Creator Record

Metadata

Name

Fredericks, Marshall Maynard

Dates & places of birth and death

b.1908, Rock Island, IL
d.1998, Birmingham, MI

Relationships

Carl Milles-studied with in Sweden
Faculty, Cleveland School of Art, Ohio
Resident Artist and Head of Sculpture Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Head, Sculpture and Ceramics Department, Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Places of residence

Rock Island, IL
Cleveland, OH
Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, and Italy
Birmingham, MI

Titles & Honors

National Academician, National Acedemy of Design
Fellow, National Sculpture Society
Knight, Order of Dannebrog, from King Frederik IX of Sweden
Knight, Order of St. Olaf, First Class, from King Olaf V of Norway
Royal Danish Consul for the State of Michigan

Education

John Huntington Polytechnic Institute
Cleveland School of Art (1930)
Heimann Schule and Schwegerie Schule, Munich
Academia Scandinav, Paris
Private studios, London and Rome

Related Records

S.1972.012 - Sculpture
"Gazelle" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) "A sleek gazelle is captured in a characteristic movement called wheeling. It was adapted from the central figure of the Levi L. Barbour Memorial Fountain at Belle Isle, an island in the Detroit River. In 1936 his design won first prize in a national competition. The 'Gazelle' was one of four purchase prize winners of a nationwide open sculpture competition sponsored by Brookgreen Gardens in...

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S.1974.003 - Sculpture
"Hawk" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) "A stylized raptor, wings slightly lifted and talons extended, perches on a rock. It is one of four animal figures placed around the base of the Gazelle Fountain." ("Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Volume II", Robin R. Salmon, 1993, p.134)

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S.1974.004 - Sculpture
"Otter" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) "An otter stands upon a rock, head uplifted, its front paws resting on a fish it has just caught. This figure is one of four animal figures placed around the base of the Gazelle Fountain." ("Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Volume II", Robin R. Salmon, 1993, p.134)

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S.1974.005 - Sculpture
"Grouse" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) "A grouse is depicted in its characteristic display stance: wings down and tail feathers spread. It is one of four animal figures placed around the base of the Gazelle Fountain." ("Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Volume II", Robin R. Salmon, 1993, p.134)

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S.1974.006 - Sculpture
"Rabbit" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) "Standing upon stylized foliage, a rabbit listens intently, forefeet lifted and ears down. It is one of four animal figures placed around the base of the Gazelle Fountain." ("Brookgreen Gardens Sculpture Volume II", Robin R. Salmon, 1993, p.134).

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S.1977.007.001 - Medal
"Gazelle Medal" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) 1977-1978 Brookgreen Gardens Medal gazelle/Carolina wren/foliage Obverse: gazelle with Brookgreen Gardens and South Carolina around the edges. Reverse: carolina wren in rhododendion foliage

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S.1977.007.002 - Medal
"Gazelle Medal" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) 1977-1978 Brookgreen Gardens Medal. See S.1977.007.001 for additional information

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S.1977.007.003 - Medal
"Gazelle Medal" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) 1977-1978 Brookgreen Gardens Medal. See S.1977.007.001 for additional information gazelle/Carolina wren/foliage Obverse: gazelle with Brookgreen Gardens and South Carolina around the edges. Reverse: carolina wren in rhododendion foliage

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S.1977.007.004 - Medal
"Gazelle Medal" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) 1977-1978 Brookgreen Gardens Medal. See S.1977.007.001 for additional information gazelle/Carolina wren/foliage Obverse: gazelle with Brookgreen Gardens and South Carolina around the edges. Reverse: carolina wren in rhododendion foliage

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S.1980.004 - Sculpture
"Flying Wild Geese" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) Group/bird/geese/flight/rising bronze, with green patina

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S.1981.004 - Sculpture
"Persephone" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) Figure/female/nude/myth/spring Bronze, female nude with greenish patina. Woman is in an active kneeling position, as if she were rising; arms bent at elbows with hands by face. Hair in two braided pony-tails; head slightly tilted.

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S.1982.003 - Sculpture
"The Thinker" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) Animal/ape/chimpanzee/satire A bronze image of a chimp/monkey seated while hugging himself. Looking at the viewer over his left shoulder.

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S.1985.007 - Sculpture
"Mother and Baby Bear" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) Group/animal/bear/mother/cub/humor An oversized mother bear is seated upright, leaning against her back is a small cub also seated upright. They face opposite directions

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S.1985.008 - Sculpture
"Baboon" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) Animal/ape/baboon/crouch. A baboon crouching with hands folded across knees.

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S.1985.009 - Sculpture
"Baboon" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) Animal/ape/baboon/crouch/teeth. A baboon crouching with one hand resting on each knee, teeth showing

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S.1989.005 - Sculpture
"The Wings of the Morning" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) Group/swan/male/Psalm/God/flight

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S.1994.002 - Sculpture
"Siberian Ram" by Marshall Maynard Fredericks (1908-1998) Animal/ram/animated

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