Rene Paul Chambellan (September 15, 1893 – November 29, 1955) was an American sculptor who specialized in architectural sculpture. He was also one of the foremost practitioners of what was then called the "French Modern Style" and has subsequently been labeled Zig-Zag Moderne, or Art Deco. He also frequently designed in the Greco Deco style. Life and career Chambellan was born in West Hoboken, New Jersey (now part of Union City, New Jersey). He studied at New York University from 1912 to 1914, in Paris at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design from 1914 to 1917 and the Académie Julian (1918-1919), as well as with sculptor Solon Borglum in New York City. During the First World War, he was a sergeant in France with the U.S. Army. A resident of Cliffside Park, New Jersey, Chambellan died in a nursing home in Jersey City, New Jersey. CORRECTION: I am the grandson of Rene Chambellan and NO - he did NOT die in a nursing home in Jersey City. He succumbed to a stroke (after having several) and worked up until his death. Selected architectural sculpture 1922-1926 – Russell Sage Foundation Building, Grosvenor Atterbury architect, (now Sage House), 122-130 East 22nd Street, New York City 1923-1924 – American Radiator Building, Howels & Hood and André Fouilhoux architects, NYC 1925 – Chicago Tribune Building, Raymond Hood architect, Chicago, Illinois 1927 – Sterling Memorial Library, James Gamble Rogers architect, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut – Home Savings Bank of Albany, Dennison & Hirons architects, Albany, New York 1927-1929 – Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, Robert Helmer of Halsey, McCormack and Helmer, architects, Brooklyn 1928 – New York Life Building, Cass Gilbert architect, NYC – State Bank & Trust Company Building, Dennison & Hirons, architects, NYC – Beekman Tower, John Mead Howells, architect, NYC 1929 – Chanin Building, Sloan & Robertson architects, NYC – Stewart & Company Building, Warren & Wetmore architects, NYC 1930 – Daily News Building, Raymond Hood architect, NYC 1931 – Buffalo City Hall, Deitel, & Wade architects, Buffalo, New York – Carew Tower, Delano & Aldrich with W.H. Ahlschlager architects, Cincinnati, Ohio – King’s County Hospital, LeRoy P. Ward architect, NYC – Tower, National Shrine of the Little Flower, Henry McGill architect, Royal Oak, Michigan – Sterling Memorial Library, James Gamble Rogers architect, New Haven, Connecticut c.1932 – New York State Office Building, Albany, New York 1939 – Manhattan Criminal Courthouse (100 Centre