The San Francisco call., 1910-07-10
I'm che Art World
By Margaret Marshall Doyle

That women are rapidly stepping to
the front in the world of art, as well
as in the world of letters, and are be-
ginning to share equal. honors with
men, has been fully demonstrated in
the recent success of Miss Belle Kinney
of Nashville. Tenn. whose monument
to the Women of the Confederacy is
to adorn the capital of each of the
southern states. excepting South Caro-
lima.
Miss Kinney's design was the one
selected by. the committee out of the
u submitted She was the only woman
who contributed to the open competi-
ton.
Among the contestants were such
well known artists as Lewis Potter of
New York. Comrade Dupree of Texas,
Armetis of Italy and RuchstahI OF
South Carolina, as well as many other
distinguished artists, but Miss Kin
ney's conception of the women of the
war times, with their mingled grief
and bravery, was just what was needed
to appeal TO the old soldiers who had
seen and lived through the troubled
times. 1t was exactly what they want
ed and her design was unanimously
accepted. The other artists objected
SO strenuously, however. that the con-
tract was not definitely awarded to
Miss Kinney until December %, six
months after she submitted her design.
She has been working on it ever since
and has recently completed the group.
Ten monuments in all will be made
for the 10 states of the south, and will
be a perpetual monument not only to
en- Of he.
to the clever sculptor herself, who in
herits great deal of talent from her
ancestor. Sir Thomas Lawrence, the
famous English painter.
The monument is composed of three
figures, the central one representing
Fame. On the left is a confederate
soldier, who with his death grasp is
trying to raise once more the confed-
crate flag. On the right a southern
Is placing the palm of victory on his
breast, all oblivious of Fame, who, for
her devotion to the soldier and to the
cause, is putting a crown of laurel on
her head. The design is of heroic size,
with the central figure eight feet high.
The 10 mpnuments will cost $4,000
each. without the base. which will be
different for each state.
Miss Kinney was-born in Nashville,
Tenn, and while still a child won a
gold medal at the Tennessee centennial
exposition in 1897 for a portrait bust
of her father. Later she studied at the
Art institute in Chicago. and has also
been a teacher in the same institution.
She hopes eventually to settle definitely
in New York and open studio there.
Paul de Longpre. the noted artist,
whose love for flowers has won him
world fame as a painter, has been
spending a few days in this city en-
route to his home and studio in Pasa-
dena- De Longpre has just returned
from two months trip to Honolulu
His time in the islands was spent in
resting and sight seeing. His brush
and palette were laid aside for the
time. His genius. however, found
bent in a new and equally interesting
direction, as the tedium of the trip
was relieved by his latest fad-that of
music. The arts are supposed to fit
perfectly into each other, and this
seems to be true In De Longpre's case,
as he is composing comic opera, and
those who were permitted to hear por-
tions of il on his return trip from
Honolulu say that the strains are
sweet and catchy and appealing. II
this is so the famous southern painter
may win still further laurels for him
self in the public eye. On his return
to Pasadena he will again take up
his painting and In the wiRter may
possibly hold a collective exhibition
in this city as well as in Los Angeles
Carl Oscar Borg will remain few