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Close-up of "Nordic Swan and the Ugly Duckling" (Hans Christian Andersen Fountain) in Heritage Park
This sculpture represents Fredericks' interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen's popular story, The Ugly Duckling. Unlike Fredericks' portrayals of other literary subjects, this sculpture illustrates not one moment in the story, but two.…
Close-up of Marshall Fredericks and assistants piecing together metal sections for "The Ford Empire"
The Ford Empire relief was located in the Ford Auditorium constructed on the Detroit riverfront as the new home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during 1955-1956. Perhaps the most notable feature of the building's interior was the expansive,…
Close-up of Marshall Fredericks speaking at the dedication of the "Henry Ford Memorial"
The idea to create a memorial honoring Henry Ford took root in 1948 when the Dearborn, Michigan Chamber of Commerce conducted a poll of Dearborn residents and learned that most of the populace favored such a proposal. The Dearborn Chamber of Commerce…
Close-up of Marshall Fredericks with the plasteline model for "The Family Protected by Healing Herbs"
Inspired by the verse, "The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nation" (Revelation 22:2), the aluminum relief is located on the facade of William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.
It was awarded the Gold Medal in Sculpture by…
It was awarded the Gold Medal in Sculpture by…
Close-up of Marshall Fredericks working on the full-scale plasteline model of the legs for "Christ on the Cross"
Marshall Fredericks with full-scale plasteline model of legs for "Christ on the Cross" for Indian River Catholic Shrine, Indian River, Michigan.
Close-up of Marshall Fredericks working on the plasteline model for "Lord Byron" (The Poet)
According to MaryAnn Wilkinson, former curator of modern and contemporary art at The Detroit Institute of Arts, “His last monumental work, Lord Byron, designed in 1938, enlarged by the artist, and cast posthumously in 1998 for the Marshall…
Close-up view of Marshall Fredericks working on an unidentified relief in his Royal Oak studio
Located on the northwest corner of Normandy and Woodward Avenue in Royal Oak, Michigan, the building served as Fredericks' studio for over 50 years.
Consul Gerard Edsburg, Tommie Thomsen, Lord Mayor Urban Hansen and Marshall Fredericks
Consul Gerard Edsburg, Tommie Thomsen, Lord Mayor Urban Hansen and Marshall Fredericks at the presentation of The President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped Award by Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh to Marshall Fredericks in September 1967.
D.B.M.C. Twenty Year Anniversary hosted by Ches. Larsen
D.B.M.C. Twenty Year Anniversary hosted by Ches. Larsen at the Detroit Athletic Club on May 20, 1967.
Danish Ambassador Peter Dyvig, Michael Panhorst, and Marshall Fredericks in the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Mrs. Dorothy (Honey) Arbury studied with Fredericks when she attended Kingswood School at the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1930s. She met him through her uncle, Alden B. Dow, a prominent architect in Midland,…