Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-02-29

OF 1877 he was at work on an ideal ng-
ure OF ''Maud Muller"
About 1864 Daniel Perry, who died
young sculptured figure now stand
ing on the Common, in Swantou.
VIM. Morris Hunt was born in
Brattleboro, 1924 died 1879. In 40 he
entered Harvard. 10 '43 he went to
Couture in Paris. Afterward became
pupil and friend of Millet at Barbizon,
and, returning to Boston in 1856, in
troduced the Fontainebleau-B arbizon
methods of painting to America. He
opened an art school in Boston and
received large number of pupils, by
whom he was greatly admired, and
over whom he exerted powerful in
f1uence. 1t is safe to say his Is one of
the great names in the history of
American painting. His works cover
wide range: history, aliegory, por-
trait, and the purely ideal. His most
memorable landscape paintings are
his views of Niagara of '7S. He cut
many fine heads in cameo: litho-
graphed and published in 1859 series
of his own paintings. The allegorical
decorations of the State Capitol in Al
bany, N. Y, were painted by him.
Some of his we'll known pictures are
''The Bugle Call" "The Drummer
Boy" "Woman with Lutte" and "The
Bathers."
Richard Morris Hunt, brother of
William Morris Hunt was born in
Brattleboro, 1928; died in '95. At the
age of fifteen he began the study of
architecture in Geneva, Switzerland;
later studied in the Ecole des Beaux-
Arts in Paris. After travel in Europe,
Asia and Egypt he was employed as
Inspector of works on the buildings
connecting the Tuillieres with the
Louvre. In IS he returned to his own
country and was architect of the Cap
itol extension at Washington; the
Divinity College, Yale; the Admins
tration Building at the Worlds Fair,
Chicago; Yorktown Monument; the
Liberty" pedestal of the colossal
bronze figure sculptured by Felix
Bartholdi, and stands in New York
harbor; the Vanderbilt Mausoleum
and other private buildings. He was
one of the founders in 1857, and in 1888
was president of the Institute of
Architects.
Larkin Goldsmith Mead, sculptor,
born in Chesterfield, N. H, Jan. 3,
1885, at an early age moved to Brattle-
boro, Vt, where he was educated.
and displayed an artistic talent by
} modelling in snow colossal figure of
an angel, which excited much admira-
/, ton. An account of this, published
} in many newspapers, attracted the
attention of Nicholas Longworth OF
b Cincinnati, who provided for the
boys artistic education. From '53 tc
'55 he studied with Henry Kirk
Brown, Brooklyn, N. Y. In 80 he
t produced "The Recording Angel
, In '57 a colossal statue of vermont
: which crowns the dome of the State
8 House in Montpelier. In 81 he ex'
8 ecuted statue of Ethan Allen tina
. stands in the portico of the Vernon
q State House. From the encampmen
of the army of the Potomac, he sent
3 to New York illustrated paper, early
o in the civil war, numerous spirited
o sketches of camp and battle scenes
q In '62 he went to Florence, where hi
Y has since resided and has produced
d three statuettes of "Echo," ''Sappho'
: "Joseph, the Shepherd" and "Th'
K Mountain Boy" His first elaborate
: work in Italy was group, "The Re
: turned Soldier" 1865. Between 81
9 and IA he produced the groups, "Col
: umbus' Last Appeal to Queen lisa
= BELLA" and "America" for the sol
:. diers' monument at st. Johnsbury, VT
}. Besides portrait busts he modelled
If "Venice, the Bride of the Sea-" ant
70 s'The Discovery of America" In "
J. he completed for Vermont statue o
q Ethan Allen to be placed in the oil
q Hall of Representative in Washing
- ton, now called the National Statuar.
- Hall. His statue of Lincoln for tn
is presidents monument in Springfield
r, ILL.,, was placed there on Oct. 1, 1874
ID It represented Mr.. Lincoln as havin
Just signed the proclamation of eman
O. cipation. He has executed four col
"a ossal groups entitled Cavalry" sin
to fantry," 'Artillery" and "Navy.
m His latest work is a gigantic work i
:. marble of the Mississippi River rep
resented as river god.
n' His brother, Rutherford Mead
IN architect, was born in BrattleborC
st Aug. 20, 1916: graduated from Am
D. herst in '67, studied architecture tw
: years with Russell Sturgis, New Yorl
g. subsequently studied two year
ne abroad, on his return became assoc
s. ated with Charles F. McKim an
Stanford White as professional arch
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