Word: gardin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their eyes on the many fine arts committees which hand out the jobs of making America's monuments. Big assignments for sculpture come to U. S. artists by direct commission, through open competition or through competitions limited by invitation. Last week a handsome plum fell to Mrs. Laura Gardin Fraser, Manhattan sculptor famed for her medal designs, when her model won in a limited competition for a $100,000 Baltimore bronze of Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall") Jackson. Still groggy from a sinus operation, Mrs. Fraser was cheered by her success, knew she had a good...
...curators. The producers claim that it sets a new standard of authenticity both in colonial backgrounds and in picturization of the crafts of spinning and weaving. "The Medal Maker" was made especially for the American Numismatic Society and demonstrates the making of medals and coins as done by Laura Gardin Fraser, maker of the official government medals of Lindbergh and Byrd...