From lesser-known artists to big names, our staff and contributors compiled our favorite shows around the globe in a year of exceptional art. “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American ...

Sculptor Daniel Chester French was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, April 20, 1850, the son of a lawyer who later became a judge and a government official.

For this story, rather than parse the building, a handsome, rousing success, or the sculpture of Lincoln, designed by Daniel Chester French, I’ll report on my visit to Chesterwood, French’s ...