The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-23
Specimens OF Work of Charles
Gunzinger of BrattlebOrO
in Bank OF River
BAS RELIEF OF
SAMPSON AND LION
Employc OF Estey Organ Co. Spends
Spare Moments gculpturing and
Painting-Has Marked Ability ard
Works for Love Of the Art.

Spare Moments Eculpturing and
Painting-Has Marked Ability ard
Works for Love Of the Art.
Carved il the hard clay Of q bank
on the edge Of the Connecticut river I
just over the line in Hinsdale, y. H.. is
life size bas relief Of Samson break
ing the jaws of the lion. Charles /. |
Gunzinger, q Swiss ami student ii
Paris and in Colmar, Germany, OF
painting and sculpture. ) the artist
who did that particular hit of work
and did is for recreation. re * . wall
ued cmployc of the pipe department OF
the Lstcy Organ company and what
painting and carving be does IS on
saturday half holidays, sundays ANA h0i
idays. Ii is = ease OF love OF the work
with him for DE does not att,mI,, 10
sell any Of his prodgcts.
MIR. Guuzin-cr. who has brcn a res-
idcnt Of Erattlehoro little over h.r
reats. CHANGED TO Toe rambling one Sm.
day and noticed this clay bank. H.
thought il woald De good material Is
work with. aui taking from his pocket
q knife. tried the clay he found Fl
hard and frm and without stopping eut
IL the bank the head End bust Of Pres
ident Taft. That was two wears ago
ana during that summer he cut Sos
er&i other studies in the elay Ii =
necessary TO work very rapidly as the
material can be carved only when damp
and DC arlcs very rapidly after being
exposed To the air. This explains vnv
all of the studies are cut deep into the
bank FOR the clay on the Outside is t03
dry 10 work When Mr. Gmlin-er
starts work or study iu the ,lly hank
il must hc finished at one session or
not NJ ail. for the reason indicated.
After his FIRST efforts IN the clae
bank two years $50 he abandoned that
and spent ail az IFS time painting until
this spring. when lie felt laundering
TO renew his efforts in the clav. cud
recently went over ami cut the st1lv
0f samson ain the iion
ar. Gun1iuger was found 90 bis
nome, - Williams street. the other
evening ~ Rcfn~mcr representative
and was giad 10 ten VI his amusement.
a. De- does not SCH anything he paint.
or carrcs hc said that De was perfectly
willing 10 tab, about II au3 himself
Tie WIS born in Switzerland aud le-
came connected with the organ indus
try Later hc went TO Paris. whore hc
went into business amt where ne asso-
ciatcd with number of Young men
who were sculptors and whesc lie hail
an opportunity 10 study When hc hal
an opportunity to 20 10 Colmar. Ger
MANY, for further work NJ the organ
industry. he had q chance to study
painting and sculpture under Prof
kuutz
While there his brother. August. who
had come TO Brattleboro a. q tsrcr iu
the Estey shops and who Is a finished
piano player sent for him t0 como
over and De followed lie spends his
Sundays just now in the fields paint
ing and drawing and his little horne IS
filed with the results IF his skin
with pencils ana brushes
The works Of Mr. Gunzingcr reveal
wonderfully artistic conception and
temperament, and many persons who
have journeycd across the bridge to
| sec his mouldings III clay have OK.
pressed their admiration in positive
terms