The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-02
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Sir Moses EZEKIEL, the great Viz
GINA sculptor whose studio is in
Rome, Italy, and who Was then in
Richmond, was called before US by |
wire. We only knew him by reputa-
tlon, but dlllsent inquiry had acquaint
ed us with his ~antecedents. What he
has done is here a matter Of inter
est, and without waiting for the con-
sent of the artist, we venture on u
own responsibility to give the follow
ing extracts from a beautiful paper.
Moses Ezekiel-Sculptor," read by
Mrs. Charles Herbert Silliman,
Chairman Of Art before Dixie
1918:
Sir Moses Ezekiel.
In Richmond, Va. on the 2Sth of
october, 1884, Ezekiel was born.
AZ seventeen he went TO Virginia
Military Institute, Lexington. From
there in 1864 he marched with the 225
cadets the 100 miles to Newmarket
wherc-side by side with seasoned vet
erans-these boys planted their com
Panys victorious flag upon the Gals
son CT splendid Federal forces. All
the experiences of active service, vic
tory, defeat, feasting Gpon the full
garner of the enemy and fasting on
tiieir cwn empty one, made :rHpres
sionS upon the youthful patriot that
future years were to bring forth in
deathleSs marble.
Above the speakers desk
in his head OF Jefferson; in the Navy
Yard there is his Farragut; in the
riches on the outside of the Cereoran
Art Gallery are his colossal statutes
Of great artists.
In front of III rotunda Of
the University Of Virginia is his JEFF
ferson-spirited, refined, exalted in ex-
pressiOn-Jefferson in his young man
hood, for he was only thirty-three
when he wrote the Declaration Of In
dependence.
His Mrs. Fisk and his exquisite re-
cumbent statute Of Mrs. Andrew D.
White, are at Cornell University. So,
in many places in America, in homes,
parks, galleries, and institutions, his
work is found and honored.
Abroad it is even more widely
known and is found in every country
in Europe.
j Emperor Of Germany and the
Grand Duke of Saxe-Meinigen have
conferred upon him the Cavalier
Crosses; and the King of Italy tho
Cross of an Officer of the Crown
He has been honored and feted in al
possible ways in appreciation and a q
miration Of his surprising genius and
as q mark Of the great esteem anG
) love in which he is universally held
!, In Paris his Christ Entombed' re
poses in the chapel built as a menlor
ial to the victims Of that frightfu
bazaar fire which staggered humanit!
some years ago. One stands in ave
and silence before this figure Of ma
7 jestic serenity-the power OF fina
triumph is upon the beautiful face
/, and your heart is filled with the low
: that is past understanding. 81
. Moses always puts the finishing
, touches himself upon the marble, ant
he devoted three years of patient la
: Der to this one.
= History of Napoleon so comprehen
: sive IS it, and it is now in Los Angeles
: Cal"
The Design.
. h artist had never sought tn
> committee, put when called before
he mad a design already m mind. Ihl
he outlined as 4 heroic-slzad figure
typifying the South: IN her extende'
:. fright hand q laurel wreath Wit
= which to crown the dead her left han
: resting on a ploW-stocn, and under
meath, on a circular base, figures rep
resenting the heroisfn n sacrlhee
OF the men and women Of the SontE
The contrac. gave the artist = IRE
hand.
The central idea Of IL
which was outlined in the contrae
is peace for the living and honor t
the dead this was CT course given on
TO contributors. Contributors hav
Deer for the most part quite small
anc, as was desirable. came lroi
: thousands Of men. women and chi
:. dren, mostly Confederate ~syHirathiz
ers. IT is more blessed to give TIA
receive. and thase who give for
~ patriotic purpose are blessed VIE u
crease CT patriotism.
= The Twenty-thir4 New Jersey va
%uutarily sent one hundred dollar
Other sur1s have cefse, Hkew Use III
h solicited, but always welcome, trol
- Other Union soldiers.
Must Speak for Itself.
= TEe completed monument, hclut
n ing the base of plsnth, and thirty-tv
&c life-sized figures, all III fnn relief. 50
n frounding il, is entirely of bronze. TT
"a artist is furnishing no description
Il for the press, ana he insists. arts
- like, thet the monument m1st spea
10 for itself.