The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-15
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NEW YORK, June 1.-THE monu-
sTnoenf5 to the men who died in the bat
!eship Maine when it was blown up
Sss EIisEIayana harbor, and to the soldiers
"a no were killed in the Spanish-Amerl-
ss.an war; is nearing completion
he models viii be finished and the
crk Of reproducing them in marble
viii ne begun within the year, and in
two years the work of sculptor and
architect win be done and the monu-
B ~ 5:-rnent be erected with ceremonies be-
ting SO signlf cant and historic an
event
The work is. being done in the stu
sAdic Of the PicciriIli Brothers, sclup-
I .tors, at III East One Hundred and
street and the offices
8.oE the architect, H Van Buren, Ma
.gnnlgIe, atg146 Fifth avenue, VINO won
IN the competition for the best Of
zShe 40 designs submitted for the mon
sFslnlent
The m onument, which will be of
pink Tennessee marble, will stand 10
sSEeet high upon an ob1ong pedestal Is
zEeet in length. Pt will be the first ma
55eional monument Of the classical
school ever erected in this country. all
IEs5eof the others being of the realistic
type Otti11o Piccirilli, the designer,
has introduced into it the classic ira
ss1ztIons and! poetic imagery of his ma
estlye italy but dominated by the spirit
~ ioa
characteristic are the two recumbent
figures on opposite sides and al the
base of the column. The Atlantic
Ocean Is represented by the figure OF
vigorous youth in the act OF rising
80 so forth and do battle with oppos-
ing forces The figure, which is Is
meet long, is symbolic of youthful.
.-u7gnr and courage. Opposite lies the
sleeping figure of the aged man who
plies the Pacific Ocean, the somno
Ient tropical poetic, listless-
The Sculptor and His deal.
sE On either Of the remaining sides is
symbolic group of three figures One
represents the softer of the national
virtues, and to this group the sculptor
has given the name Fortitude. The
angel of peace stands erect, his wings
protecting the figures at his feet. One
eoE these as woman whose dropping
posture is that OF one who is mourn
ing Signor Piccirilli has named this
the widow and beside her is a virile
Inrm denoting by attitude and counte-
nance the quality it typiies-cour-
age "a s s
Opposite is the trio donating the
steiner virtues, a female figure rep
resenting Justice, and at her feet
male figure to indicate the genius OF
war and a female figure scanning
tablet, which is history
$- The whole will be surmounted by
Columbia Triumphant, helmeted
statue of a heroic female figure, sur
sounded by sea-horses. This group
Is " Ill be OF bronze, as will a small fig
5Ea,re Of a boy, standing upon the prov
of a vessel, which extends from the
base Of the monument. The boy on
the PROV the sculptor has named the
New Era of America. The largest OF
9=afI the figures will be that of Column
,Bia, whose height is 20 feet.
Signor sPiccirilli, the talented sculp-
tor, spent the first 20 years OF his
life IN Rome, the city of his BIRTH
In his twenty-hrst year he came to
New York, and with his five brothers
opened the studios at III East One
Hundred and Forty-second street.
One of his best statues is that OF John
hIcDonougl1, the philanrhropist who
beuueathed% allSof his fortune to the
pub1ic schools OF New Orleans. The
statue, which stands in Lafayette
square. is one of the objective points
5eof all visitors to the Crescent City.
HIS Faun is one of the handsomest
exhibits in the Fine Arts Building at
the Louisiana Exposition in ST. Louis.
long Time to Perfect Monument.
SIgnor Piccirilli, who is SO years
old, is the youngest academician of
q fhe Pantheon, an order that is to the
artists Of Italy what the Immortals are
to the geniuses of France. The Acad-
s.ssn1y of the Pantheon has but AS mem
saers, and of these Signor Piccirilli
rs one Of the II sculptors-
3$# 5 His design was chosen from among
40 designs submitted by competitors
from various parts of the United
STATES and from three American sculp-
tnrs then living in Europe. The com