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Museums page for James Earle Fraser ((1876 - 1953)), known for Indian figure sculpture, coin design. Showing 18 museum collections and exhibitions.
James Earle Fraser MUSEUMS
1876 Winona, Minnesota - 1953 Westport, Connecticut. Known for: Indian figure sculpture, coin design.
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Having spent his childhood in the West, James Earle Fraser became one of the more famous American sculptors of cowboys, Indians, and horses. He also designed the Buffalo Nickel, which "has been... Read full biography
Having spent his childhood in the West, James Earle Fraser became one of the more famous American sculptors of cowboys, Indians, and horses. He also designed the Buffalo Nickel, which "has been called the first uniquely American coin." (Reynolds, 189). From 1920 to 1925, he served on the National... Read full biography
Having spent his childhood in the West, James Earle Fraser became one of the more famous American sculptors of cowboys, Indians, and horses. He also designed the Buffalo Nickel, which "has been called the first uniquely American coin." (Reynolds, 189). From 1920 to 1925, he served on the National Arts Commission, and played a key role in promoting American subject matter in public art. In 1919, he received the Saltus Medal*, the most prestigious medallic art award. He attended public school in... Read full biography
Having spent his childhood in the West, James Earle Fraser became one of the more famous American sculptors of cowboys, Indians, and horses. He also designed the Buffalo Nickel, which "has been called the first uniquely American coin." (Reynolds, 189). From 1920 to 1925, he served on the National Arts Commission, and played a key role in promoting American subject matter in public art. In 1919, he received the Saltus Medal*, the most prestigious medallic art award. He attended public school in Minneapolis, but lived much of the time in a railway car crossing through the Dakotas because his father was in charge of laying railroad track across the western plains. At age 18, with obvious art talent, he began studies at the Art Institute of... Read full biography
Having spent his childhood in the West, James Earle Fraser became one of the more famous American sculptors of cowboys, Indians, and horses. He also designed the Buffalo Nickel, which "has been called the first uniquely American coin." (Reynolds, 189). From 1920 to 1925, he served on the National Arts Commission, and played a key role in promoting American subject matter in public art. In 1919, he received the Saltus Medal*, the most prestigious medallic art award. He attended public school in Minneapolis, but lived much of the time in a railway car crossing through the Dakotas because his father was in charge of laying railroad track across the western plains. At age 18, with obvious art talent, he began studies at the Art Institute of Chicago* and there studied sculpture with Richard Bock. By age 20, he was a student in Paris at the Ecole des Beau... Read full biography
James Earle Fraser - Artist Info
About James Earle Fraser: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (18)
All MuseumsAmon Carter Museum of American Art
3501 Camp Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76107-2695Birmingham Museum of Art
2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35203Buffalo Bill Center of the West
720 Sheridan Ave
Cody, WY 82414Dakota Discovery Museum
1200 West University Avenue
Mitchell, SD 57301Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver, CO 80204Elks Veterans Memorial
2750 N Laveview
Chicago, IL 60614Helmerich Cntr. for American Research, Gilcrease Museum,Univ. of Tulsa
1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road
Tulsa, OK 74127-2100National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20001New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Plainfield Historical Society
P.O. Box 307
Plainfield, NH 03781The Hermitage Museum & Gardens
7637 North Shore Rd.
Norfolk, VA 23505The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64111-1873The Rockwell Museum
111 Cedar Street
Corning, NY 14830-2694The Walters Art Museum
600 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-5185White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006Woolaroc Museum
The Frank Phillips Foundation Inc.
1925 Woolaroc Ranch Road
Bartlesville, OK 74003