The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24
AMERICAN ART IN PARIS.
TIE EXHIBITION Or SCULPTURE A
VERITABLE EYE OPENER.


PARIS. June i2.-In each OF the sig picture
galleries OF the United States section on the
first floor of the Grand Palais des Beaux Arts
there Is a circular seat with a pedestal In TIN
middle. On each pedestal a mall bronze figure
or group has been placed. all six Of which form
part of our sculpture exhibit. Two OF these
pieces are by A. Phimister Proctor. a splendid
Panther" with a long reach forward OF one
foreleg as the beast advances with stealthy gait,
and Indian Warrior" a figure on horseback
In which the action and movement Of both
pony and rider are admirable. The other four
arc: Last Act Of the Moqui Snake Dance" q
lithe figure Of an Indian. running with a snake
IN each outstretched hand, by Carol Brooks
Mcneil: n good Indian and Horse" by Scion
II. BorRlum 1.-THE red man a. a subject appears
TO have appealed to several Of our sculptors.
! and there are even some warriors OF the plains
and their stceds In tho exhibition by German
md other foreign ~artistsE Surprise" a we'll
modelled horse. looking down at a stray mud
turtle at his feet. by Amory {. Simons. and a
sympathetic group, a Young Mother" by
Mr.. Bessie Potter VOnnoh.
out on the spacious balcony gallery. at the
head Of the wide stairway coming up from the
great court, Mr.. Saint audenSs shaw Memo
rial" occupies the whole width Of the wall be-
tween the piersof an angle. 1t appears with
its architectural border or frame and + In plaster.
colored To initiate grayish-green bronze. The
tinting has been accomplished most ~satisfac-
torilv under the eye Of the sculptor himself.
and the general effect 1, very fine. This, one
OF the most important works. executed by Mr..
Saint-Gaudens in the past fifteen yeas, Il so
well known from the original on Boston Common
and from numerous published reproductions
that description may be entirely dispensed
with here. Suffice It to say that II Is one Of the
capital exhibits in our fine display Of sculpture.
On the loft Of tho Shaw Memorial. at one side
Of the door leading into the picture galleries.
Is one Of Mr.. Saint audens' well known caryn-
tides. Angel With n Tablet" in plaster also.
and agreeably colored. n beautiful creation.
full Of svnpathetic feeling and fne In execution.
On the right Of the shaw Is a low relief. about
the same sizes the Angel With a Tablet"
balancing the group Of three pieces. II IL
Decoration for n Concert Room" by Janet Scud-
der. and Is graceful in composition and suave
In trratment.
4 numb ~ of pedestals have been placed
along the balustrade Of the balcony with green
box wood trees in tubs between them. On
these pcdestals, enjoy ing a good light from the
glass roof high above. are several interesting
and excellent busts, figures and groups Of me-
dunn size, Among them are "Narcissus" by
Alex ander Stirling Caldwell; Puma. nv Mr..
Proctor: n high relief with two figures IN bronze
with n circular PLAGUE Of brown marble. by
John Flanagan; Portrait Of Mrs. Crafty" a
bronze bust, by Charles Crafty, Mr.. Proctor's
defiance" q buck with great antlers advance
ing with bend erect; q group Of three lion cubs
drinking from a pan, by Eli Harvey; Queen
Eti.aLatk 20 ,ant " N ,nrl1 hat L-
Henry II. Kitson: Il plaster bust of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, by Richard F.. Brooks. and "Danseuse."
o bronze statuette. by Mrs. vonnoh. A frame
on one of the walls nearby contains half a dozen
small low relief portraits In gilt bronze which
possess considerable merit. They are the
work Of Victor u. Bremen. There are several
new names in our list so far which are presum-
ably those Of young s~culptors row study ing
In Paris. or who have al least not yet exhibited
In New York, The catalogue gives their res
licences as in such places as Ogden. Utah; Ogden.
Ohio; Charleston, s C.; and Braintree. Mass.
Our fine little collection Of min iatures il
arranged in table cases in the balcony and
seems to be the only exhibition Of the kind
made by any Of the nations In the fine arts
department. The cases are lined with black
velvet and by a cnmmeudable refinement of
taste they are numbered with black numbers.
each figure being n separate object and
laid together to make the 900 or whatever
may be the catalogue number. on the velvet be-
side the miniatures. The exhibition is a pretty
one and the little pictures ara contributed
by some twenty Of our beSt-known practisers
Of the delicate art Of miniature painting. Most
notable among them for excellence are those by
Laura C.. fills. Lucia Fairchild Fuller. Emily
Drayton Taylor. William j. Baer. tIsaac A..
Joseph. Virginia REYNOLDS. Theodore W. Thay-
er. Martha W. Baxter and Martha s. Baker.
In the wide alcoves Of the balcony where they
may easily be seen by every passer-by. rs the
alcoves are very shallow, are hung our exhibits
In engravings. etchings. drawings and archi-
lecture. save that some Of the drawings, includ-
Ing some very good ones by Albert F.. Sterner, j.
Carroll Beckwith. y. A.. William T. Smedley.
A. n. 4. and Carlton T.. Chapman. A.. n. A., are
placed on II screen In the middle OF the large
picture gallery on the ground floor. The archi-
~tectural exhibit Is composed Of Ave great frames
filled with fine photographs Of trdrnur erecutts,
that Ia 10 say Of buildings completed. but there
Is also one of a sky scrapPf In process OF con-
struction and three views Of the lower part Of
New York taken from the water-one from the
North River. one from the East River and one
from the bay Of the Battery. This exhibit at
tracts a great deal Of attention from visitors
to the Grand Paluis and Is the subject of much
comment. appreciative and condemnatory, but
chiefly the former. Mr.. II. J. lardenbergh's
Waldorf Astoria. Mr.. Bruce Prices "Ameri-
can Surety Building" Messrs. McKim. Mead A
Whites University Club" and Mr.. George B.
Posts Union Trust Company" are noticeable
among the tall buildings. and others of less
latter-day character are the Ponce de Leon