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
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.
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.
The Arts of War and The Arts of Peace
…group consists of two separate elements, Valor and Sacrifice, which frame the entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge. The Arts of Peace were sculpted by James Earle Fraser, an American sculptor. The Neoclassical statuary group consists of two separate elements, Music and Harvest and Aspiration and Literature, which frame…
Fraser, c. 1920
1913 Indian Head nickel obverse and reverse
Fraser's sculpture End of the Trail
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia