Marshall Fredericks
| Marshall M. Fredericks | |
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| Born |
January 31, 1908 Rock Island, Illinois |
| Died | April 4, 1998 (aged 90) Birmingham, Michigan, Michigan |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Cleveland School of Art |
| Notable work | The Spirit of Detroit, Indian River Catholic Shrine, Fountain of Eternal Life |
| Style | Art Deco |
| Spouse(s) | Rosalind Cooke |
| Awards | National Sculpture Society Medal of Honor, American Institute of Architects Gold Fine Arts Medal, Architectural League of New York Gold Medal of Honor, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters Gold Medal of Honor, National Sculpture Society Henry Hering Medal |
| Website | marshallfredericks |
| Memorial(s) | Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum |
Marshall Maynard Fredericks (January 31, 1908 – April 4, 1998) was an American sculptor.
Fredericks was born of Scandinavian heritage in Rock Island, Illinois on January 31, 1908. His family moved to Florida for a short time and then settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where he grew up. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in 1930 and journeyed abroad on a fellowship to study with Carl Milles (1875–1955) in Sweden. After some months he studied in other academies and private studios in Denmark, Germany, France, and Italy, and traveled extensively in Europe and North Africa.
In 1932, he was invited by Carl Milles to join the staffs of Cranbrook Academy of Art and Cranbrook and Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, teaching there until he enlisted in the armed forces in 1942. In 1945, Fredericks was honorably discharged from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel.
In 1936, Fredericks won a competition to create the Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. This was to be the first of many public monuments created by Fredericks. After World War II, the sculptor worked continuously on his numerous commissions for fountains, memorials, free-standing sculptures, reliefs, and portraits in bronze and other materials. Many of his works have spiritual intensity, lighthearted humor and a warm and gentle humanist spirit like that found in Fredericks himself.
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