New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-10
ARTISTS To BE MARRIED.

ENGAGEMENT OF G. J. zOLNAY. TIE SCULPTOR
AND MRS W y NEWMAN TIE PAINTER.
4 Aispatch from Nashville Tenn. yesterday an
,ounccd the engagement Of George j. Zonay.
e.,,ln,or Of this city 10 Mrs Willie y. Newman
an artist os that State. Mrs Newman as On artist
has achieved some reputation. both in this coun-
nv and abroad. She IS AT present In Paris. where
she is AZ work on a painting entitled The Foolish
VIRGIN which viii be exhibited In the Parts Salon
Mrs Newman was born in Murfrcesboro. Tenn.
o,d vros educated IA the Soule College and the
Greenwood Seminary. In early he she developed
a talent for painting. and she pursued her art
studies with diligence. Eight years ago she re-
moyed 20 Cincinnati. and her work Induced the
trustees Of the Art Museum there to arrange FOR
her to go abroad 70 study under the best teachers
she went to Paris in 1881. intending 20 stay only
me year The trustees OF the Cincinnati Art Mu-
scum however. persuaded her 10 continue her
studies longer and advanced her 5000. with the
single stipulation THAI she give the Museum any
ore o. ner pictures she saw ht She studied In
paris under such artists as Bougereau and Con-
slant and several OF her paintings were exhibited
IN the Salon. among them The Passing OF the
Holy Bread" En- Pen!tenco" and others. Mrs.
Newman offered 10 give any OF her pictures 70 the
Cincinnati Art Museum. and the trustees hnaly
cbos. a little head entitled The Daughter Of
sailor and II now occupies a prominent place IN
the Museum In speaking OF this work Constant
said that II would ne famous long after the painter
had passed away.
George Julian Zolnay has a studio at No. 43 Uni
yersity Place and ne IS well known as a sculptor
Of rortrait busis and OF colOssa! statues. lie re-
,eived his artistic training In Paris and Vienna.
ana In lsse was graduated from the Imperial Aced-
en,v q, Fine Arts His irst exhibition work on
large scale was that for the Chicago Worlds Fair.
H. then returned 20 this city and devoted himself
i,rr.ei.S "a nortraiture lie called TO Nashville
IN ecSrisrv iss7 to design and execute large part
~ The decora I've gure work for the Tennessee Tx
position Ill work brought him much praise from
nc SoIfhe-n press. Mr.. Zonay's greatest work In
,ne ewes OF the Southern people VAS his large statue
~ sam Davis the Confederate scout. he was
,,sr,-nd n execute this work ny hearing the
ns1befi. story Of the young scout. Davis was
psngh, M he Federals with compromising docu-
ns,,s Vas tried By cour,-martia ana sentenced
III t b. ia General Dodge. Impressed. however.
ufb hi frave and frank attitude. offered him lib
"r,~ on condition that he tell who had given him
the documents. -. -.
navIs then reDlei IN those words:
~ I had a thousand lives would Ole them all
here before ] would be'ray a friend
A. uolnav when az his studio yesterday by
n 'rrfbns reporter, said that II vas true that Mrs.
xsunnsn and himself were engaged and that the
Wedding would soon take place Mrs Newman ex-
meets 10 have her painting for the Paris Salon com.
pleied in shout two weeks and she VIII then sail
tor .his country. II IL expected that the wedding
Will take place In this city soon afterward