The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24
A. d. Frost and other illustrators almost equally
well known.
suJ1sruns IN THE GREAT COURT.

Palais on the Avenue Nicholas II. gives direc
access TO the gravelled and sodded court. vas'
In dimensions with its central area and two
deep wings, and very lofty with its glass roofs
screenedewith vellum overhead. II Is q fine
place In which to exhibit sculpture. but 1t Is
very crowded. Almost all the large pieces
In the Exposition except those placed In the
Cours la RENE under the horse chestnut trees
and In the gardens. and about hfty In the French
Centennial Exhibition In the inner court OF
the Grand Palais. are here. In the middle
OF the whole space IL the big monument 10 Vic
tor Hugo by Barrias. but the position obtained
for the American sculpture IL a very promi-
nent one. II occupies a very considerable
area Immediately 10 the left Of the Victor Hugo
monument as ono enters from the Avenue
Nicholas II. and IL conspicuous from every
place In the court by reason Of the command
ing height OF Mr.. Saint-Gaudens's Gen. Sher-
man" and Mr.. MacMonnies's two groups or
rearing horses which are placed on high pedes-
tails. We have the French. the British and the
Hungarians for near neighbors. but. ow-
Ing In large part 10 Commissioner Cauldwells
perseverance, and tact. we are excelled In adj
vantage Of position by none. There can be
no question that the exhibition OF sculpt-
| ure made by the United States IL a veritable
.eye opener" or tho French and foreign visit
! ors, and 1t will surprise our W countrymen,
even those who follow our exhibitions to find
II so fine and 40 complete. There are no court
| yards or galleries In New York where monu-
mental sculpture may be exhibited. and such
works when executed too often 60 to other
cities, as in the case Of the Gen. Grant monu-
ment at Philadelphia by Messrs. Daniel C..
French and +. c. Potter. the Lincoln and the
Shaw by Mr.. Saint-Gaudens. respectively at
Chicago and Boston; Mr.. MacMonnies's Horses.
which go to Brooklyn. and the Washington
by Messrs. French and Potter which IL here
in Paris. Mr.. George Gray Barnard when he
came Ia New York q few wears ago and wished
to give an exhibition Of his sculpture was
obliged to hire and AZ up the old Iogerot gar
dan In Eighteenth street, now torn down. In
order TO show his group The Two Natures"
This group Is here In the Exposition In plaster.
but II does not look big. while at the Iogerot
garden il appeared gigantic. The same ar
lists Pan" looks equally unobtrusive In the
garden just outside the north wing Of tho Grand
Palais. There are over a score Of pieces Of scllp-
ture In this notable group In the courtyard.
the whole number Of exhibits In this class being
seventy. with the smaller groups placed In
the galleries and some Of the larger ones ont
of-doors. Al the United States Pavilion, under
IN" porch and facing tho Seine. Il Mr.. French's
admirable equestrian statue of Washington
fully described by the present writer in the
Century Magazine for Aprih and on theNroof
Is Mr.. Proctor's Quadriga, a stirring compo-
sition executed with fine vtgor and POSSESS
Ing great elegance Of movement. The SAM,
artists eagles surmount the pediments Of
the pavilion. Mr.. Dallin's Medicine Man.
in a commanding position in the Conrs Ia Refine.
has been mentioned In a previous letter rs
have Mr.. Saint-Gsudons's Tho Puritan" and
Mr.. MacMonnies's "Sir Harry vane." which
stand in front Of the Petit P1lais.
The Equestrian Statue Of Gen. sherman"
by Augustus Saint Gaudens, y. A.. was er-
hibited at the Salon a year aco and received
at that time high praise from critics and artists.
The General. sitting erort on his horse, but
with a movement Indicative Of looking eagerly
forward. holds the bride reins in his left hand
while the right, holding the military soft
hat. drops TO the knee. His cloak is blown
backward In broad. simple folds. The horses
head is held high in the air. Preceding the
horse and rider Ia a draped figure OF Victory
who extends her right hand with a gesture as
/; commanding Che people TO make way for tho
hero and In her left is a branch OF palm. The
Victory's flowing drapery IL blown back ward
near the horses front legs and her great wings
pass his neck andpchest on the left, thus to-
binding together the three principal elements
of the composition, N Il a noble work which
does honor to its distinguished author.
The figure of Gen. Sherman Is severe but SYM
pathetic. the horse X a nervous but powerful
steed modelled with naturali,tic fidelity and
the figure Of Victory il both graceful and i'm.