Leonard Crunelle (8 July 1872 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais[1] – 10 September 1944 in Chicago[2]) was a French-born American sculptor especially known for his sculptures of children.[3][4] Crunelle immigrated with his family to the United States and worked as a coal miner in Decatur, Illinois. Lorado Taft discovered him as a youth and brought him to Chicago where he was an apprentice to the sculptors decorating the 1893 World's Fair Horticultural Exhibit.[4] He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Taft.[5]

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  1. ^ Marquis, Albert Nelson, ed. (1917). The Book of Chicagoans: a Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men and Women of the City of Chicago. Chicago, A. N. Marquis & company. p. 163.
  2. ^ "NOTED SCULTOR DIES IN CHICAGO". The Decatur Daily Review. Decatur, Illinois. September 12, 1944. Leonard Crunelle, famous scultor and former Decatur resident, who died in Chicago Sunday....
  3. ^ Krehl, Donald (December 11, 2011). Monumental Chicago. Lulu.com. p. 16. ISBN 978-1105280566.
  4. ^ a b "Lorado Taft and The Western School of Sculptors". The Craftsman Illustrated Monthly Journal. 14 (1): 21–22. April 1908.
  5. ^ "Lincoln the Debater".
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