The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-13

and Instructor in the School of Ihustra-
ton to succeed Mr.. Pyle
The Washington statue designed by
two sculptors. d. C. French and Edward
C. Potter is the first bronze statue cast
in the United States and sent to Eu-
rope says the Philadelphia Press. II
weighs $500 pounds. The necessity OF
| avoiding all appearance of seams where
| the several parts are joined was irnpos-
| ed upon the casting company. since -
! was the desire OF the two sculptors that
! the statue should be distinct triumph
! of American craftsmanship. To accom-
! plish this the barrel of the horse was cut
| through under the girths. the foreiegs
! being cast entire with one portion and
! the hind legs with the other, process
which Is said never TO have been at
| tempted before. The head and neek.
| again. are joined to the trunk beneath
! the strap OF the marttngale. The saGh-~
| has been cast with the figure, so that
| the latter lifts off and will be sent over
! in one box the horse occupying anothet.
| The ceremony of unwilling the statue
, will take place in the Place dJena IN
Paris on July Sd. Mr. French, who is at
present travelling in Greece and Italy.
| will be present at the exercises, and viii
probably return to France in time to su-
l pervise the erection of his work
I
/ Only four French sculptors of inter
national reputation exhibit at this years
! SaIon-Bartholdi (Ehose renown is based
! more on his generosity than his scnlp-
! ture), Charpentier, Boucher and Freu'ie'
] and of these four the last two ara :
(, represented solely by statuettes, says
| the Paris correspondent OF the Boston
! Transcript. The names of nine Ameri-
| cans appear in the catalogue-Richart
| Brooks. Eli Harvey. Claire Curtis-Hux,
lev. Frederick MacMonnies, Mr. and
Mrs. a. H MacNeil. Janet Scudder. AM
DRY c. Simuns and George wagner
Brooks, Scudder and Simons exhibit me-
dauions. the MacNeils, statuettes: Wag'
, ner. bas-relief portraits; only MacMon'
MES. Harvey and Curtis-Huxley statues
or statue groups
| One of the most notable sales OF WORK.
of art in London began May Sd, "hes
| the collection of the late Mrs. Bloomfield
| Moore of Philadelphia, was sold az auc'
ton. \ pair of Sevres vases which once
belonged to Madame De Pom2adou.
brought u.1O2, while a rosewater eweJ
realized no less than f2.362.
Still another artist OF distinction has
recently passed away in the person or NJ
Paul Jean Clays, the Belgian marlnd
painter whose works are weli-known IN
Milwaukee and of which the Layton
| gallery possesses a beautiful example
No. 1lo. This painter was born in BRUCE.
in 1918 and was consequently 81 year.
az age He received his early art train
ing in Paris He belonged 70 the GrouV
OF artists of which Alfred Stevens, VII
lens and the Baron Legs We're mem
bers and who practically established ina
modern Belgian school OF art Ihese
men exerted a great influence on Euro
al
an officer of the Legion of Honor in 1881
His many marines of picturesque sailing
craft, with bright sunlight effects o! sky
and water, are familiar to all VINO re
quent art galleries
Rosa Bonheur's work. that was in her
studio at the time of her death. has been
collected and is being shown in tha
Hanover gallery in London, prior to It'll
sale in Paris later. The first impression.
says the London Chronicle. is one OF
wonder at her simply amazing taisnt foS
Industry Two rooms are crowded with
paintings and drawings, mostly sketches
and studies for her most popular pic
lures, which, OF course. are not included
All these things ara SO many proofs OF
a life devoted to art. The brush, you
would say, could never have been out
of her hand. And her feariessness Is as
striking Nothing could be more diff
cult to draw than the lions and tigers.
the bulls and sheep. the deer and Wild
boar, the horses and dogs, that were her
models. But, being strong enough to do
so much. the marvel is she could not
do still more. She seemed ever blind to
the fac. that tho world is bataed In air
and light, that nature, to the artist who
understands the secret OF selection.
abounds in fine line and color and state
~ composition. Her cattle. compared to
Troyon's. her wild beasts, compared to
Mr. Swans. are but wooden puppets
sometimes. as In the small versions OF
THE Horse Fair" movement Il admir-
ably suggested. but as rule there Is as
|. little life In her canvases as there Is at
rosphere In that sketch OF Lardais shep-
herds, on their stiits. plastered against
fat blue sky. However. there Is no
InIstaking her courage. her absorption In
her task, her sinceEitY her RoM~s VIA
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