The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-22

sssssl rsa which hs already, = ths snA 4 Tie arvt
ysas 90 psoetsd 10 'hs secnsd elass.
n dsusi the is~stlos Of Gessk.k TAsrwaldssa
- e hin for his IN ths profsssiea car
VA fss sssay. m hi. 'hrs~eetA year 6srtsl Obliged
. hs Asssr that latter rst nee stts apssd
. execute ogurs hsaos for hps In which the 6ssgss Of
ths - psos-ou ss's cas- rsrves 70 him. Il even
sad that the would often ally the fathers
wsss O IL docks ~his the latter was assent at his
Afer Bsrtsl had spent three years in the Assdsuys
ees4 eAasa he the head dra cling school,
= icr the nrst time cop'~d from the moudings Of
Bat ahssdy sssr one years study in thi. SCHOOL he
was, n the year 1885, promoted the modelling school,
whe no f-, began to stacy nature Itself, 70 which he
evss s.ss faith. .ny adhered.
The sculptor wisds cit then the director Of the
eesds0y. But the esittsr .bedsaar, sho a. the
txs profs~ror of the ooe scnoo appears have
moe than any 81 the other professors ob ecved Bsrtss
progressive energetic ts,ents aud also to
0se wson Tnorwsdsen in his isst works has taken
fs his model At ,h- Of the ast year Bsrtel
Thorwsdssn rsi.ed the sm.ier ilvsr medal hfst pre-
miun Of 'be scsdsmy abesay in tee by that quiet
and seda'e emt-IsneDt Thar beautiful inner life was
displayed which ate hi dsvslopsment peculiar
to He ,,oss uucn bat his Short det-rmioed
answers did ofen auingly strike BY their simpleuess
and ~ particularly hen at hts dra wing board he
very spsr,pR Of sorj- his replies such ions
were generally nod = pouuD9. shake OF the head
any THU ,bs save the u.e Of cords With all
tbis h. con o,r 40 NJ COMMON midness ADD good ma
ture Hi drawings the "a lines 81 winch nd,s-
4inctiy II, co Inst the, ee scarcely visible we're car.
lied through vi rqns'y quiet application through
lie VA po- in IT, sewn e@p,h y-ar and at this
time While pir'pg 20 he smaller silver medal prepar
Ing bsns ter 'h- Of COZ trina 400 a. the Rev Mr..
Hoyo HelDeo's chnch IN C'psnhagen He sat
ameng the chsr boys and old Dot exactly -ccord
1iE - biz accO-nt) DISTINGUISH himself BY hts know
Ledge Doe day hspveod th.t the Gle man, whose
brother sas then the neary Of the academy, recng
perhaps you, "tte lately has gained the
dAls' uheD ThO,wslo en- n severed lit is myself
he placsd ht,n At sps bead o, the other boys,
and ever stree addressed him Mr. To rwAldsen.
WHEN ,be Brtsst hsd gapeT tots meda his fithsr who
more sno more NEEDED his erveas thought that Berel
now might bt ASIDE ,hssay The latter also to
have nteo Oh tee pc pt OF According his fathers ~shes
but his brother the art, we'll Pr fess0- Abldgssn
prevented such srsp B. bis progress he DO sever be-
case OF important assi.t@'cs To hi- aFhar He would
ornaments in mcsel b1S -reiiefs drs pr
TRAIT carve stope. all circumstances required
IN June, l7e ne stu6-rts o. the ACADEMY united to
rtc-ve the pbep. ard atsrwarc eac1 In ha closet to
design .he,~h whereby il should DECIDED which of
THIN acre coDpe pre TO the smal god medal
STbOrv.dsen fSeame ala med st the thoaght Of beng
found pe'tL, fos he trsk. bav'os -uffc,.ot
desy 10 thnk b,mei' ucspao'a of treating i-to'ie.l
subject At least fac ion, proud enough
to the thought of being rejected see having
aPpcaoteo the go. ~ conn .~tt,on The -uojsct was
"Hh0dorur b-iig driven out from the temps"
1t L. .aid that, after bayog received the problem.
no quietly left his clos~t intending To sneak away bat
to meet The Professor OF tue Acsdamy sho BY nj. en-
treaties per usdeo BIN return Nos he accog Pushed
eYpca,on- +n,ertai, ed Of BIN. aod months later
he executed this oesgu in splendid bas relief which,
the Ism Angus l7si, gained for him the small gold
The following year, Tnorus,dsen, who had made vast
progress presented hnse Al more c'wposure At the
prtblew va. taken iron the act- OF Ap. 9 3-"Peter
hsAhrg the lame m.n" When Ihorwadsen had OK
ecuted this 10s relief IT exhibited 10 the Academy
and TIE l4tA August 1898 he was awarded the large
lated hero because it deep res-ion upon
the artist bat it sIwA,. pie-sed him - IeatS it when
speaking OF his youth The b0s relief woich gained for
him the Pre- repre-, sn'ed resting ansove
According TO the Law. O. tue DAa.h Academy Of Arts
velisx stps, TOR tn 60 whcheu bes him to visit
foreign scadsaies ARD 20 sisw the ster works Of Eu
rope Wien this stipend had been granted Thor
walden he de'e mined TO g. to Italy the general Isa
desvous for he lovers std students Of the o.autfu
srs Mreug. the influences Of Count Rsvent.
allowed to proc-si to Italy in Dani-n friga,e,
which, on her return FROM . mission to the Baroary
States, should touch at Lsghorn The voyage though
lengthy psssed OF cell ard Thor ~aldsen msde HIMSELF
b. his resrved but auao. disposition, the general IA
vonte OF al the Office On the sh of March, 1877. be
arrived Rome, where he hired . small room. and ct
commes c.d bis -uoies A. This time lived in Rome
the great scuptor Csnova whose beautiful works for
soue time attracted Tn r1aosens lie atteu. ion and
DO doubt of great guidance TO HIM IN his -tudies
sidsred the rival Il the great c.nov. and was said By
SINE to be hs superior rborwaldsens application aud
the scsdeny for trsa.lliig . cloe But hs not
satisfied with the OF his xbors although his
s by So Cd he
retu,n Jason in se ren Of the golden fleece,
and !. ,hs t1'cuaon Of thu 81, york give sure
figure ced in life size but attracting great
admiration, Thor salt-ep destroyed it He then COM
hxh, sduired BY Canoya and thus escaped the fate
Of its prsdeceer became the foupd.rioa stone of
that brf 70 hch Thor .sldseD from modest and
tired 10 the pinnacle Of glory and fame The Jason
destined 70 remain In Rome unit chance could be
nads eli psep.ra ou- TO re home In Company with
the sculptor II man Of Berlin The day previous 20
the appointed tor stan ting arch Eogishman Thomas
Eove entered Thor -slcss atteier the much
d oxen u Jason" Mr. Hope. so struck with re
wad.en vbat he could charge fer the copy il mar
bic "sx hundred z.choi vas our artists reply
0 o no, dot U as ssc ~ 20
than asked for AID the furpish of the marble besides
From this Dcmeo' Thor .ads+ns fortune was made The
trunks spsir unpsckcd, the voyage ~ Decma TX
poetscreS and the 'ame which he by the figure of
'Jasos" procured h,n more work than be could e.e-
cute Aner an ab-erce Of tseay t~o year, Tao wald
zen, n the year 1919 embarked visit TO his native
lsDd He arrived at 'reohagen % he Sd Of Octobsr
1919 sod NJ king could have met with . warmer and
mere enthusiastic reception than he recsivei frem
his couptymer i was during this visit in Open
group OF Christ hi twelve sposr'es to adon the
METROPOLITAN Church in Copenhagen and the beautiful
nal ones executed by Thorwadsen, standing in the
church uptll the marble copio' were finished Tho fol
Low log yeer 1920 be ain left Denmark and
to Italy after visripg the most remarkable cities and
towns On the continent
me foo.rg eiehtsen years were spent in the most
Sn% the naas ibis he as
pade professor OF ali tie academies the continent
reichs In 1898 he retnsned TO Copenhagen chiefly with
the object Of build pg museum for his works, which
were 20 numerous as TO occupv the whole edihce. His
return Daooal festival no. only for lopenh lgen,
but for the whole Kingdom
With the exception of a trip to Rome he remained
Copenhagen Vi bic last day The celebrated post Peen
schias er the DsDi,h Shskspsa-e, CT hi,
intimate frecd. The museum "a. almost completed
du,ing bis lifetime Thorw aldsen died tee 9th Of
Ma, CHI, 1874 He hsd been spending the day happily In
the cocps.y cfa few n'imste friepd, In the evening
30 nes' play, " Grelcs " and while here he silently
fell back hs seat and bred He va then seventy
four If The whole nstion -ned his loss,
and his flu neral the most impoirg nators
sion that he imagined Hi coin pl iced In the
Metropolitan Chu,c until the museun peted.
In the ceotIe Of the court yard Of the is
seen a simple but little grave surrounded by
blooming 10 it sleeps the great Thor c1,
rounded by all bis n asterwoIks.
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