Telegram-herald., 1889-10-21
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asortlss statues did NOT advance tnslF
reputation. b4t Harriet Hosmsr wcFA
Las sEEel gEb, y a. tLmes lE lacEs free
com, and Anne Whitneys model Tor t1s
sumner statue IN Boston. which aou
bs-0axs - Lls tua0n League Cubs coL-
lection. an1 t1e o1troFersy 4oCtt which
has been revived recently IN LLe neNs-
papers, Nas un10l 1ledlY ths Dess one
offered % Ele con ul ttee ana a zs re- 1ect-
ed because designed By somsn- To
these $40 Bames must D. added that Of
Louise Lawson. sh0se studio - ln East
kfty nlnth street, New York whose
work has Hon f0F Ler the friendship OF
story and Ot Sir Frederick Leigh Ton.
znd whose figures be4r the distinct lm-
press II originality AMI Imagination.
Alss Lawson - a. ohio woman. She
modelled figures ia clay IA her play
hours Instead VI making mud pies like
other children. she entered the Cincin-
Aatl ART school with the clearly de-
Ened purpose Of bending all her efforts
IN the direction Of sculpture. she
studied IN New York and Boston, and
then she went 70 Paris and became a
pupil os Rhodin Prom Paris she vent
90 Italy, and ia Rome aud the Etruscan
city, Perlgla. She studied and worked
three years. Then she returned 70
AmeFtcs and :or year and a half. or
thereatoVts, her studio. with its warm
cOlOred Roman hangings, has been the
resort OF artists and connoisseurs
Ine sculptor herself IS ptquant fig
ure of = woman standing Just five feet
high. her face Is strongly and clearly,
indeed nobly. modelled but made
gracefully feminine by curly brown
hair. Like Rosa Bonheur she ands the
.trats - L HaF- far.ar
brance about her daily occupations, and
wears. when climbing about a life size
statue, a fencing costume of blouse.
long stockings. knee trousers and short
SKIRT, not quite reaching the knees.
This IS Tor modelling IN clay. When
finishing the marble she wears simple,
flowing white gowns.
Sculpture Is somewhat ar9uous work
for 3 woman, but Miss lawson sets up
the iron for the clay figure and trusts
less OF the marble work 20 mechanics
than IS usual, doing in some eases most
even OF the rOugher work, the pointing
out Of her statues. She works from life
always and hnds good models very hard
20 procure.
Her method OF finishing flesh is de-
cidedly original. Instead OF the smooth
polish given % the surface by so many
=
uses a rasp, which gives a lifelike tex
ture not unlike the skin. Her know
lrdge OF the proportions of the human
figure Is excellent, and her study Of
anatomy, as shown in the POise and
vigOr ot her figures and the workings OF
the muscles thorough. Her work IL
clean and straigh forward without side
ISSUES or meretriciOus tricks OF drapery
10 distract attention from the figures.
The RhOdian Boy" which was
shown az Ilfany's year or two ago, Is
an excellent example OF her delicacy of
conception ard artistic workmanship.
IL excited much attention while on ex-
hibitiOn. The slim, bOyish figure IS
that of . swallow lad" OF the City OF
Roses IN the days OF i-0 splendor, 1000
years ago. when Rhodes was the gaycst
capital Of the world, and the Rhodian
harvest festival a revel not unlike The
Carnival OF Rome. II was celebrated
b. gangs Of frolicsOme boys who went
from one rich house to another. singing
songs, bearing festOon Of roses, the en-
blem OF the island, and carrying Swal-
lows, whose tvtttering they mimicked,
and IN whose name they demanded bread
and wine, fruit and wheat. just as
/ New York and Brooklyn gamins, blow
ing horns and wearing masks and fan
tastio clothes, go about IN begging
bands on Thanksgiving day. The swal-
lows were 70 the khodians birds OF good
omen. and the statue Is an inimitably
graceful figure Of beautiful boy with
q swallow IN his hand, waiting with a
wistful look for the opening Of the rich
mans door. The tender curves OF
childhood passing intO the young vigOr
OF the lad have So dom had such 4 pOr-
trayaL The pedestal completes the
idea OF the statue. II IS carved in low
relief with dancing boys twined with
/ rose garlands.
Miss Lawson has special gift for set
/ ting forth the graces Of childhood. A
/ recent commission Is large bas relief
( for Stephen 3. Elkins' new house. II
+ Is 70 be set IN the wall and shows the
+ heads Of his four boys. stephen, Blaine
< and two other little fellows, charming
N plaster, whose names | have for
gotten II is TO De cast. I believe, in
/ bronze and makes n spirited cOmpOsit-
I ion. Two ot the most attractive things
+ IN Tho studio, beautiful with an idyllic
( charm. are heads OF children. one the
bust Of = curly-haired girl the other that
cf boy.
"Ayacauora" IA regarded By many
critics as the best work Miss Lawson
has yet done. It's woman's figure, oa
the Diana type, full OF the deep
bosOmsd strength and sbounding maid
emily viEor OF the antique m0dels.
Ayacanors is The heroine OF Canon
/ Kingsleys Westward Ho." and the
statute was undertaken az the sIgges
tiOn OK some Of Kingsleys English ad
mlrers and friends. II was modelled al
/ Perugia, and en- its completion the old
I est academy OF fne arts in Italy
founded by PeruginO and the early
school az Raphael, conferred on her a
. medal and . sitloma Of honsr and
/ placed her portrait in its gallery
Ayacsn0ra Z represented IN the S 'OrY a
Spanish girl. dauTb ter Of one of the
early explorers who vas carried OF in
babYhood hY tribe of Indians and be
came their queen. The figure shows
. her az the moment when she is surprised
By the English adventurers uudei
/ Amyas Leigh. while she is fishing or
tne banks o. the Meta, and when
quick as light she caught I'D from thC
ground bow and held is fsrcely
toward him. The face IS strong
Spanish face full of defiance and sur
prise. Heavy braids of hair fall upor
the shoulders. cuiver with arrows "A
slunE behind ard She 1.-the figure in
stinct with deterun ned energy .s In thr
attituds which Nine. Boia the bale
dancer. called tho most graceful Eo-sl
BE 20 woman. taat % Che archer Us
dlschsrvfnz an arrow The flesh drisf
of this ststute Is noteworthy. lh'
marble itself when struck Is "a musioa
a. a bell The block from which th'
statue vas cUt cost 500 before fake
had been chippea fron it and "a.
taken from the Little Seravesss quarrl
Which wss discovered by Nchae
Angelo. Avacanora sands on psiss