Benjamin Franklin, "Father of the American Enlightenment"

Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman and diplomat, sculpted by Zenos Frudakis. Franklin was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics and noted for his experiments and discoveries regarding electricity. Among his many inventions, Franklin is highly known for lightning rod, bifocals and the Franklin stove. 

Monumental Sculpture / Portrait Statue
Size: 7-feet high
Media: Clay. Final to be cast in bronze.
Dedication: TBD
Location / Collection: TBD

More Information 

• Benjamin, Wikipedia

• Benjamin Franklin, Biography

• Benjamin Franklin Museum

• Benjamin Franklin, PBS

The Pennsylvania Gazette

My alumni magazine, The Pennsylvania Gazette, published an interview with me titled Sculpting a Life Story. Here are links to some of the sculptures featured in the article, as well as to the article itself.

Sculpting a Life Story
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Some of the sculptures in the article:

• Mike Schmidt

• Steve Carlton

• Robin Roberts

• Richie Ashburn

• Payne Stewart, Pinehurst

• Martin Luther King, Jr

• Thomas Paine

• Frederick Lay Olmsted

• Nina Simone

• W. Wilson Goode

• Frederick Douglass

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg

• Don McLean

• Mark Twain

• Freedom Sculpture