New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-20
base form q beautifully designed pro-
eession Of figures beautifully modelled.


whore else. !, would make welcome
high light anywhere. Vet even a.
write those words | am brought back
10 tho principle Of which YOU can never
lose sight Cor any length of time a.
This fair. the principle Of ail-embrac-
ing unity.
speak Of Nh McNeirs statue i'm this
fcryid way just from an art critics Joy
~ accla'mirC the successful WORK OF
true artist. and there arc other pieces
or sculDfarc here which invite much
tho same apprcciative comment. There
arc W.. Ncinwau's two nude rgure
poised upon their fountain pillars IN
tho Court of the Universe. There IS
MISS lo0cman's futtcrinR "Nictory
SURF. our',ug her Fountain Of Cores in
the Court of thc Four Seasons. But
much q you admire these productions,
when You come 10 close quarters with
them .t is their value rs factors m the
ensemble that gives YOU the deeper
salts faction. Let US once and for all
oier SIS she idea Of the high hight and
'h.uN NJ the plastic decoration only IN
its larger aspects.
From that point OF view II Is. by
,ho way. h,tlc sad. and little droll.
.ra. 'hc first Of the great monuments
to 20 encountered on entering the far
should be seriously hurt IN its broad
effect by tactiesS detail. Mr.. 4. Stir
ling Calder the late Karl Bitter's right
hand man in the development Of sculpt-
rro for the fair. Is responsible for
some 90 the most admirable work here
and lie f.My deserved the honor Of
making the Fountain Of Energy. which
-,s lust between the Tower of Jewels
and the main entrance He has JUST
fed h,wsa.' almost completely The
globe which makes his central motive.
lie rulo horscmaa Crowuirg II. and
-rc .1ortIr. sea monsters iu the broad
basin below. are an welded together I'm
n delightful spirit Of plCturcsquercs
Clouds Of water touch the affair with
inst the right MONDAY SUr.It magic.
WHY. J wonder, did Mr.. Calder then
think 70 necessary 20 balance on the
shoulders of his horseman a couple
o. young winged trumpeters? The waC
who dubbed these figures "supcrhuouS
energy" was as wise as he was witty.
hey pretty nearly ruin brilliant con
ccntion. turning an otherwise impress
sivc ho~seman into an attitudlnizlng
circus rider.
There is another instance of monu-
mcrt partially invalidated which ! have
is
il, no wise 20 blame. When Mr.. Robert
Aiken showed the model for his Foun-
tain o. Earth for the Court Of Album
dance q. the Architectural League last
winter. every one saw that he had made
great step iu h'S career and every
one aprrovcd the bestowal Of the Medal
OF Honor upon his work. When ! went
TO see II at the fair ! expected 10 sec
one o. the bright particular trlumphs
Of the occasion. The design, executed
TO full scale. looked finer than when |
had studied Ii in the model. In every
detail Of execution il was palmer, too,
that Nh Aitken had made substantial
progress. But this is fountain call
ing for special administration, and
there something has broken down. The
rosy glow created beneath u al night
does not envelop il enough TO bring
out all its beauty, and, what is worse,
the use Of heat in this process has re.
Qured the application Of some kind OF
protective paint 10 the whole structure.
This is dull yellow, which fairly kills
the sculpture. Floods of water pouring
over the thing would help, but in the
daytime. when the fountain is playing, I
the streams squirting over the globe in
the centre are too thin 10 relieve its
nate. for the Fountain Of Earth is
powerful work Of art.
In the Court of the Universe all the
sculptors are in luck. Mr. Weinman is
perhaps the most 10 he envied. Never .
before has he modelled two such love y .
nudes az the Rising Sun and descend /
ing Night. and never has he been more /
skilful i'm the representation Of move +
ment. The winged youth symbolizing .
the Rising Sun. poised upon his toes .
with arms outstretched and face up /
lifted. is in every fibre prepared TO .
soar heavenward. and there in the .
Court Of the Universe the globe upon .
which he pauses is lifted into the air 4
with an Undesirable felicity. Out OF .
the wide floor of flowers the basins OF
the fountain and the tall pillar seem
literally TO rise with the lightness Of .
bird. This effect is repeated in the .
fountain on the opposite side Of the .
court. where the winged maiden SYM
boiling Descending Night comes noise /
lesslv to rest. The beauty of the whole .
scheme is. in the most exquisite sense. /
graceful and aerial. To look down /
from beneath the Tower OF jewels, be
tween these fountains, 20 the Adventur-
Gus Bowman lifted against the blue SKY .
ever the bay is TO enjoy an lncompara- ,
bic sensation. | cannot get over this .
alchemy OF the sky. When the sun is .
really shining here the heavens are /
Siciliau blue. Then, too. one appreci- +
ates once more the judgment used by .
Mr.. Guerin in his color scheme for the .
fair His richest tint, the heavy burnt .
orange with which he has covered some /
Of the Statuary on the sky line, is not, /
perhaps. the most lovable tint in the .
world by itself. but it tells gloriously /
against the blue.
This is magnficently the case where .
the two prodigious groups on the east .
and west arches of the Court OF the .
| inverse are concerned. Three sculpt- .
ors worked on these groups, calder.
Leo Lentelli and Frederick Roth. An /
eloDbant. camel and other animals
figure in the eastern group. An old .
prairie schooner dominates the group .
on the west. Both compositions are, |
roughly. pyramidal in character. both .
are bulky and distinctly picturesque IN /
silhouette. MIR. Calder made no ms
tako when he designed them; he intro .
duced no teasing superfuous details:
lie got. instead. the very last shade OF .
decorative expressiveness, Kept ms .
GROUPS absolutely massy and monu- .
mental, vet caused them 10 terminate
the architectural scene at the TWO focal
points involved as with grand hourish T.
Of Roman gorgeousness, portentous' /
but having about It the ease ana nat
uralness Of life itself.
No there was nothing quite like /
this At Chicago, with the possible eN-
contion Of that fountain by MacMon-
MOS and his virtuosity, successful /
80 !, v,as fell short of the inevitable