Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-29
ART mo TIES.

To Mr.. L. Amateis-at this city has been
awarded the commission for the monument
which is to be erected by the Jefferson Da-
Wis Chapter of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy to the Lost Cause In Galveston.
Texas. The competitidp for this monument
was held In New York. and the award has
just been made known. The approved
sketch shows single figure of a southern
gentleman standing. with broken sword.
amid ruined engines of war, clasping his
flag to his heart. There is tinge of the
melodramatic about it, but not moro than
the subject demands and with it is mingled
an ennobling dignity. The man who thus
stands as a representative of the manhood
of the old south is neither a soldier nor
sailor. but in the trueSt sense a warrior.
He has been wounded and a handkerchief
is knotted around his brow, but his bearing
and countenance show rather mental than
physical suffering. and resignation rather
than humiliation or defeat. A flannel shirt
torn open across his breast. and rough
trousers tucked into high boots give evil
dence of violent conflict. yet the horror
of war has not been dwelt upon. and the
spirit of the whole is that Of the motto IN
scribed on the pedestal, Gloria Victis"
CThere is glory in defeaD. AS whole the
work has been well conceived and shows
keen appreciation of an historical situation.
The cost of the entire monument and the
approaches will be In the neighbOrhoOd of
$4,000, and when completed it should not
only be an addition of artistic worth to the
city of Galveston but an inspiration to the
youth of the new south.
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Early this summer an International Fine
Arts Associate was formed in New York
and properly Incorporated and chartered by
the state authorities at Albany. which. &C
cording to recent reports, promises to have
a beneficent influence upon the development
of American art and to be a movement of
prime Importance.
The officers and directors of the associa-
ton are: Charles T. Barney. president;
James Henry Smith, vice president: J. Nc
Lean Walton. treasurer; Thomas E. Kirby.
secretary. and Stanford White, Frank S.
Witherbee, Charles w. Gould. William c.
Whitney, William M. Laffan, James L.
Breese. John L. Cadwalader. James D. Mil
let directors Its object Is to bring to this
country for exhibition loan collections of
works of art which would not otherwise
be shown on this side of the Atlantic, which
by it's charter it is privileged to do under
bond free of duty; and also to get together
in exhibitions rare works Of art owned by
private collectors in America. According
to its charter this corporation is not found
ed to engage In a business of a private or
COMMERCIAL CIdTdCteT, anu no Work Oh art
which is for sale can be shown in its ex-
hibitions. All of the exhibitions are to be
held for the delight of the art lover and
the advancement of art, and any accruing
proceeds are pledgeI to either art educa-
ton or an established charity. In other
words it is an organization with sufficient
capital to demonstrate the value of art
for arts sake"
At an early date the association intends
to erect in New York suitable galleries in
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the present these will probably occur in
conjunction with those Of other large or
CARNATIONS. Steps have already been taken
to secure material for the first Of these
and collectors both in this country and
abroad have shown gratifying willingness
to cooperate with the associations plans
This is most promising. and though art
and commercialism can never be altogether
divorced such organizations as this must
lead to a more intelligent and less degrad-
ing union of the two and be productive Of
far-reaching reSults.t 20
Mr.. Edward Kemeys has just finished the
plastic models of two small bears, which,
when duplicated and enlarged in staff at
the Weehawken shops. are to flank the two
side entrances of the Missouri state build
ing at the Louisiana purchase exposition.
The bear is the Missouri emblem. and Mr.
species which is commonly found in that
state. The finished works at the exposition
will be about five feet in height. but the
originals can be measured in an equal num-
Der of inches. While sufficiently similar
for the sake Of conformity each bear has
distinct individuality and must be reck-
oned with separately. Both are modelled
with much force and freedom. and testify
to the sculptor's skill and experience. and
each exhibits genuine bearish character
istics. The decorative quality Of the lion.
the king of beasts" has long been recoe-
nized. but these works prove the bear also
worthy of like consideration.
At the Geological Park recently Mrs
kemeys made little sketch In plasterine
of one Of the old monkeys. who, during the
summer. has been domiciled in an outdoor
cage. He is a curiously serious specimen
o. the proverbially comic race and Mrs.
kemeys has modelled him in a melan-
choly brooding attitude. 1t is tiny little
work not more than three inches high, yet