Laura Gardin Fraser, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetLaura Gardin Fraser
American artist
Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1889
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 13-Aug-1966
Profession: sculptor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Laura Gardin Fraser
- Laura Gardin Fraser (September 14, 1889 in Chicago, Illinois – August 13, 1966 in Norwalk, Connecticut) was an American sculptor and the wife of sculptor James Earle Fraser. Laura Gardin studied under Fraser at the Art Students League of New York from 1910 to 1912.
- Alone or with her husband she designed a number of U.S.
- coins, notably the 1921 Alabama Centennial half dollar, the 1922 Grant Memorial half dollar, the 1925 Fort Vancouver Centennial half dollar, and the 1926 Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar. In 1931 she was the winner of the competition to design a new quarter with George Washington on the obverse.
- Her winning design was ignored by the then-Treasury Secretary, Andrew Mellon, who selected a design by John Flanagan.
- Fraser's design was coined as a commemorative five-dollar gold piece in 1999.
- In 1924, she was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1931. Laura Gardin Fraser is buried next to her husband in Willowbrook Cemetery in Westport, Connecticut.
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