New-York tribune., 1894-04-20
THE AWARDS MADE
DECORATION CT THE NEW OyEp 49,,
= TERMTNER COURTROOM
EDWARD E. SIMMONS GETS THE FIRST po,.-
OFFERED BY THE MUNICIPAL ART
SOCIETY SKETCHES TO
BE EXHIBITED.

SOCIETY 80 SKETCHES TO
BIZ EXHIBITED
The jury IN the competition invited by the ".
nicpal Art Society Of New-York for the decor,,'.
OF the courtroom OF oyer and Terminer In ths -
Criminal Court Building, which the socle,v r,
spend 5000, has made the following awards r..
prize. commission 10 execute the proposed wo,L
according to the conditions OF the competition 49,
500 on account. to Edward F.. Simmons: ss.,-.
prize, 500 10 Charles \. Turner. and third nr,.
500 70 Walter Shir;aw.
A press view Is to be he'd to-day, from y N a.
the fory-seven sets OF designs submitted. in -.
Vanderbilt gallery OF the Fine Arts Society bunS
ing A public exhibition Of the sketches win A.
held for fortnight at least. beginning to-norrs,
Mr. Simmons was born In Concord. Mass. a.
graduate Of Harvard. has painted In England .u
France and studied painting IN Paris lie ia
leading member OF the Society Of American At,Iu.
and some OF his most notable work was done On ,
dome In the Manufactures Building at the wors.
Fair. a memorial class window In Memorial Hal a,
Harvard and ceiling recently, IN the MetroDo.
itan Club. Messrs Turner and shraw as
Academicans The former done l,us,-aly.
work. and the latter. among other things also dee
GRATED a dome In the Manufactures Building 4,
Chicago
f. Hamilton Bel. secretary Of the society SAD
las, night that Mr.. Simmons sketch was An
allegOry OF Justice, cO.d, slID.e ana CLASSICAL In
treatment" while the sketches OF Mr. Turner and
Mr. Shirlaw were. respectively, OF an historical and
aliegorlcal character.
"Out OF the forty-seven sketches submitted
added Mr. Bell "at least thirty were good piece,
of decorative work. But the most simple, dignned
and appropriate Of ali was undoubtedly that Of Mr.
Simmons and the jury were unanimous IN their
choice Mr. Simmons is prominent member Of
the Society Of American Artists and the Municipal
Art Society is fortunate in the fact that ieadlaz
man has been chosen to do the proposed decorative
work for the city II has been the ambition OF the
society to get leading artists 10 20 serious decors
tive work. and i'm this way 10 raise the STANDARD
OF decorative work throughout the country"
According the conditions or the compesi9l
the ceiling OF the courtroom IS to be co0red n
fat tints and the three panels on the east wall
are TO be filled with t"ure compositions OF allegor
ical or historical subjects, or BOTH appropriate 70
the character OF the room. The rest Of the walls
Is TO be decorated in fat tnts. or with figures and
ornament at the discretion OF the artist.
The Municipal Art Society was started about
n year ago and it's resources for carrying cst is
municipal decorative projects are membership dues
OF s. a year and gifts and bequests. During the
public exhibition Of sketches, subscription lists will
be accessible to all who wish 10 become members
of the society.
The Executive Committee OF the society is CON.
posed as follows: President, Richard VI. Hunt: hrs,
vice president William A. Coffin second yce-pres..
dent W. s. Vanderbilt Allen: secretary +. Hsmll.
ton Bell. treasurer. Cyrus J. Lawrence; counsel
James r. Ward, and Mayor Groy. ex.oficiC;
Armstrong Cnanler VIII H. Low. Edwin H. Blash.
field William T. Evans. George W. Maynard, w.
b. Bigeow, H. J. Hardenbergh Augustus ST.
Gaudens and Olin l.. Warner.