The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02

would seem To bc q self-eviterf rroI Os!l!on
that the painted panels ii pubhc huilGb IS
should he Of = cliamcter 70 sIeak s,roig!.l
to the intelligence and hear u tie p"cl lc.
Vet II would not he diacjl, 70 cite soma
modern American decorations that must
leave the average citizen in a bewi.dcr-
ment as 10 wha, possible rcls,ion there can
be between this tiing ca,l,d art ard tho
actual realities Of life. Vacant inanities.
Haunting their ~ di,y Or sirnIering IL semi
toilct'e, modern tray'-,iss IS Greek myth
ology or clossic syTboii,'u--w what have
these to do with Amciicai.s' pride IN ter
cast and aspiration, TO- the futrr'i 80
one halls with great satisfaction My RI 81
FIELDS Idea OF putting pin and nCILunt
INTO his decoration by intuslus into It's
sub iect n historic interest
He was not nirit,I,d. ss stuc u ich
have been. by III, ,uCt,ar - q, iis'ci &c
motive. Tho fisic'i" ii,'',c it en-, Il ms,
the decorative I;IG sl,l.d lo aiti!,r.
But why not 7, L:LIt. ~, G,1oiSiI,E ~
injecting into Il historic int'issr? il as
been done 10y the N, SOS of III, tasl cId
by the more u odcTb ones ot lTsI'c. Ac-
cordincly. Mr.. Ii 81 4, ID iGdr'ttd i'm
self 10 his undertGl inp in tL.s splR ard
has produced "a ouIoai'fCn TO Which no
one can refuse tie title of c,tois'ion,
while. at TIE sane tine, i, sets TIE n ind
back 10 not able ev, nj u An tiitsn is' oiy,
ket ping the fact Of il md it's iii Iitt tnce
green and fresh in the public oonsci. nee.
With great GeFl ~ tact. and follow ing
the est examples the past. re ftst ltnLed
the actual and H.. s,n clio. Iere il
Washingt on Of ering tie rolled Isrtl n sia
OF his commission end TO his right and left
are grouped Of SeIs Of the veIio,s am q,
Including the French allies. No Ior,Isis
are Introduced. except In the ctse Of the
Chief. whose face 10 he ere nsce "a n ilit r
by the bus, OF r oud n: no attenpt has teen
made to re- pres4 nj the ectunl ~ enc, Is IL
occurred; all else In picto'hl s,r olitm.
WashinRt on star Is 10 tire rieh of a fsure
OF Columbia. who sta nthitEtd, on id .
re,inue Of naiG,ns. thet ,EIsetnt tire
ideas sugge sted by tire event. here. for
example, vs. a ~ r. onifcaticn Of the Stste
Of Maryland, n tle figure In a surerb
drapery Of black and rold, tie oolors Of
the State: lehind Ter Ia Wsr. sNee,i Ing fer
sword. and at her feet sits History. By
wasNington's SIDE s'anGs Property. and
are citizens. while the onGs Of the rensI
are Allied with feuIes Of poIren and chill.
dren, treated, not syml olicelly, tu in the
cos, urne Of the period. a. sped ators Of
the court.
So, by a skiKul mingling OF claasioalIv
draped figures. with figures treated nat
REALISTICALLY, Mr.. Blashfsld has secured the
charm Of deliberately srohitectonic COM
position and Of plastic posos. and. at tho
same time. by playing upon tho actual m.
given virilitv TO his composition, a. wal, a.
In the sentiment That he has socor.
plished this 40 that there IL no friction ha.
kween the real and the symbolic. no ,;s-
turbance Of the general building up of ths
entire fabric. or loss Of harnorions ,.la,inr
between the several ,arts, Il ths mi nc merit
or his work. This represented the hardest
part OF the techI ical problem, and IL win h..
generally admitted that hs ha., solved n
most successfully.
A to the beauty Of individual figure,
the sensitive "lrra Ice with which In, foyr,S
are rendered. III ir nobility or sweat eieva.
ton OF expression. tho generous d,x,.riiv
In the d. lineatio1 Of the drarories-thrss
are points which tho pti1ter's pneyi,,.
work has lad us to erpec,. But on doubts n
he has ever befor' come y, near IN reachino
what he strove for. This compost, lon ma.
veals more than usual anpiti,da OF feei.
ing. freedom Of execution and closer md
more direct accord br!wuen the purroso
and the manner OF its rendering I, rapr,-
sents matured expression Of the art,It's
powers and OF ths faith that h in him. and
marks. one feels no host al ion in saving N
distinct milestone. not only in his o yn ca
reer, but also In the trend Of American mural