Leonard Crunelle (8 July 1872 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais[1] – 10 September 1944 in Chicago[2]) was a French-born American sculptor especially known for his sculptures of children.
[3][4] Crunelle immigrated with his family to the United States and worked as a coal miner in Decatur, Illinois.
Lorado Taft discovered him as a youth and brought him to Chicago where he was an apprentice to the sculptors decorating the 1893 World's Fair Horticultural Exhibit.
[4] He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Taft.
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