Rene Paul Chambellan

Rene Paul Chambellan
Chambellan at work
Born	Rene Paul Chambellan (1893-09-15)September 15, 1893 West Hoboken, New Jersey
Died	November 29, 1955(1955-11-29) (aged 62) Jersey City, New Jersey
Nationality	American
Alma mater	New York University, Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, Ecole Julian
Known for	Sculpture

Rene Paul Chambellan (September 15, 1893 – November 29, 1955) was an American sculptor who specialized in architectural sculpture. He was also one of the foremost practitioners of what was then called the "French Modern Style" and has subsequently been labeled Zig-Zag Moderne, or Art Deco. He also frequently designed in the Greco Deco style.^{[citation needed]}

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Life and career

Chambellan was born in West Hoboken, New Jersey (now part of Union City, New Jersey).^[1]^[2] He studied at New York University from 1912 to 1914, in Paris at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design from 1914 to 1917 and the Académie Julian^[3] (1918-1919), as well as with sculptor Solon Borglum in New York City.^[2] During the First World War, he was a sergeant in France with the U.S. Army.^[2]

A resident of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, Chambellan died in a nursing home in Jersey City, New Jersey.^[1] CORRECTION: I am the grandson of Rene Chambellan and NO - he did NOT die in a nursing home in Jersey City. He succumbed to a stroke (after having several) and worked up until his death.^[4]

National Shrine of the Little Flower, Royal Oak, Michigan

Selected architectural sculpture

1922-1926 – Russell Sage Foundation Building, Grosvenor Atterbury architect, (now Sage House), 122-130 East 22nd Street, New York City^[5]
1923-1924 – American Radiator Building, Howels & Hood and André Fouilhoux architects, NYC^[6]^[7]
1925 – Chicago Tribune Building, Raymond Hood architect, Chicago, Illinois
1927 – Sterling Memorial Library, James Gamble Rogers architect, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

– Home Savings Bank of Albany, Dennison & Hirons architects, Albany, New York

1927-1929 – Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, Robert Helmer of Halsey, McCormack and Helmer, architects, Brooklyn
1928 – New York Life Building, Cass Gilbert architect, NYC

– State Bank & Trust Company Building, Dennison & Hirons, architects, NYC

– Beekman Tower, John Mead Howells, architect, NYC

1929 – Chanin Building, Sloan & Robertson architects, NYC

– Stewart & Company Building, Warren & Wetmore architects, NYC

1930 – Daily News Building, Raymond Hood architect, NYC
1931 – Buffalo City Hall, Deitel, & Wade architects, Buffalo, New York

– Carew Tower, Delano & Aldrich with W.H. Ahlschlager architects, Cincinnati, Ohio

– King’s County Hospital, LeRoy P. Ward architect, NYC

– Tower, National Shrine of the Little Flower, Henry McGill architect, Royal Oak, Michigan

– Sterling Memorial Library, James Gamble Rogers architect, New Haven, Connecticut

c.1932 – New York State Office Building, Albany, New York
1939 – Manhattan Criminal Courthouse (100 Centre Street), Harvey Wiley Corbett and Charles B. Meyers architects, NYC 1939^[8]
1940 – Airlines Building, John B. Peterkin architect, NYC^[9]
1948 – Firestone Memorial Library, O’Connor & Kilham architects, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Queens County Hospital, NYC
Naval Hospital, Beaufort, South Carolina

Other works

1921 – John Newbery Medal
c.1928 Series of five designs in cast-iron depicting historic New York City seals, for the Miller Elevated Highway^[10]
1929 – Bronze Doors, East New York Savings Bank, Holmes & Winslow architects, Brooklyn, New York
c.1930s Tritons, Nereids and Dolphins, Rockefeller Center, NYC
1937 – Bronze Doors, Hirons & Woolwine architects, Davidson County Courthouse, Nashville, Tennessee

– Caldecott Medal

1940 – John Bates Clark Medal for American Economic Association^[11]
c.1950 World War II Monument, Midland, Michigan

Gallery

One of Chambellan's designs (building boss)^{[further explanation needed]}
Rene Paul Chamberlain's work graces the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale.
World War II Memorial, Midland, Michigan
One of several promenade fountains at Rockefeller Center

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b Staff. "R. P. Chambellan, Long A Sculptor; Architectural Artist Is Dead -- Conceived Decorations for Many Famed Structures", The New York Times, November 30, 1955. Accessed November 24, 2017. "Cliffisde Park, N. J., Nov. 29 -- Born in the West Hoboken section of Union City, Mr. Chambellan attended New York University from 1912 to 1914.... He resided here at 537 St. Paul's Avenue."
^ ^a ^b ^c Shockley, Jay. "Russell Sage Foundation Building and Annex Designation Report". New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. (June 20, 2000), p.5
^ Victoria Charles, 1000 Chef-d'œuvre des Arts décoratifs
^ personal family knowledge as I am his grandson
^ "Russell Sage Foundation".
^ "Images of American Radiator Building, by Hood and Fouilhoux, 1924, New York City. Digital Imaging Project: Art historical images of European and North American architecture and sculpture from classical Greek to Post-modern. Scanned from slides taken on site by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College".
^ "American Standard (Radiator) Building".
^ Manhattan Criminal Courthouse
^ 1940 photo post card
^ Miller Highway history with photos
^ AEA Bronze Seal

Bibliography

Balfour, Alan. Rockefeller Center – Architecture as Theater, New York: McGraw-Hill,1978 ISBN 0-07-003480-X
Kvaran, Einar Einarsson Kvaran. Architectural Sculpture of the United States, unpublished manuscript
Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Gregory F. and Mellins, Thomas. New York 1930 New York: Rizzoli Press, 1987