Designing the Lincoln Memorial: Daniel Chester French and Henry Bacon February 11, 2009

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary celebration of President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, the National Gallery of Art will present a one-year focus exhibition, Designing the Lincoln Memorial: Daniel Chester French and Henry Bacon, on view in the West Building, Main Floor, starting February 12, 2009. The installation features the six-foot-high plaster final model of the most renowned Lincoln statue by American sculptor Daniel Chester French (1850–1931), as designed for the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, and the original wood model of the Lincoln Memorial by American architect Henry Bacon (1866–1924). Installation runs through February 12, 2010.