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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  Sakakawea (1904?10), North Dakota State Capitol , Bismarck. A 2003 casting is at the U. S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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  Dr. William Worrall Mayo (1911), Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota.
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  Potosa, Daughter of Meskwaki Chief, Peosta (1914), Jackson Park, Dubuque, Iowa .
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  Statue of Richard J. Oglesby (1919), Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois.
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  Civil War Monument (1920), Jacksonville Square, Jacksonville, Illinois.
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  Victory Monument , aka World War I Black Soldiers' Memorial (1927), Chicago, Illinois.
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  Lincoln the Debater (1928?29), Taylor Park , Freeport, Illinois.
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  Statue of Artemas Ward (1936?38), Ward Circle , Washington, D.C.
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  Heald Square Monument (1936?41), Chicago, Illinois. Begun by Lorado Taft .
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  Maj. Gen. John A. Logan (1917) at Vicksburg National Military Park

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leonard Crunelle .

• Public Art in Chicago
• http://www.lib.niu.edu/2007/ih030720.html
• Leonard Crunelle in American public collections, on the French Sculpture Census website