American sculptor and painter, born at Brooklyn, NY, on the 20th of September 1863. His mother was a niece of Benjamin West. At the age of sixteen MacMonnies was received as an apprentice in the studio of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the sculptor, where he remained for five years. In 1884 he went to Paris and thence to Munich, where he painted for some months. Returning to Paris next year he became the most prominent pupil of Falguière. His Diana brought him a mention at the Salon of 1889. Three life-sized figures of angels for the church of St. Paul, New York, were followed by his Nathan Hale, in the City Hall Park, New York, and a portrait of James S. T. Stranahan, for Brooklyn. This last brought him a second medal in the Salon of 1891, the first time an American sculptor had been so honoured. In 1893 he was chosen to design and carry out the Columbian Fountain for the Chicago Worlds Fair, which placed him instantly in the front rank. His largest work is a decoration for the Memorial Arch to Soldiers and Sailors, in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, consisting of three enormous groups in bronze. In Prospect Park, Brooklyn, MacMonnies has also a large Horse Tamer, a work of much distinction. A Winged Victory at the U.S. military academy at West Point, NY, is of importance; and his Bacchante, an extraordinary combination of realism and imagination, rejected by the Boston Public Library, is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He also became well known as a painter, mainly of portraits. In 1888 he married Mary Fairchild, a figure painter of distinction, but in 1909 they were divorced and she married Will H. Low.