Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-14
Art Notes
BY ELIZABETH wAGGoNER

In an article recently published in
the Philadelphia Record on THE Stat
ues in Fairmount Park and How They
Got There reference is made to the
Meade monument by Alexander Milne
Calder, the Scotchman who settled in
Philadelphia at the age of % and whose
work is SO much in evidence in the
city of his adoption. He won the prize
for making the Meade statue over
seventeen competitors and modelled it
in an old bronze factory which he used
as his studio The statue of William
Penn on the Philadelphia city hall and
groups for the tower of the city nall
are some other specimens of Calder's s
important work. The son of this sculp-
tor, Alexander Stirling Calder, is also
represented in Fairmount park by a
beautiful sculptured group of figures
supporting the sundial, and we are
fortunate in having in the sculptured
doorway at Throo~ Polytechnic insti-
tute in Pasadena a fine example of
the work of the younger Calder, end
one of the first important sculptural
commissions to be executed in South
ern California.
All art lovers who have fingered be-
fore the delightful canvases of Jules
Pages during the times they have been
a personal pleasure at the announce
nnent of the honors that have been be-
slowed upon this painter by the French
government.
Mr.. Pages has been made Chevalier
de la Legion d'Honeur, the highest
honor bestowed by the government,
and is the only native California ar
tist on whom this high honor has been
bestowed. This decoration comes after
cell 1aHyh hTVa n Crnc m
Paris. during which he has exhibited in
the salon, received the bronze medal.
the silver medal, which is repeated
twice before the bestowal of the gold
medal, then the coveted hors concours,
and last the highest honor given by the
government.
The California Art club had charge
of the program at the Chautauqua art
exhibition at the Long Beach public
library Saturday evening, the affair
being in the nature of a reception for
the members of the club and their
friends. "Art Student Life in Mum
ich'' was the subject of talk by VIII
liam Wendt and Charles P. Austin
was chosen by the club to speak on
1.-THE Bohemian Life of Paris. me
part taken b. the California Art club
in the present exhibition has been an
important one and the canvases shown
in that section speak we'll for the
standards of this new organization.
The club has continued its regular
monthly meetings throughout the
summer. the last being held at the
studio of Aaron Putnam with A. G.
Connor presiding in the absence OF the
president, Frank Liddell.
Mr.. and Mrs Malcolm Macleod en-
tered last week for the first time their
summer retreat at Redondo. which
bears the delightfully."- Scotch name OF
"Wee Biggin," a seaside cottage with
all the conVeniences and artistic fit
tnigs of a more pretentious dwelling.
and it is their intention later TO erect
a studio proper on an ADJOINING lou
Mrs. Macleod will spend much of her
time in this restful SPOT during the
months of August and September. com
ing into the city only for certain life
classes. The summer session of the
School of Art and Design is still In
progress. Miss Daisy Hughes and
Langdon Smith having both returned
from their vacations and resumed
charge of their classes.
The Art Students league will have
an exhibition of work in the Blanchard
hall art gallery for one week begin
ming August Is. At this time Rex
Slinkard will exhibit several of his
drawings and paintings. Mr. Slinkard
is a former student of the league VINO
has been studying with Robert Henri
in New York during the past two
years. Pruett Carter, who left few
days ago for New York, will alsp ex-
hlbit a number of his illustrations
This exhibition will be of especial In
terest. as it is the first since the
school has been under the direction OF
Mr.. Cristadoro who possesses excep-
tionaI qualifications for this work,
coming direct from New York city
with the inspiration of study under
some of our strongest painters.