The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27

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nasntAl rork an that shs hAs dons. shs
J has produced a number Of portraits.
many Of them for peraons On the weet.
and among thoss Of Eastern people +
one Of the late John Stewart Kennedy.
who not only admired her workmanship
but the Independence with which shs
chung TO the development Of her art.
Her bust Of Mr.. Kennedy h well known
and exisss IN more than ono example.
A Elinras Of Miss Longnan's mental
attitude toward the functions % her art
may be Afforded by her comment when
some one. gripped in the bonds Of trA.
dition. remarked in regard 70 the An
nApoIis doors-which are here reproduced
that they did NOT seem 20 be religioua.
az their place in a chapel might demand.
Miss LonGman replied that 10 her u
seemed that the aspiring and the MILL
tAry were quite a. much tn be suggested
in such a place as the religious idea which
In countless PLACES the world over h
figured by angels Moreover. she thought
that idea sufficiently indicated by the
angels holding wreaths OF glory at the
bases Of her doors.
Miss LOngman IN now at work upon
doors for the new library at Wellesley
College. Her scheme for these is wholly
different from that for the Naval Academy
work They are to represent Wisdom
and Charity When working in marble
Miss Ionzman always finishes the work
herself instead Of leaving u 70 the work
men.
Besides being a member Of the National
Sculpture Society. Miss Longman has
lately been elected an associate member
81 the National Academy Of Design. A
decorative portrait Of her painted for the
academy by Milton Bancroft II hung
on tina line in the current exhibition OF
the National Academy in tho Fine Arts
Building in West Fifty-seventh street.
Mrs. Carol Brooks MacNeil is the wife
% Herman A. MacNeil. sculptor % thu
Mckinley monument At Columbus. Ohio.
among many other works. who 10 nc pres
snt the president Of tho National Sculpture
Society. Mrs. MacNoil has never essayed
any of the ambitious. monumental work
which her husband delights in and h
noted for but abe has diversihed her
activities TO good purpose in lees ample
undertakings.
Mrs. MacNsil In the daughter az an
artist and sbs started life With painting.
hut forsook IL for what she found tho
greater love. sculpture. She has pro-
duoed some excellent busta and figures
of considerable sine. but lattsrly has de-
veloped a fondness for doing smaller
figures Of . spriRhtly character. some
times A. ornamental supports 10 articles
Of utility-cOdee urns. flower vases. ink
stands. chafing dishes. even q samovsr.
In those objects her conceptions usually
take the form Of personihod flowers or %
child moods or thoughts. She has two boys
(who sometimes help their father 20 swim
on the shores OF the MacNeil home nc
College Poinf). and she has stepped her.
self in q love for child life and the UNI
articulated thoughts Of children. Out
Of this has grown q very personal way ~
expressing her ideas Of these a. the buds
Of towering humanity. whether working
them out in portraits or a. decorative
figures.
She has modelled her boys in a portrait
group and set about the task Of execut-
ing il in marble with her own hands.
One Of her sculptures. entitled Too
Late: Ys Cannot Enter Here" owned by
Mrs. Cyrus n. Mccormack o9 Chicago.
presents one OF the Foolish virgins just
overcome by the realization Of her zen.
tence. The First Lesson here re-
produced. h one Of Mrs. MaoNeils latest
productions.