Tuck Langland
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Granger, Indiana
Granger is a census-designated place in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, located in Clay and Harris Townships. The population was 30,465 at the 2010 census. Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation and the South Bend Community School Corporation maintain the public schools in the area...
. His monument-size bronze figures are featured in hospitals, churches, private collections, museums, sculpture gardens and dozens of other places. He is perhaps best known for his two popular books, Practical Sculpture and From Clay to Bronze. Tuck is the former Vice President of the National Sculpture Society
National Sculpture Society
Founded in 1893, the National Sculpture Society was the first organization of professional sculptors formed in the United States. The purpose of the organization was to promote the welfare of American sculptors, although its founding members included several renowned architects. The founding...
. In addition to a sculpture career, Tuck is the creator of the Tuck Langland Collection of slides of gothic architecture in England and France, housed at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
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