Evening star., 1909-02-26
Competition Open to All.


After accepting the general design the
commission invited certain representative
artists of Europe and the United States
to submit competitive designs and models
of statue of Columbus to fit into the ap-
proved architectural scheme. The artists
specially invited to compete were Angus
tin Querol OF Spain. Augustus Revolta
and Cesare Zocchi of Italy. and F. w.
MacMonnies. Daniel c. French and Lo-
RADIO Taft of the United States
MacMonnies and French notified the
meet the wishes Of the commission be-
cause of other engagements. The compe-
tition was opened to all other artists who
chose to submit designs. with the under
standing that they did 80 on their own
responsibility.
Favorable responses were received from
nineteen artists from both the United
States and abroad. Their models have
been on private exhibition on the fifth
floor of the War Department building
since December 1. During that period
they have been closely and carefully in
spected by two committees Of artists of
high standing. who were requested by the
commission to report on the respective
artistic merits of the various models in
order to assist the commission In making
it's award. This report was submitted to
the commission several weeks ago and the
commissioners have since personally in
spected the different models
List of the Competitors.
The competing models were submitted
by the following-named artists:
John G. Hardy, Providence, r. l.; Henry
Crenier. New York, n. Y: Philip Martiny
New York, N. Y; John X. Daniels, ST
Paul. Mimi; Hans schuler. Baltimore
Md: Jerome Conner. Syracuse, N. Y.
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Taft, Chicago, ILL.,: II. Augustus Luke
man. New York. N. Y; Alfred H. Sauder
New York. n. Y; Henry Herring. New
York, n. Y; Giuseppe Donate. Philadel-
phia, Pa; Charles ]. Pike, New York
n Y: J. Otto Schweizer, Philadelphia
Pa: Leo Lenteln, New York n. Y.
Pierre Feitu. New York. n. Y; Cesare
Zocchi Turin, Italy; Louis Weingartner
| Bromsgrove, England; Agustin Querol
Madrid. Spain.
The memorial commission held a meet
ing at the War Department yesterday
afternoon and took final action In the
matter. There were present Secretaries
| Wright and Bacon and Senator Wetmore
| The reports of the two advisory commit
| tees Of artists were fully considered. The
| first art committees consisted of Danie
c. French, Karl Bitter, Adolph a. Vein
man and Henry NJ. Shrady, and the sec
| ond of D. II. Burnham, Francis D. Mil
| lett and Herbert Adams.
The Order or Merit.
AS a result the commission announced
| that it had classified the competing
models in the following order Of merit
First the model by Mr.. dorado Taft, sec
| ond, the model by Mr.. Philip Martiny
third. the model by Mr.. Augustin QuerOl
| The author of the design classed frs,
will be awarded the contract for the exc.
cution of all sculptured features, witt
| the understanding that the whole WORK
| shall be carried out under the supervision
of the architects of the Union station
acting as advisers to the Columbus me
mortal commission. The authors of the
designs classed second and third, re-
! spectively, will each receive a cash prize
of $500.
! The successful competitor will receive
a total sum of $4,000. payable in install
ments. according TO the completion anC
acceptance of the various models. The
cost of providing all the necessary mate
| rials. including bronze, granite carving.
of the same and cost of transportation Il
the size and the setting in place and the
cost of casting the bronze portions d1
any will be paid by the Columbus memo
| rial commission, for which there will b,
available about $4,000