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Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945
Davidson sculpted Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House. Davidson noted, "He was rolled in, seated in a wheelchair and he greeted us with a broad, cheerful smile." He wrote later that Roosevelt "won me completely with his charm, his beautiful voice and his freedom from constraint. He had unshakeable faith in man. . . . Nobody before had worried about the artist, but in Roosevelt's tremendous relief program, the artist too was included, and the influence of the WPA projects was tremendous." Davidson, a strong supporter of Roosevelt, offered casts similar to this one as a fundraiser for the Young Democrats during the 1936 election.
Jo Davidson, 1934 |