Read fascinating The New York Times story on the Piccirilli brothers, six Italian immigrant artisans who carved hundreds of iconic public sculptures, many for #Concord sculptor Daniel French. Concord Museum Chesterwood Cyrus Dallin National Mall NPS
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In the studio of Daniel Chester French #sculptor #Stockbridge #Massachusetts Chesterwood

Explore three different outdoor sculptures and the way in which they activate the landscape and bring new perspectives to the #TrustSites where they are located.

Chesterwood Brucemore The Gaylord Building

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For nearly 50 years, sculptor John Van Alstine’s restless inquisitiveness generated a monumental body of work to explore questions in art and life.

Through 10/25 Chesterwood will host Tipping the Balance: Contemporary Sculpture: ow.ly/6N3X50FTEo1
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4ForArt Gallery opens at Chesterwood .
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Fantastic review by Betsy Bird of Linda Booth Sweeney's new book Monument Maker! This book is all about Daniel Chester French's quest to becoming the sculptor of the #LincolnMemorial . It will be available for purchase at Chesterwood's museum shop soon! bit.ly/2mEmlIA

If you missed Harold Holzer's talk at the New York State Writers Institute Albany Book Festival today, you can listen to him talk about his book Monument Man: The Life & Art of Daniel Chester French on the CDCWRT Podcast. soundcloud.com/cdcwrtp/harold…

Another great write-up on our contemporary sculpture show by Chronogram Magazine! Time is ticking, Chesterwood closes for the season on October 27th. Get here to see the show before we close our doors for the winter! chronogram.com/hudsonvalley/o…

What a whirlwind! Today we visited The Mount, Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio, HancockShakerVillage, NormanRockwellMuseum, and Chesterwood. #TravelsWithTheTrust

The National Mall looked significantly lumpier in the early 1920s than it does today.

(The Lincoln Memorial is visible in the distance, and the old temporary war buildings are on the right.)

This week's 'Looking Back' column in
UnionLeader.com features a Q&A with the renowned Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer, author of 'Monument Man,' a biography of sculptor Daniel Chester French.
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Chesterwood announces 41st annual contemporary sculpture exhibition ow.ly/pJoV50vyKkr

Visiting the Berkshires this summer? Don't miss Daniel Chester French's Chesterwood home and studio and the new biography Monument Man by Harold Holzer.⁠

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Sculptor Daniel Chester French establishes his summer home and studio in Stockbridge, MA, and names it Chesterwood after his ancestral village of Chester, NH - unionleader.com/voices/looking…) unionleader.com/voices/looking… - Chesterwood - UnionLeader.com - Photo Library of Congress

'He would start small, and then continue to expand and enhance.'

ICYMI: @OpenStudioWGBH's @JaredWGBH profiles the man who captured Lincoln in marble, Daniel Chester French, and his scenic Chesterwood estate → to.wgbh.org/6016E0hrY

Our #contemporarysculpture show, ‘One Impulse from a Vernal Wood’, is getting rave reviews! Come discover what’s in our #woods : bit.ly/2XUYwy4

Come discover the 'Surprise in the Woods' at Chesterwood! Read more about our contemporary sculpture show by the Berkshire Eagle: bit.ly/2XZMsXp

Come for a walk in the woods to see the new sculpture exhibition with artist, arborist, and regional planning graduate student, Craig McNeil, on Sunday, July 14th. Free with admission!
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#hike #artwalk #landart … instagram.com/p/Bztd0wCnOrN/…

Our Free Fun Friday is next week on July 12th! Stop by with the whole family for free admission & art activities all day from 10am-5pm. #SoCoCreamery will be joining us with an ice cream stand! Sponsored by Highland Street.