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 which is 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.
Chambellan was a resident of Cliffside Park, New Jersey .
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, NYC1925 – Chicago Tribune Building, Raymond Hood architect, Chicago, Illinois1927 – Sterling Memorial Library , James Gamble Rogers architect, Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut 1927-1929 – Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower , Robert Helmer of Halsey, McCormack and Helmer, architects, Brooklyn 1928 – New York Life Building , Cass Gilbert architect, NYC1929 – Chanin Building , Sloan & Robertson architects, NYC1930 – Daily News Building , Raymond Hood architect, NYC1931 – Buffalo City Hall , Deitel, & Wade architects, Buffalo, New York c.1932 – New York State Office Building, Albany, New York 1939 – Manhattan Criminal Courthouse (100 Centre Street), Harvey Wiley Corbett and Charles B. Meyers architects, NYC 19391940 – Airlines Building, John B. Peterkin architect, NYC1948 – Firestone Memorial Library, O’Connor & Kilham architects, Princeton University , Princeton, New Jersey Queens County Hospital, NYC Naval Hospital, Beaufort, South Carolina 1921 – John Newbery Medal c.1928 Series of five designs in cast-iron depicting historic New York City seals, for the Miller Elevated Highway1929 – Bronze Doors, East New York Savings Bank, Holmes & Winslow architects, Brooklyn, New Yorkc.1930s Tritons, Nereids and Dolphins, Rockefeller Center , NYC1937 – Bronze Doors, Hirons & Woolwine architects, Davidson County Courthouse, Nashville, Tennessee 1940 – John Bates Clark Medal for American Economic Association c.1950 World War II Monument, Midland, Michigan 
