The sun., 1908-04-22
NEW ART AT BALTIMORE.

more will not be surprised to learn OF tts
success. The setting given the clay, mar
BILE, bronze and plaster In the Fifth Req
ment Armory is picturesque; plants and
trees relieve with their green tone the
usual staring whites, and the pine framed
walls form an effective background. The
exhibition is given under the auspices Of
the Municipal Art Society Of Baltimore,
With a long list Of distinguished patrons
from New York and elsewhere. The oata.
logle tells uS that the show Was organised;
arranged and managed by the joint efforts
Of the National Sculpture Society, the Mu.
nlcipal Art Society and the Architectural
Club Of Baltimore; also, that the hall
was lent by the offioers Of the Fifth Rsgi.
ment, Maryland National Guard; that the
floral decorations we're furnished or ar
ranged by the Park Board, the Gardeners
Club and certain public spirited ladies
and gentlemen To this catalogue Lorado
Taft has written q pithy introduction 10
which he points out the fact that century
ago America had not q single trained
sculptor. Horatio Greenough (lS05.62) was
Americas first professional sculptor TO
study abroad The pioneer roll call follows
with the names Of Hiram Powers, Thomas
Crawford, Thomas Ball Henry Kirks
Browne, Randolph Rogers, william Wet
more Story Harriet Hosmer, William A.
Rinehsrt, Erastus D. Palmer and John
Rogers. Mr. Taft aptly names J Q. A.
Ward the dean Of practising soulptors,
as Saint Gaudens is our greatest
Mr.. Ward is the honorary president OF
the National Society and Herbert Adams
is vice-presldent. Karl Bitter is the general
chairman Of the exhibition committee, and
the jury Of selection consists Of Herbert
Adams, ISidor Konti, Ephraim Keyser,
Karl Bitter, II. A. MacNeil, dorado Taft,
Daniel c. French, j. Scott Hartley, Bella
Pratt, A. A. Weinmann and Charles Grady.
Robert Garrett is the president Of the
Baltimore Sculpture Exhibition, and William
NJ. Ellicott the chairman. Theodore Mar
burg is the president Of the Municipal Art
Society Of Baltimore. and William W. En-
mart the chairman OF the Architectural
Club Committee In fact II is the har-
monious cooperation OF these and other
gentlemen that has made this exhibition
so successful that we greatly wonder
whether the National Sculpture Society
will he satisfied with the comparatively
small South Gallery Of our Fine Arts Build
ing next December. MIR. j. Scott Hartley
officially announces that the attendance and
receipts have been thus far most gratifying
and no doubt at the closing Of the exhibition
next Saturday will be large. The armory
building is large though not 50 vast in
space as the Madison Square Garden. But
sculpture shows TO better advantage in
tho former, the light being clearer. stronger
and more pervasive, and the marbles and
bronzes are not swallowed up as they are
in our arena Even the smaller pieces
stand out with refreshing distinotness, and
80 cunning has been their disposition that
in no case have they lost their note Of in
timacy One name ia Missing that would
have been clmax-Augustus Saint Gau-
dens. But this was unavoidable, and pill
grims from New York are cheered by the
remembrance Of the great sculptor's work
now in the Metropolitan Museum, " 10,
however, distinct loss for Baltimore,
In referring to the Fine Arts Building
as rather cramped quarters after the gen
erous plan Of the Baltimore armory We
naturally had in mind the presence Of 20
many specimens OF monumental sculpture
in the present exhibition. There are. for
example, dorado Taft's big group, The
Blind" the three equestrian statues by
Solon Borglum, Bitter and Shrady. Borg
lums ia General j. B. Gordon; Shradys
is Washington at Valley Forge which
stands at the Williamsburg end Of the
Brooklyn Bridge-and Bitter's the heroic
statue Of General Franz Sigel,' Shrady
has Lions for the Grant Memorial, Wash
ington, D. c. Dallin's Appeal to the
Great Spirit" shown at the Pennsylvania
Academy in Philadelphia Maxwell Miller's
Separation Of 0rpheus and Eurydice';
Daniel French's groups for the Federal
Building, Cleveland; Keoks Egypt Awak-
ening,' Schuler's Driven Out Of Eden.'
and PiccirilHs 'outcast' are among the
prominent exhibits. Karl Bitter is also
represented by his Signing Of the Louisi-
ana Purchase Treaty. his pedlment for
the Cleveland Trust Company and O sketch
for the Willard Memorial. Charles Crafty cf
Philadelphia shows his accustomed talent
in his busts OF DR.. Joseph Price. DR.. Louis
Starr, Edward Horner Coales Elmer Scho-
feld--the landsospist and others. His -In
Much Wisdom" and the Symbol Of Life"
are here. j. Scott Hsrtley's Natures
Sun Dial" shown in Philadelphia and the
bust Of william T. Evans, the well known
art collector, are very much admired. The
Baltimore sculptors Ephraim Keyser, Ed
ward BerGe, Hans Schuler and J. Maxwell
Miller are we'll TO the fore.
There are 46S pieces Of statuary ard
eighty-two photographs, the latter COM
prising several Of Saint Gaudens-the Shaw
Memorial and the "Sherman'-siI by r.
Hinton Perry among the rest his Neptune
Fountain and his "Pennsylvania" on the
dome Of the Capitol HaITisburE-and
others by Boyle. Flanagan, Heber, Kont,
Quinn and WeinmAnn. The group in the
round by Taft, entitled THE Blind ilhus-
trates a moment in Maeterhncks Les
Aveugles.' 1t dominates the centre Of the
room and is an excellent specimen Of tenn
pered impressionism. The blind folk are
stumbling along on that immemorisl island
Of the Belgian poet. and thsrs sno disput-
ing the poetic poignancy Of the conception
and the effective symbol Of the seeing child.
Yet the rhythms Of this rather mAssive
group do not hov inevitable. Nor are the
sides and rear a. satisfactory az the iront.
The larger synthetic music 10 missing.
The rhythmic beauty Of Herbert AdAmss
"welch Memorial is one Of its charms.
II is charged with grace and the modelling