Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-09
Want Bureau of Fine Arts.

| The committee will condemn the present
| system and recommend that the only way
| to meet this situation Is by establish
ment of a government bureau similar to
the fine arts departments of France, Ger
many, England and Italy. and the re-
| port will give the history and experience
| of each. The committee will present
resolution passed at the recent interna-
| tional congress of architects at Vienna
urgently recommending every government
| to establish a bureau of fine arts, and
will submit arguments to support the
proposition from both artistic and eco
nomical reasons.
actment by Congress of a law covering
| the following point:
| 1. The establishment Of department,
| or at least bureau. of fine arts.
.. That the jurisdiction of the super
vising architect of the Treasury be ex-
| tended to include all buildings erected by
| the government. and that it's office be
| transferred to the bureau of fine arts
when organized.
s. That there shall be a consulting
council. composed of eminent architects,
| sculptors painters and other artists and
| laymen distinguished for their knowledge
| and interest in the fine arts. to be ap-
! pointed by the President from lists OF
persons submitted by organizations OF
| artists and architects Of recognized re-
| sponsibility.
| 4. That the recommendations of this
counsel shall be binding upon the chief
| of the bureau of fine arts, as the repre-
sentative of the government. in all trans
| actions involving the employment of ar
| lists for public works.
s. That all public works shall be SUI
| pervised by the bureau of fine arts.
| 6. That the bureau of fine arts shall
| have jurisdiction over educational mat
| tiers pertaining to fine arts, including the
Academy of Rome, and shall maintain
| bureau of information for the dssemina-
| ton of useful information among schools.
| colleges and universities; that it shall
| provide for the establishment of a sys-
| tenn of national museums in different
| parts of the country and for the circu-
| lation of works of art and publications re-
| lating thereto; and that it shall have SUI
pervision of all archaeological investiga-
| tons and the preservation of historic
monuments.
To Exhibit Saint Gaudens' Works.
Another especially interesting feature
of the convention this year will be an ex-
hibition of many original casts of the
works of the late Augustus Saint Gau-
dens at the Corcoran Art Gallery. which
| will be open to the public until the 18th of
/ January. The casts include altogether
| about $50 examples, some of his earliest
| and some of his latest works, and nearly
all his principal sculptures. They will
be arranged so as to show the develop
| ment of his genius from the time he was
| a student in the Latin quarter at Paris
| forty years ago. Among his first works
are busts and PLAQUES nf his fellow stu
dents Charles Follen McKim. Stanford
| White. Walter Cary, Francis Davis Millet
and others. His first important bust was
| of his father. Mr.. Bernard Saint Gaudens
which was made in 1867. and his first
| statue was Silence" signed and dated in
1874. 1t now belongs to the Grand Lodge
| of Freemasons of the state of New York
| 1t represents the figure of a woman of
| heroic size. with cloak over her head
| which partially covers the face, the right
| hand raised and the forefinger upon her
lips
| The next statue of Importance and the
first ever modelled by Saint Gaudens for
| a public place, was that of Admiral Far
/ ragut, which stands at the northeast cor
| ner of Madison Square Garden New York
| city, and was made at Paris in 1S79-SO
| exhibited there in the salon of 1880 and
| erected and unveiled in New York in
| 1881. 1t marked an epoch in American
| sculpture. The original models and
| studies for the statue will be displayed
and an opportunity will be given to com
| pare it with his later works, like the 'Pu-
i ritan," a stalwart bronze figure of a man
| in Puritan costume with a peak-croWned
hat long flowing cloak and the right
| hand grasping the head of a staff. This
| represents Deacon Samuel Chaplin, one of
| the founders of Springfield. Mass, and
| was erected in that city in 1887. SINH
| lar statue called THE Pilgrim" was
made in 1892 for the New England So