Paris puts Park Ridge artist’s statue of Lincoln on display near Champs Elysee

Unveiling the Abraham Lincoln bust by Park Ridge sculptor Alfonso Iannelli, which was arranged by Park Ridge’s Kalo Foundation, are, from left, U.S.

As good weather set in for the 2024 Summer Olympics city, the final product was unveiled in front of Kalo Foundation president Maria Hrycelak, foundation board members John and Leigh Stasser, U.S. Embassy representative Michael Turner, Carla Knorowski, former CEO of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, and Paris officials and residents.

Maria Hrycelak, president of Park Ridge’s Kalo Foundation, and John and Leigh Sasser of the foundation’s board posed at the unveiling of late Park Ridge artist Alfonso Iannelli’s bust of Abraham Lincoln in Paris. It will be on permanent public display near the Champs Elysee. Lincoln ended up in a prime location in the French capital through the Paris-Chicago sister city relationship, Knorowski said. Renee Derem-Johnson, heading the Paris committee of the dual-city relationship, was interested in further connecting art-wise with Chicago in the mid-2010s.

Knorowski had to make some careful arrangements to ship Grucza’s mold to France. Its delicate nature required placement in a fine arts container, and Knorowski got the cost sponsored by a donor. The Sousse Foundry, France’s oldest dating from 1839, began work on casting the Lincoln bust. Knorowski said Victor Hugo, author of “Les Miserables” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” headed an effort to create a gold medallion in honor of Lincoln after his 1865 assassination. Some 40,000 French citizens each donated the equivalent of two cents to fund the medallion, presented to Lincoln widow Mary Todd Lincoln.

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