The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-01-02

sign, / went to work on a differan,
basis, and 1t took me n long time to ee,
what wanted.
After a good deal of thought on the
supJect l made he new design. The po-
sitloh OF the angels is not materially
changed, but the ines Of contour are,
Inc mar n expression are different
nut there is no question of sex In them
ihey are angels, and L could not make
them mere men.
aside from the artistic n,noseih,1i+,
OF making a brargny, muscular figure
LOT such a purpose, it would. to NV
mind, be sacrilegious. 10y
AS the angels now stand recut. they
are 10 me neither men nor omen-the
are but angels. L don't know what they
may be to others.
Ihe figures arc changed, of course.
put they are by no means the figures
VI men. 1T recruiting them | kent my
MIND on the idea that they must be
ellohg,, powerful angels not gentle,
sympathetic, heavenly figures. Perbans
1t is the power that / wished TO i,nnart
IN the recruiting and new designing that
Hiarks them and stamps them with a
more masculine form.
NOW, suppose we talk OF something
rise ana let the angels rest in peace.
hey are out of my hands now and for
ever, and a hard time they've had"
- comment upon the miniature re-
In bronze of the group THE
Mares OF Diolnedes," which stands in
the metropolitan Museum of Art, start
- d conversation about America and
.te west, Mr.. Borglum's love for the
Dig. free, open prairies and mountains
anu theh on to art Ia America. Mr..
standing In front of his fig
ure of John w. Mackay, made this new
ana startling mark
There is the type OF man who ia
making American art"
Inc inquire is to he n1oreJ 4, F-o,+ or
.he School of Mines at Reno, New, and
IS a gift of Clarence Fl. Mackay. who
desired that the figure of his father be
ciaa IN his mining clothes, with the
PICK, winch was the best friend of the
forty-Nfner and the emblem of the men
of the Big Bonanza DAYS.
l con suppose you quite see how T
connect u man of the mines with Amer
lean art. Well this is my idea of It.
Ailerlcahs today are reaching that same
OF inlnd which filed the Athen-
lahs Wnen they returned to their city
rom tr1u1nphs in other countries. and
of a sudden realizing their wonderful
as a nation and people. tore
.hsir ,atuary from their walls, and in
!, INJURED years built another art so
.ver since. ~ h'eo
before long America will have a SUI
,erp arr or her own, a strong, virile art
nat can never be mistaken for that of
s Italy or France. It's very
,trength and boldness will mark r. as
When that time comes We
nan have men as fearless as Rodin"
men you would not advise young
,Ilerican artists to go broad? asked
ne writer. Mr.. Borglum stretched his
~ IA front OF the fire and wor-
Jack, the studio dog, with his toe.
1 should not advise him to 60 at the
eginnlng OF his work. But after he
as arrived at real accomplishment,
- saa Nc may go and profit by the things
e sees. The real duty of the American
rust IS the development Of ideas tvn-
.alty American. After the young stu
ent has been in Paris, and in that
rs r staa Italy. and he has contem-
iated the wonderful work OF the nen-
les before his time, but work that doe.
OF belong to him-after this, he has
nat one might call a polyglot art that
axes him but mediocre in his work
~ldtyfduality.,' ahd