Chicago artist Leonard Volk produced this plaster life mask of Abraham Lincoln in April 1860. Volk made the casts of Lincoln’s hands on May 20, two days after the Republican Party nominated him for the presidency. Lincoln’s right hand was still swollen from shaking hands with supporters.

Jun 22, 2021 · Here is Abraham Lincoln—rendered partially, yet convincingly. Cast from life in plaster and later replicated in bronze, the artworks offer unsettling access to Lincoln’s visage and features. My own vitality is brought to the fore in the experience of looking closely at …

Chicago artist Leonard Volk produced this plaster life mask of Abraham Lincoln in April 1860. Volk made the casts of Lincoln’s hands on May 20, two days after the Republican Party nominated him for the presidency.

Aug 13, 2007 · Laser scans of two life masks, made from plaster casts of Lincoln’s face, reveal the 16th president’s unusual degree of facial asymmetry, according to a new study. The left side of Lincoln’s...

Volk Casts the Hands in Springfield. Volk arrived in Lincoln's home town of Springfield, Illinois, on May 18, 1860, the day Lincoln was nominated for president. He said, "I went straight to Mr. Lincoln's unpretentious little two-story house.

Title: Life Mask of Abraham Lincoln. Artist: Leonard Wells Volk (1828–1895) Artist: Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848–1907 Cornish, New Hampshire) Date: 1860, cast 1886. Culture: American. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: L. 8 in. (20.3 cm) Credit Line: Purchase, Jonathan L. Cohen and Allison B. Morrow Gift and Friends of the ...

Abraham Lincoln's bust was carved directly from the block of marble rather than creating a copy of a plaster cast made from a clay model. Sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, best known for his sculptures at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota.

Looking at this cast of Abraham Lincoln’s face, which appears gaunt and careworn, one may think that it is a death mask, but in fact, it was taken from life on February 11, 1865, by sculptor Clark Mills.

After Volk cast Lincoln’s face at the end of March 1860, he modeled the entire head and upper body, thus making a “Hermes” bust. (Courtesy of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.) Volk also used a popular neoclassical form by clothing his Lincoln bust in a Roman toga.

This portrait bust of President Abraham Lincoln was derived from the full-length standing portrait completed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1887 for Chicago’s Lincoln Park. Saint-Gaudens based Lincoln’s likeness on plaster life casts of the president’s head.