Finn Haakon Frolich clippings, 1908-1991

Finn Haakon Frolich clippings, 1908-1991

P1483

1908-1991

Clippings about an Oslo-born "sailor and sculptor" who studied in Paris under Louis Ernest Barrias and in New York under Daniel Chester French and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. He was active in California in the early part of the century. Frolich founded the "Norse Studio Club" in Hollywood in 1923, and made portrait busts of persons like James J. Hill, Edvard Grieg, Luther Burbank, Roald Amundsen, Anna Q. Nilsen, and Jack London, who became a close friend. His work also includes monuments like "The Spirit of the Pacific." The collection provides information and illustrations of his work.

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Clippings