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CHESTER BEACH, N.A., Sculptor. 

Born San Francisco, California, 1881.
1903 - 1906 studied sculpture in Paris. 
Since 1907 has had a studio in New York; also worked several years in Rome, Italy. 

Awards: Julian Academy Gold Medal, 1905. 
Barnett Prize for Sculpture, National Academy of Design, 1907. 
Medal for Sculpture, Panama-Pacific Exhibition, 1915. 
First Prize, for the finest work of Art, National Arts Exhibition, 1923. 
Gold Medal for Sculpture, Architectural League Exhibition, 1924. 
Potter Palmer Gold Medal for Sculpture, Chicago, 1925.
National Arts Club Medal and Prize, 1926. 
Watrous Gold Medal, National Academy of Design, 1926. 
National Arts Club Medal, 1932. 
Saltus Medal for distinguished medallic work, Nummismatic Society, 1946. 

President, National Sculpture Society, 1927-1928
Vice-President of the Institute, American Academy of Arts and Letters. 
Academician, National Academy of Design. 
Member: American Numismatic Society 
The Architectural League of New York 
National Arts Club 

Works: 
His work includes a wide range in sculpture: architectural groups; decorative work; fountain and garden groups; portraits; medals; and statuettes in bronze and ivory. 
Many of his personally carved marbles are in museums and private homes. 
Among his works are: the marble "Fountain of the Waters" and the two bronze figures "Sun" and "Earth", also the twelve Signs of the Zodiac in marble, on the terrace of the Fine Arts Garden, Cleveland, Ohio (1930);
The three large groups, Primitive, Medieval and Modern Progress, Main Tower, Court of Abundance, Panama-Pacific Exhibition. 
"Greek Games", Barnard College Gymnasium, New York. 
"Beyond", California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. 
"Sacred Fire", American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York. 
"Unveiling of Dawn", marble; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 
"Ideals", Brooklyn Museum of Art.
"Dawn", Cleveland Museum of Art.
"Eleanor", Chicago Art Institute. 
Bronze figure "Service" with marble relief figures "Messages of Peach and War",
American Telephone and Telegraph Building, New York. 
"Riders of the Elements" (Fountain) New York World's Fair 1939. 
Benjamin Fairless, Plaque, 1955. 
Some of his Portraits:
Walt Whitman; Peter Cooper; Asa Gray; Eli Whitney; S.F.B.Morse; Hall of Fame, N.Y., 
Professor Henry Fairfield Osborn; American Museum of Natural History, New York. 
Augustus Juilliard; Musical Foundation, New York. 
William Henry Harrison, Ninth U.S. President; Virginia State Capitol, Richmond. 
Hon. George Mason: Virginia State Capitol, Washington, D.C. 
George W. Davison, Chairman of the Board, Central Hanover Bank & Trust Company 
Charles A. Coffin; General Electric Works, Schenectady, N.Y. (Medal) 
Eugene B. Clark, late President, Clark Equipment Company (Medal) 

U. S. Coins:
Monroe-Adams Half Dollar; Lexington-Concord Half Dollar; Hawaiian Half Dollar; City of Hudson Half Dollar.