Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-12-16
BARTHOlDi.
The Great Artists Home ana Studio
I'm Paris.

The Great Artists Home ana Studio
In Paris.
A two.story house, a very severe,
somber style of brick and stone trim
mings, situated in one Of the small side
streets leading into the Boulevard
Montparnasse, that classical artery
whore so many artists Of every kind
move and have their being. was built
some years ago by NJ Bartholdi, the
sculptor OF the statue Of Liberty, and
has been his home and studio ever since.
From tho exterior II looks gloomy and
prison-like, and in the interior tho
aspect does not change until you reach
small back garden, which, with Its
flowers, plants, and statuetts, presents
a cheerful appearance In the rear OF
the house. On crossing the court door.
one Is at once struck with what seems
to have been for years the predominant.
ing thought and occupation Of the In
mate. for there on one side lies the In
dex Of the immense right hand Of tho
statue Of Liberty, and small model Of
the whole statue ON the other. Pass
ing the porters lodge, which. like all
other parts of the house, is built In the
medieval style Of carved wood balloon
les and inside stair-cases one enters in
to quaint vestibule OF stained glass,
Pompelian mural paintings, and wide
glass door looking out into the small
garden. Tho chief quaint attraction
hero is an immense stuffed stork, Ike
Poe's raven. perchod over the door,
just Ms you SEQ them at twilight settle
down for the night on the domes OF the
cathedral ut Strasburg. II $50 course.
known to all that Bartholdi Is m Al
satan. This vestibulo leads to the
sculptor's roccption.room, which also,
| from all sides reminds one Of his colos-
sal work, for besides large library,
artistic cabinets on which rest terra
Gotta reproductions Of his earlier works,
the busts of Mr.. William Il. Eyarts and
Mr.. Richard Butler, tho place is filled
with models Of the great statue In yari-
Gus sizes and states Of completion. On
one SIDE Of the room, near the garden,
stands II large glass case, which l was
asked to look into, There appears the
statue and bay In the foreground, In
tho background panorama OF New
York. the suspension bridge and Brook.
Ign SO faithfully represented in their
local aspect aud details that New
Yorker or Brooklynitc would grow
homoslck to look at IL. From there ono
passes into the studio. A sculptor's
studio is always moro severe and es-
pecially less dainty than n painters.
AT best, sculptur,ng is dirty work and
It's severity does not admit Of the thou
sand and ono knck knacks that may
look graceful and In place In paint
or's den. As Caretie aptly calls sculp-
turc, 1t Is the male of painting. All
around on small, carved. wood gal
lcrics are copies OF Bartholdis works;
on n pedestal stands u fine one OF his
Belfast Lion, which ranks next TO the
statue Of Liberty In Importance. be.
yond this studio Is what might be call
cd tho sculptor's kitchen, for 1t con.
tains all the tools and implements Of
work, clay, plaster. and water TO mold
the artists conceptions into life. II Is
in this house that the great statue Of
Liberty was conceived, whore II found
shape, and where its first rays began
radate in hope of shedding Its light
over tho world. Cor. brooklyn
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