Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-07
COpPINI, SCULPTOR
OF SOUTHERN CAUSE

tlNNthNtN fINih i'HHH t-t.l
nlx y,ais. coppini oamc to Texas ,n
1909 tn model thc five statues which
now ldorn thc Confederate Monument
at AuHtin
I'm November pl ihnt year thc statue
of Rec lsufNf g. BGrlcauu. Waco. was
the tfsi mouuutnt awarded to hlm boz
Texas ~ was Won in U0mpcutiun. and
a. considered one of hls best portrait
statues The john " Reagin monu-
ntnt with It's nneroricll FIGURE % thc
l.psi Cause ~ rhp South" nt hts feet
is said hy criNOa 90 bc Wnrthy of this
eminont statesman
~ reflects tina gudi, iduailiy and orr
ialnaiits ni tho sculptor The rrsr
i Ranger Monument ON the Clpitni|
\ Grounds nt Austin stands as an es-
Unable portrayal ~ the yalaroua deeds
/ Dc commemorate
The Galveston NewH of 1907 nts,
This statue. 10 ia said is one ~ the
Finest ana most perfect in America.
THE Hangers are very much piruTDd
with hr work of AIR Coppinl the
sculptat on whose gonius this m9nu
merit |s mo- product
in 1905 Cpppini Was chosen from flt-
teen uf Americas best scuiptors 90
make che equestrian statue of General
iobr ifant Morgan THIS memorial
Twas unveiled October u. 1911. in ihc
.aoutthnusD suuaie 40 icNluston. Ken
tucky "H is maFinnecrt. e-lkc
statue aud loeia ukc General MorEan
did when Boz battle $50 wrote Governor
James o. NgCreary az Kentucky and
Alr fnAhail n phnEcr1cld q citizen
af hish authority in "a lcitcr On i.eN p
netpn newspaper said "rhe monu-
mont will hNc nn houor Co Kentucky
amid ta thr country nnd j tribute. more
matine than BRASS Oh thc sculptor
Tine Department NJ ruhlte lrstruc-
flnu oi MeNito vngaeod Coppiui o. make
hnai of General pnr nnd. while
Visiting 800 the MeNlctn capital he was
commissioned BIS the American colony
Iin design statue Oi Washington which
b W3s to tc erected hN the colony and
s presented as s. sln Oh the ucighhor
rcuuuuc
This memorial represents Washing
lou Boo tht prime 80 manhood and BE-
m ascord with the simpllci,y which
i ever characterized the great man him.
self llc stlnds with head upliftcd la
&eiiue while the righi hand is eN.
tended ln good fellowship 90 The SISTER
fNNNNtiN NNN AIfN lHAN MHNkNh iNtiINNl
s inc heart O. ls indeed an ideal con.
p csption and may well hc conceded 9,
b hr the artists masterpiece
y There are MANI other noted works "
= the unitod states and Europe that were
D designed and executed hy Cppplnl hu
Interest TODAY is concentrated ON hN
5 last great achievement the ruhin
q Drinking Fountain Tor Corpus Christi
3 the eif, of ,ac United Daughters 81 th'
sfConfedcrscv to this city la honor %
a. The Confederate herors.
The description ~ the fountain a.
% sivcn hy tho artist himself appear
elsewhere. but % greatest interest &
g me ciuacns 81 Corpus christi Is al
90 facs that Coppini Is magnanimpusl
g donating a. the DAUGHTERS. the dcsig
q and has personal work The real ,aiu
AZ u ghc fountain saf exceeds is cost
coppinis strons personal individual
d., appears Ia An his varied works q
ant. but apart from his merits az scnlp
tor and artist. he maintains an enviahl
y reputation az "a man. An additions
,f honor Is thrown around him nv IA
personal charms gracious manner an
't sindnens of heart. an 81 which hav
u enaeared him % those who kaow hig
y intimately
Wen does be deserve = place amor
. our masters " modern art