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Chester Beach, N A., Sculptor Born San Francisco, Cal. 1881 Designer of silver jewlery for Shreve & Co., San Francisco, till 1903. 1903 - 1906 studied in Paris, winning the Julian Academy Gold Medal 1905. Since 1906 has had a studio in New York, save for two years, 1910 - 1912, which he devoted to studying and working in marble in Rome, Italy. Awarded Barnett Prize for Sculpture, National Academy of Design, 1907. Silver Medal for Figure, Panama-Pacific Exhibition, 1915. First Prize, for th finest work of Art, National Arts Exhibition, 1923. Gold Medal for Sculpture, rchitectural League Exhibition, 1924 Potter Palmer Gold Medal for Sculpture, Chicago, 1925 Watrous Gold Medal, National Academy of Design, 1926. National Arts Club Medal and Prize, 1926. Member of the Institute, American Academy of Arts and Letters. Academician, National Academy of Design. Member Architectural League, National Sculpture Society, American Numismatic Society, New Society of Artists, National Arts Club. His work includes many life size marbles and bronzes, architectualgroups, fountain and garden figures, portraits, terra-cotta child heads, and statuettes in bronze and ivory. He also excuted various medals of award and protraiture. Among his notable works were the three large groups on the Main Tower, Court of Abundance, Panama-Pacific Exhibition; Life size marbles: "Beyond" California Palace of Legion of Honor, San Francisco "Sacred Fire" American Academy of Arts and Lettes Fountain Herbert Pratt Estate, Glen Cove, L.I. "Glint of the Sea" (life size bronze) Mr.F. Matheson's Estate, Lloyd's Neck, L.I. "Cloud Forms," marble Brooklyn Museum "Dawn" Cleveland Museum Marble Head Chicago Museum Marble Reredos St. Mark's Church, New York