededicating itself to life, his skill in creating works that compel attention as they embrace the concerns of mankind, and his contributions to the rich cultural heritage of our nation."

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Gallery

The Three Soldiers statue, one of Hart's best known works Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links Three_Soldiers. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Three Soldiers Statue The Three Soldiers (also known as The Three Servicemen) is a bronze statue on the Washington, DC Mall commemorating the Vietnam War. ...

The Cross of the Millenium Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Cross_of_the_Millenium. ...

Daughters of Odessa statue Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Daughters_of_Odessa. ...

Ex Nihilo maquette, Hart's winning design for The Creation sculptures Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Ex_Nihilo_Maquette. ...

External Links

• The official Frederick Hart website
• The Frederick Hart Collection at Jean Stephen Galleries

References

1. Tom Wolfe, Frederick Hart: Sculptor, 1995, Hudson Hills Press ISBN 155951201
2. James Cooper, Editor and Publisher, American Arts Quarterly