Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-30
Nineteen Enter Columbus
Memorial Competition.
FORWARD THEIR MODELS
Commission Created by Congress to
Make Selection.
CASH PRIZE FOR THE WINNER
Second and Third Best Designers
Will Receive $500 Each-Method
of Making Choice.

Nineteen representative artists of the
United States and Europe have entered
the competition TO make the statue OF
| christopher Columbus and the other
sculptural features of the Columbus me-
mortal fountain, to be erected on the
plaza in front of the new Union station.
Congress appropriated 100000 for suit
able memorial to the discoverer of Amer
| ica and created a commission to supern-
tend its erection.
| That commission selected the Union sta
| tion plaza as the site and approved sthe
general design of an architectural foun-
| tain submitted by Mr.. Burnham of Chi
| cago, the architect of the station. That
design was accepted, it was stated at the
time, in order that the memorial shall be
In complete harmony with the architectural
treatment of the station and its environ
| ment.
A stone column or shaft about forty
| feet in height surmounted with a globe
| representing the world, is the principal
| feature Of the rear of the fountain. and
| is intended to serve as background for
a statue of Columbus standing at the
| bow of a Spanish caravel similar in gen.
| eral design to the picturesque craft that
| first brought him to America. The up
rearing prov of the ship. with its figure
of Columbus. stands on the line of Della
| ware avenue and faces the National capt.
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the walls of the fountain. one at the east
and the other at the west side.
Invitation to Artists.
| In accepting the general design the COM
mission decided to invite certain repre-
sentative artists of Europe and the United
States to submit competitive designs and
J models of statue of Columbus to fit into
( the approved architectural scheme. The
| q Of ciolI inv tod IN
Augustin Querol of Spain, Augustus Re-
| volta and Cesare ZOcchi of Italy and r.
w. MacMonnies. Daniel c. French and
dorado Taft of the United States.
Macmonnies and French notified the COM
mission that they would be unable to
meet the wishes of the commission, be-
cause of other engagements. The COM
petition was opened to all other artists
| who chose to submit designs with the
understanding that they did so on their
own Responsibility. 1t was provided that
all models must be submitted on or before
December /. due allowances being made
for delays in shipment.
Favorable responses were received from
nineteen artists, and their models are al
ready here or on the way. The fifth
| floor corridor of the State. War and Navy
| Depa building. directly beneath the
| skylights. was selected as the place for
the exhibition OF the models. Six models
have been already placed in position and
others are expected tomorrow or next
day. They are screened from view for
the present and will not be uncovered
until the Columbus commission is ready
to inspect them for the purpose of max
ing the awards. All information regard
| ing the identity of the competitors is
similarly withheld from the public until
| after the commission has acted in the
| matter.
Matters Left to Discretion.
In the circular to competitors it was
stated that although the sizes of the ar
chitectural features of the memorial are
to be regarded as fixed, on the other
hand, the size. outline and attitude of the
figure of Columbus. as we'll as size and
treatment of ship motive. were left en-
] tirely to the discretion of the sculptor. 1t
was stated that the material in the entire
| Columbus memorial and it's approaches.
with the exception of the sculptured
work. will be of light granite.
| The sculptured work may be all In
granite or all in bronze, or part granite
and part bronze, at the discretion OF the
| sculptor.
THE subject of the competition" the
circular set forth. will be figure OF
Columbus standing above a sculptured
motive suggesting the ship. this motive
| to be treated with or without accessory
| emblems suggesting Navigation, ana with
or without figures IMPLYING victory or
the spirit Of discovery. The figure OF
Columbus may be free standing or may
be cut in relief on the face of the stone
| work Similarly, the size and projection
| of the ship motive will be at the discre-
| ton of the sculptor:
| of the upper basin and form the starting
| point of a fountain motive. in which wa
| ter will be used in such subordinate man
| ner that it's absence during the winter Will
not interfere with complete erect.
1t was prescribed also that each com
| petitor should submit sketch model IN
| plaster on scale Of one inch TO the tpot.
| AS soon as convenient after the models
| are submitted the members Of the Column
| bus memorial commission will view them.
and after calling on such expert advice
| as they may deem advisable, will select
| three designs, classifying them as nrst.
second and third. according to merit, re-
| serving always the right to reject any
and all designs If. in their judgment none
| is sufficiently meritorious
Prizes for Three Best Designs.
The author Of the design classed first
will be adjudged the successful competi-
| tor and will be awarded the execution
of all scuptured features. with the I'M
Outstanding that the whole work shall
| be carried out under the architects Of
| the Union station, acting as advisers to
| the Columbus memorial commission. The
authors Of the designs classed second
| and third. respectively, will each receive
| cash prize Of $500
| The successful competitor will receive
total sum OF $4,000. payable in INSTALL
| ments, according to the completion and
acceptance Of the various models. The
| cost Of providing all the necessary ma
| terials, including bronze, granite. carV-
| ings of the same and cost of transporta-
| ton to the site and the setting In place
| and the cost of casting the bronze por-
| tions Of any will be paid by the Column
| bus memorial commission. for which
| there will be available about $4,000.
| The Columbus memorial commission
consists Of Senator G. P. Wetmore Of
Rhode Island. James T. McCleary of Min
nesota, Elihu Root. Secretary Of State:
Luke E. Wright, Secretary Of War. and
Edward l.. Hearne. supreme knight of
the Order of the knights of Columbus.
w. r. Pedigo is secretary of the COM
mission, and Col. c. s. Bromwell. U.S.A,
| is the executive and disbursing officer.
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