Merrell Gage first worked on ranches in the Midwest. He then studied at several art schools in New York and at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris, and later married the painter Marian Gage. Merrell Gage became a professor of sculpture at the University of Southern California and temporarily at the Chouinard Art Institute, both in Los Angeles. He worked as a sculptor – mainly in bronze, terracotta and wood – but also as an oil painter. Gage studied many stages of the life of US president Abraham Lincoln, even producing a short film about him.
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