The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27


bicentennia, memorial is raising funds
outside of Detroit to erect its monument.
which is 70 be the highest in the world.
rising from the waters on the Detroit
river 20 feet surrounded by groups or
sculpture in the water. situated within the
court OF marble colonnade 9eo feet, with
a wing at each end 800 feet long. Inc
design is for Doric column. twensy-four
feet in diameter at its base and the
, whole is to cost s1.OCo.ooo. the work TO
forever stand as the marx and insignia
OF the city rhe world over, the gateway
and beacon TO the commerce or the
Northwest. and rank with the famous
monuments or all time AS Ia known,
the whole is the work of Stanford White,
Augustus ST. Gaudens. Frederick Mac
Monnies. Dwight W. Tryon and Thomas
! w. Dewins.
| Moses Ezekiel, a sculptor we'll known
| in Richmond. has completed n statue OF
/ Thomas Jefferson intended for Louis
| vile. The work, cast in bronze In Rer-
| lin. has been shipped to America. JEFF
| ferson is represented at the age OF
| thtrty-two. bearing the Declaration OF
! Independence in his hand. and, according
/ to reports, standing on the Liberty Bell
! a conception OF peculiar significance, and
! one difficult to render successfully and in
good artistic taste.
! An important work in the line Of church
decoration. which Will take long period
! for completion, is now well under way
! at the stained-glass studios OF j. and r.
! Lamb. No. % Sixth Avenue, says the New
/ York Evening Post 1t consists OF the
tifty-ntne figure windows being made
there for the chapel of the Leland Stan
ford. Jr., University, at palo Alto Cal
,t~ffss F,rsr
Lambs studios tweuty-nine large stained
glass windows for the nave. apse, and
transit, and thirty for the clerestory. rep
resenting subjects from the Old Tesla
ment on the left-hand side. and from the
New Testament on the right-hand side
The magnitude of the work can be esti-
mated from the fact that the chapel is
the biggest building OF It's kind in
( America, being about the size OF ST
Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The
work is under the personal supervision
! of F. S. Lamb.
| y well-known artist who was discussing
! the originality OF American art recently
| spoke of the subject in connection with
| sculpture. and maintained that there are
| number OF things in this country, some
| good technically and some bad which
F; express the American spirit He men
| toned Wards Washington. in front of
the Treasury on Wall Street; st. Gauden's
! Farragut and Shaw monument; H. K.
Bush-Brown's Washington in Union
| Square; George E. Bisselrs Author in
! Madison Square: D. c. French's Death
| and the Cculptor" and the Iatter's DIR.
| Gallaudet' in Washington.
| The National Academy OF Design has
| amended its constitution so as to open
its ranks to all artists, the requirement
| OF being exhibitors at the academy ex-
l hi 1.tr, h.. ,H-nr, a
New York World thinks the action has
! nationaIized the academy.
| The London Spectator states that two
pictures stand out from the mass in the
Royal Academy exhibition, and by the
largeness of their conception and COM
pleteness OF their carrying out exercises
dwarfing influence on most Of the other
works. These are Mr.. Sargent's great por-
trait group. Lady EIcho. Mrs. Adeane.
and Mrs. Tenant" and Mr.. Abbey's his
torical picture, The Trial of Queen Kath-
crime
Mrs. Bloomfield Moor's pictures were
sold in London recently and brought ex-
ceIlent prices. The lady. it viii be remem-
bered, was profoundly Interested in the
scheme of the late Kelley Of motor
fame. on whose inventions she spent East
sums. says the Boston Globe. She lived
for many years in London. whittier she
went from her native city. Philadelphia.
| The following are some OF the prices Sc
cured: j. L. Gerome. Louis XIII. figure
in a brown dress. $1,To; the 'Stanard
Bearer" by Meissonier, Sl3r2e53 Miilets
"Sower" sl4G0; NIun!Saczy's After Des-
sert'' which was exhibited in 1876. s1.i2o.
| This picture was OF popular order. and
it is altogether probable That ii sold at
auction for decidedly less than was paid
for it when it was bought. Two Schsey-
| ers both here IN 1876 brought. one $3.50
| and the other S5,l45. The Troyon, pas
| ture landscape, with a stream in which
two cows standing. went for slS,3s5.
| Whistler's Beach Scene at $3.50.
very slight picture; showed by It's price
that Whistler is still bringing his full
| value IAN Arab Guard" by Fortuny.
brought 1895. 4 somewhat higher prica
than the same picture would probably
have got in this city
Emperor William is able t, spar. time
for deciding where statues shall stand in
his capital. and he has fixed upon the en-
trance to the Thfergarten fit and
| proFs1- place for the effigy OF Richard
Wagner. Shrewdy enough. the Kaiser has
barred rivalry in size as between the pre-
sentiment OF the Bayreuth composer and
those of other famous Germans The statue
is not 20 exceed in dimensions the works
| OF ar WHICH keep Schiller and Losing be-
fore the eyes OF Berltners-
Robert Frank. the well-known artist. Is
a self-nade man. and not until he had be-
come self-supportiHg chi ne have chance
to pursue the regular studies which most
people have in earlier life. One day he
! delivered some sketches 70 employer
] who said: by the by. Frank. I want a
; picture drawn In great hurry 1t IS
novel thing. boxing kangaroo -
ia. wofI." answered the artist. IT VIII
have IL ready tomorrow for you -
You know what kangaroo Is. or
corirse?''
Frank mad been linking OF an ostrich
because he answered with compliment
smile:
Ia. gewissllcfl. 1t is a long tail thing
nit lots of feddars." And Feeders has
been his nickname ever since.-Pniladelphia
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