Jose de Rivera
When the architect of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/48">National Museum of History and Technology</a> wanted an outdoor sculpture designed for the new museum opening in the mid-1960s, he recommended artist Jose de Rivera. Rivera was an established sculptor known for his abstract forms, kinetic elements, and experience designing for public spaces. de Rivera created, "Infinity," which stands on the Mall side of the building now called the National Museum of American History. In 1997, following de Rivera's death, his son donated some of the tools used to create "Infinity" for the museum's collections.
Archives of American Art. <a href="http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/jose-de-rivera-2059">View original</a>.
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John Stevens Shop
The John Stevens Shop is a stone carving workshop based in Rhode Island and currently co-owned by the father and son team of John E. and Nicholas Benson. They have been involved in the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/506">design and execution of lettering for inscriptions</a> for four memorials on the Mall. The Bensons designed and executed special typefaces, or lettering styles, for the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/27">Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial</a>, the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/61">World War II Memorial</a>, and the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/156">Martin Luther King Memorial</a>. Additionally, John Benson designed the lettering for the date stones in the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/63">Vietnam Veterans' Memorial</a>.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011635591/">View original photograph</a>.
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Daniel Chester French
French was a sculptor whose best-known work in Washington, DC, is the statue of President Abraham Lincoln inside the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/33">Lincoln Memorial.</a> He also sculpted the statue of Victory which tops the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/129">First Division Monument </a>in President’s Park. From 1910-1915, French served as one of the first members of the US Commission for Fine Arts, which reviews new construction in Washington for design and aesthetics. This commission carried on the work of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/179">Senate Park Commission</a> who designed the Mall. One of French’s good friends and mentor, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/146">Augustus Saint-Gaudens,</a> was a member of that Commission.
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Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004671901/">View original.</a>
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Augustus Saint-Gaudens
<p class="p1">A prominent sculptor of memorials and monuments since the 1880s, Saint-Gaudens was a member of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/179">Senate Park Commission</a>. Formed in 1901, this commission was charged with <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/206">developing the National Mall</a> and other areas of Washington, DC. Saint-Gaudens not only created sculptures but designed the landscape around them to enhance their beauty. He brought his experience and ideas to the National Mall, incorporating landscape designs to frame the statues, monuments, and memorials of the Mall.</p>
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Photograph Archives, Smithsonian American Art Museum. <a href="http://siris-juleyphoto.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!sijuleyphotos&uri=full=3100001~!21708~!0#focus">View original</a>.
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Horatio Greenough
<p class="p1">Horatio Greenough is best known in Washington, DC, for his controversial sculptures titled "<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/17">George Washington</a>" and "<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/18">The Rescue</a>," which stood for a time inside the US Capitol building. Both were commissioned from Greenough by Congress, making him one of the first American sculptors to receive a major commission from the federal government. He created both sculptures at his studio in Florence, Italy. </p>
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The Athenaeum, from the collection of the National Portrait Gallery. <a href="http://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/full.php?ID=20338">View original image</a>.
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Alice Pike Barney
Alice Pike Barney successfully lobbied Congress to create a federally-funded outdoor theater on the National Mall near the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/36">Washington Monument</a>. Barney, a painter, wanted to encourage enjoyment of the arts in Washington, DC. She provided the funding to construct the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/3">National Sylvan Theater</a> and served as its first resident playwright.
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Smithsonian American Art Museum. <a href="http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=247">View original image</a>.
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Glenna Goodacre
<p class="p1">Glenna Goodacre is the designer and sculptor of the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/65">Vietnam Women's Memorial,</a> dedicated in November 1993. Goodacre wanted the memorial's figures to show despair, dedication, and hope of the nurses and servicewomen serving in Vietnam.</p>
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Photograph courtesy of Goodacre Studio.
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