James Earle Fraser was an American sculptor during the first half of the 20th century. His work is integral to many of Washington, D.C.'s most iconic structures.
Fraser, c. 1920
1913 Indian Head nickel obverse and reverse
Fraser's sculpture End of the Trail
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace are bronze statue groups on Lincoln Memorial Circle in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Commissioned in 1929 to complement the plaza c
James Earle Fraser (sculptor)
…coin, and more recently on a gold buffalo one ounce gold bullion coin. Fraser’s major works include two heroic bronze equestrian statues titled The Arts of Peace, designed for the entrance to the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, behind the Lincoln Memorial. The pair was a companion to sculptor Leo Friedlander's…
The Arts of War by Leo Friedlander, Valor (foreground), Sacrifice (background), photographed in 2007.
The Arts of Peace by James Earle Fraser, Music and Harvest (left) and Aspiration and Literature (right), photographed in 2008.
Statuary mock-ups on view during the construction of Arlington Memorial Bridge in May 1928.
Original 1926 design for pylons rather than statuary at the Watergate Steps.