The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25

proficiency Is veritably as the breath
II life. Vet there is no other art in which
mere adruitneSs IL ~ soon found out or
so barren 10 charm and hence the searchcr
after technique ia sculpture IL also IN
| evitnhly a searcher after character. after
the personal quality which forms, 80 to
say. the very grain and TEXTURE II tech
nique. That ~ the Twp. that you find N
Andrew O'Connor. on. uf the youngest
and one ~ tha most brilliant members
OF the American school Mr.. CortissoA
gives ia detail the ysrious qualities "
Mr. O'Connor and menti inns the splendid
design for the CommuSiore John Barry
memorial. The article is illustrated aud
may be- found in ut and Progress for
October
In the preCeding number Birge Harrison
has something 20 say Of the Woodstock
school Of landscape painting. of which
he Is the chief praccptor. What he writes
II Of interest. yet We rubbed our eyes az
the following: Paul Dubois, who was
probably the greatest sculptor % the
nineteenth century greater than Rodin.
precisely because he had the big vision,
because he saw and was able to convey
the nobility and beauty - his subject.
while Rodin holds the atteption always
fiNed upon beauty OF surface and detail.
40. You gasp az this Aud hasn't
Rodin the big vision7 or has Mr. Harrison
only seen his small charming pieces
And hasn't Rodin nobility and beauty 10
conception as well as beauty IL surface
and detail, II he hasn't all these things
and many more then no other sculptor
VI the last century had them. IL is
hardly neC~esary To defend Rodin at this
late dav. for he IL easily recognized as the
greatest sculptor % his age. But Of all
men To drag in To oppose him IL Dubois;
it's "a bad as comparing Wagner and
Brahms. II the worthy Woodstock pro-
fessor prefers Dubois, we'll and good;
only he should not attempt tn rob Peter
10 pay Paul. TO denv TO Rodin the very |
things for which he Is celebrated and en- |
deavor to adjust them to the cold AGA
drmic figure " Paul Dubois. For W e. !
Browncll sympathetic critic ~ the arts. !
Dubious has the defect Of impeccabllity
n. adds 1t - not that he does not /
pu-s,ss charm and charm In no mean /
to his larG'nsss and nobility.
hut for the elevation of theSe into the
realm of magic. into the upper air 81
n rntaneous spiritual activity. his imaRi-
nation has for the romantic Imagination
a hich il -. tribe too much self possession
- too much sanity II one chooses He has
HI" ambitions. the faculties. of a lyric
poet and he gives ~ TOO frequently
How high George Grey Barnard ranks
with contemporary French sculptors may
na seen in this notice Of his work which
appeared IN L. Temp, on April p last
Twp great groups in marble flank the
Main entrance TO the Salon. 10y George
troy barnard. old student Of our Ecole
L. B.aux Arts. The grandeur Of in
,yIrltiun in the ensembla. the power ~
q, sentiment. the perfection IN the
erhullue - the statues that Compose
hose groups. has produced among the
french -cuIptorS a profound sensation
uI tuo greatest admiration From the
~ Nav 81 We extract these
words Il discriminating praise Salon
..s Ar'.,te- FrnnCaI- BEFORE seeing the
let ~ glance At the sculpture
F., .p.lN frankly ~ - In -culptur" that
u- nation proves IL indi-putable SUI
,.riuritv. yet W. must a. hosts and also
Cd render justice to "a sculptor full Of
uerEy Notwithstanding inequalities of
rcatment call your attention 10 the
,rol, gS,up=. Burden Il Life and Fra
"rritv Nv the-american sculptor George
Trey Barnard. They are superb in their
NeCuUru.-