The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-23
pe.us forward, and Is now the peer Of

petus forward, and is now the peer Of
any country.
III sculpture the United States is strong
great Napoleon by Daniel Chester
French, OF New York, foremost OF Aineri-
can sculptors, will IKE after this Worlds
Fair Is forgotten, The greatest genius
the world has ever known s,ts, map ~
hand. considering tho advisability of
parting with his domain In North Ameri-.
ca. The ability OF the true sculptor
shows itself III his work.
In the Hall of Sculpture France has
four pieces OF work. An equestrian statue
of Washington gwen by the Daughters
Of American Revolution TO France. Also
his Alma Mater, and others.
In the same hall Is a. group by dorado
Taft, or Chicago, the solitude OF the
Soul" 1t Ia a block OF rough stone.
around 1t stand four figures, life tize.-a.
man and woman, and a man and a
woman. with hands clasping or Shout
ders touching they stand. typifying tho
human race Upon the mans brow is tho
burden of care, the woman.s hand clasps
his and looks towards him with gym
patty. The other man and woman
stand shoulder to shoulder and they all
Notwithstanding the human race cannot
live without each other, but our hcav-
!
tude OF the soul. Our eyes turned again,
and again to this group.
u t is not enough for an artist to have
learned technique to be great, he must
feel his work, he must think great
thoughts, he must have a soul for his
work to live.
John Quincy Ward, OF New York,
president OF AMERICAN Sculpture soa
cietS, has exhibited licre-Paul Bartlet;c--
has several statues. Elizabeth Ney, Of
Austin, Texas, has memorial IN marble
of rcculnbent statue Of General AL
bert Sidney Johnson. It Is good work.
There arc numbers Of admira bic groups
and statues.
In the oil painting exhibit is q picture
of the Misses Hunter by John sar-
gent. 1t Is q chef q oeuvre. These
three young women, English ladies, are
seated on a threc-sentcd divan, with q
Japanese screen behind them. They are
all handsome. OF The English type. Two
are dressed IN rich black silk gowns.
and the third In white. They are all
J portraits. The drawing Is good and the
color pure tone. The screen in the back
ground Is subdned, and the only touch
of color Is a red silk IAN hal Il open, which
Is held BY the lady in the center.
Only a master could paint three por-
traits in the picture and not have one
to overs hadow the other. Sargent had a
and was born In Florence Italy, and
was educated abroad. and lived In Lon.
don; was q r. a.. He called himself an
Am rican. u IA
Whistler has an arrangement in dark
ccler. 1t represents a. lady standing,
Just about to leave the room. It Is
a painted in different shades OF brown,
style, Thought.
i8A1 n fin rom, !c a. moo otf rar
tive full length picture Of a lady going
to a ball, by Adelaide CHASE. OF Boston. TIL
John W. Alexander. of New York, lla s
exhibited several pictures. The most i'm.
portapt is a portrait Of the Sculptor
Rodln, Autumn. and Mother and
Child" The portrait Of Rodin is strong
work. "Autumn"is his latest work. and
Is decorative in style. He paints on
coarse canvass, wnchfis made especially
for him; no vartisf, and uses dry trans
parent color His work 0 ften looks like
tapestry. He is fine.
All who have visited the Congression-
NJ Library, din Washington, are famil--5
lar with his six panels. illustrating the
Evolution OF the Book, Z. for which he
wa s paid 5000 by the government. and
is the best work Of the kind in the LIZ
bra ~. Ia
colin Campbell Cooper OF Philadelphia,
has out-of-door work. Tryan, Ochtraan,
and BRUCE crane are the three leadlng
landsca pc painters. All exhibit. Their
atmospheric effects are good.
autumn In New England. by Tryon.
is beautiful Two things in modern art
are much considered--a trosphere and
values
Cecilia, Beaux,! well known, has a por-
trait of a delicate little child holding her.
nurses hand; very fragile, and the eyes
full OF life In contrast to this Is y a,
strong portrait Of Watson Glider, which
is a speaking likeness and fill OF tai
ent. HI tEs Fl VT
BY Richards. Mrs. Kenyon Cox's Walt
ing" little girlsin pink hat and coat, Is
good. Henry Q. Tanner, a negro artist,
has a good picture Daniel in the Lions
Dem William Chase s. When One Is
Young is swest 4 portrait Of Mrs. Chase
and Others by rim.
e Irving r. W!les has a beautiful por-
trait Of Julia NARROW. full length, seat
ed on a sofa, In full evening dress.
There are SO many portraits OF beauti-
full women, standing. sitting. reaching,
I'm the United States Fine Art it makes
one. think art has almost gone to por-
traits, ita ttS Il ~
Rosa Bonheur's portrait by a calfor-.