Portrait of Frazee by Asher Brown Durand (c. 1823)
Born
(1790-07-18)July 18, 1790
Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.
Died
February 24, 1852(1852-02-24) (aged 61)
Crompton Mills, Rhode Island, U.S.
Known for
sculpture, architecture
Notable work
New York Custom House (Now Federal Hall)
Thomas Paine Monument
The Thomas Paine Monument in New Rochelle, New YorkDesigned by Frazee as New York Customs House, the building was converted into Federal Hall National Memorial.
John Frazee (July 18, 1790 – February 24, 1852) was an American sculptor and architect.[1][2][3] The Smithsonian has a collection of many of his sculptures as well as paintings of Frazee by other artists including Asher B. Durand and Henry Colton Shumway.[4]
He was born in Rahway, New Jersey, and worked in the Neo-Classic tradition. He is known as being one of the first successful native born American sculptors and "the first American born sculptor to execute a bust in marble".[5] He is best known for his portrait busts, including of John Jay and Marquis De Lafayette. He carved sculptures for the Boston Athenaeum including of Chief Justice John Marshall and Daniel Webster.[6] He also received a commission to design the New York Customs House, later used as Federal Hall National Memorial.[6]
The sculptor Thomas Crawford began his career as a marble carver in Frazee's studio in New York City.[7]
In 1826, he helped found the National Academy of Design. [citation needed]
Self-portrait by Frazee, 1827
^Archives of American Art. "Summary of the John Frazee papers, 1810-1964 - Digitized Collection - Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution". si.edu. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^John Frazee Archived 2016-08-24 at the Wayback Machine National Academy
^"John Frazee papers, 1810-1964". si.edu. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^John Frazee Smithsonian Collections
^James-Gadzinski, Susan and Mary Mullen Cunningham, ‘’American Sculpture in the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’’, Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1997 p. 20
^ ab"John Frazee papers, 1810-1964". si.edu. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^Crane, Sylvia E., ‘’White Silence: Greenough, Powers and Crawfoed, American Sculptors in Nineteenth Century Italy’’, University of Miami Press, Coral Gables, 1972 p. 279
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