New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-28
Louis Urich's Conception
of War Feature of Young
SCulptOrs' Show.
PLEA FOR PEACE
SECOND WINNER
American Girl, Barred from
Third Award by Birth, Takes
Mrs. II. p. Whitney Prize.


1913 sculptors who competed for the
prizes offered by members Of the
Friends OF Young Artists Society made
its selections yesterday from the col
lection of clay and plaster models, each
depicting "War" in some form. on ex-
hibition in the keinhardt Galleries. 565
Fifth Avenue, for two weeks beginning
yesterday.
Louis Urich, a young sculptor, who
won the Helen Foster Barnett prize at
the Academy this year, was declared
the winner of the first prize. His con-
ception of the theme "War." for which
he receives $500 from Helen Foster
Barnett, is expressed in a study in clay,
mounted on an oblong base, the side
panels of which show battleships and
artillery in action, each corner bearing
figure of a man or woman seated and
in an attitude of detection.
Crich's work lends itself particularly
TO the titanic struggle now in progress
in Europe. The group shows three war
horses madly galloping over a battle
field strewn with skulls. A German
cavalryman, sword aloft. and wearing
the typical spiked helmet, rides the
centre horse, while pressing close to
its tanks are steeds, astrde of which
ride figures with deaths heads. The
outstretched hand OF one is touching
the Germans shoulder. 1t holds fam
ing torch. The group as a whole is
spirited example of action on the bat
tlefeld. A smaller group In front OF
the large one shows a little girl cling
ing in despair at the knee of her moth
err, who. seated, is nursing an infant
and weeping over both.
Birth Bars Girl from Prize.
The second prize OF $3.50, offered
by the Society, went to Anthony De
Francisco, who took the Preta Roma
prize in Rome last year. His subject
is plaster figure of man with right
hand appraised and head thrown back,
as if beseeching his Maker for peace.
Tightly clutched in his left hand,
against his thigh, Is skull and broad
dagger, while his arm is encircled by
snake that has almost reached his
shoulder. The third prize of 500, Of
fered by |. Sanford Saltus, open only to
artists of foreign birth. would have
been awarded to Alice Morgan Wright,
but as she is American born the prize
went to James Novelli, whose group in
plaster, colored in bronze, shows an old
peasant mother and her daughter
standing with bowed heads in the fore
ground, while close behind them stand
a team Of oxen yoked together. The
younger woman holds q baby to her
breast
Miss Wright's work which might
appropriately be called "The Dogs Of
War" took one Of the ten prizes of $50
each that Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney
gave. Her example in plaster shows
the figure of giant seated on a globe
throwing the bodies of men slain in
battle from the war dogs in front OF
him to the vultures behind him.
The winners Of the nine other Whit
ney prizes are: Paul Bayerman, who
shows in clay a nude woman standing,
her face buried in the hollow of her
left arm, while her right hand grips
the thigh bone of a man. The base
upon which she stands, in the shape
Of q globe, has figures in bassrelief Of
an elephant, camels, refugees, horse
men, snakes and warriors with shields.
c. s. Pietro, the sculptor, who was
the principal promoter Of the plan for
assisting the young artists, won
Whitney prize. His conception Of war
was a group of eight men-a guns
crew strairing every muscle to get
heavy gun to the front. The other
winners were J. Berdy, Miss Kathryn
Deming, whose effort shows an eagle
swooping down upon nude mother
and babe; its title is Food for the
War; Miss Grace Hoerger, c. Jen-
nenein, Arthur Lorenzani, CASTOR Nys
and Emilio Cyapek.
Those Who Competed.
Miss Marie Drummer, Miss Virginia
Mannion. D. II. Veteran, Adolpho Ra-
mon and F. A. Dessert are in charge
of the exhibition at the Reinhardt Cal
leries.
A complete list OF the sculptors who
competed follows;
]. Accardi. Mis- F. Allerhsnd. Miss Mare Apel
Tomos Badnsr. Miss Edith Baldwin. b r.ul B'SeI
Berdy y Bets o. RJorknan j. BosWorih' Leopo.I
Branecny. J. Bridge olympic BIindesi. A tll
Cs[io,u Gaetsno Cecere F. Cerraccdo. Antonio
Corso. clyde Criswell. Peter Dalton. Miss Helen
p] Hn,bonv De Francsci. Miss KAthYn Demins
Walter Desmo1di Angela Emilio :. -, y = amman TI.ri
p.yid Frsnkei. NJ j. Froelich Il. Gage, Paul
Graham. William Goldman Aaron Goods man
Tn-Les p GTnDSr H,ney Miss Geneveve Hay
Miss Elsa Hasbrouck. Paul Herzel. Miss Grace
hS e Ease %5s' Horen, Albert Humphrey MIS-
I,tsin Miss Anita Jacobs Jenne1Iieini g. - A.
/ Jnhuson NJ KallSh. J. h6plain. Miss IL heilener
/ G Lang Norman La Plant. j. Lambert N; Louis.
Arthur Loren1ani. Alfred LOST William MeseToie'
lawrence MaIdsralL c Marshall, Mchsrd Mas Mas
soni H. MAYNARD. Miss Marjorie Murphy. Hiss
Gwendolin Noble. James Noyeh g. Nys. ,r..,.,,..
petsrssn l. Porter Nathan D. Potter W. J.
Potter Henry Price GasPare PgcciO 4 Kamo a. =.
nh Nicola Rodlno Miss Sophie Rosenthsl. l. T.
Rosenthal. A Rosenthal, John Ruhl. Eugene Ro,
mso q Sanders. Vincent Sanglillano. ar
Schwend.cr Miss Helen smith, Joseph Spesi. Misc
Jessie stGsg and Cesar stes ,- c.. -.
IJndsay Morris Sterling. Neisoro Stems. YIN
cont Saierno A. Terrozh. Nicola Tocco LOUIS
I',icb James ysccaro d vslenan. Miss l.. Won
We,ter. Miss A Wsfen. MIS- Naline Waller MIS-
!, Won Wideurath Miss A. Wright, y. loshioka'
Aln4ander Zeitlin Msrello Zuluttto NJ L. troelc 3.
Pau Graham Joseph kTDsa, Hf T',o Ms2 2.cs
Io.snb Blafora and Irene Marceus