The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30

sculpturs Of the younger
school. He is t.ttrr" Cadorin, WIZ.
according to his former sclloolinate
and occasional culiahorator Gabrielle
D'Annunzlo. translates in his clay
the mystery OF the feminine soul
Signor Cadorin is lccturing N
Italian art and letters at COLUMBIA.
His arrival III this land was somewhat
precipitatc, as he had barely time ~
ack his bag and jump on n Gamer ~
answer to - cihlsd 10 tax"
the place Of Prof E~ignngciri. recalled
10 Italy 10 Join tn. colors. u IL there
fore ~prohlcmaticdl whether his stu
dents know that their tall YOUNG pro-
fcssor with his thick red hair ana
flowing musta"he IN the style uf k!n
Humbert IL tho man who was chosen
to execute the memorial tablet t.
Richard Wagner that distinguishes the
Palace \endranin-t'alerGi in Venice.
THIS edliiCc, hett"r kaown To tourists
as the Wagner palace. was the Hbinc
II the composer during his residence
IN Venice. Here II was thar the mas
ter wrote u par; Of "larsiial."
Several years ago when a group nj
l ltttN i'ils't Wv ~ ~ g wa
ceived the idea OF marking the palace
with a tablet it was D'.\nnunzi". they
decided. who should the in
scription and T.ttore Cadurin VIII"
should mould the marble. Now the
visitor in Venice who traEerscs the
Natery lanes in search of historical
, associations IA read from the chisel
If Cauur.n tbs sentiment by DAUnun-
H.o in marble on the side of the Palace
Nenditlnin-t dltr-it
In this palace tho son ran hear
The soul ~ Richard Wagner pcrpe'-
uating its,if as the tides that ave
these marble"
: bearing in mind the case "f Each.
the composer. If horcdity count for
aught N the development Of genius,
then Cadorin may be said to come uy
his talents naturally. For five CEN
turtles his furebears have been sculp-
tors, and they maintained one Of the
nine studios sanctioned by the ancient
Republic Of Venice. His father, Vim
cenzo. Is "A furniture carver aud de-
siencr of International reputation,
some specimens of whose work may
be seen in the Cooper Union Museum
in this city.
Al a child Ettore began early to do
velbp the family Sift. One day when
ne was a y%oungster Of IL Queen Mar
gherita, now the Queen Mother. viz
tied his fathers studio and noticed
tie head of "A horse that EttOre had
carved In wood. The boy had never
seen Il horse. this species Of mammal
being as rare to Venice AS IA COW To
the children of Manhattan Island. lie
had formed his model after horses IN
picture books. and so pleased was
the Queen with his display of
original talent tina some days later
she sen him "a little wool shirt.
From that day forward the Queen
las followed his career, and later,
when he had achieved success in tho
form OF sculpture in which some of
his friends think he has done his best
work, bas-rcl!ef p%ortraiture in ivory,
the Queen commissioned him to make
such a portrait of the royal children
Again she called on him to design and
execute for her n silver jewel casket.
While in the circles Of art IL is whis'
pered that royal commissions are
! hardly To be considered as critcria OF
genius, so provcrbially atrocious is n,
taste Of royalty as IA rule. yet Signo,
CadOrin is ~undeniahly proud of these
indications Of interest from his dis
tingulshcd patroness,
1t has been said that soine OF Signoi
: cadorin's finest works are his ivory
bas-rclicfs, and hat these alone are
sufficient foundation for his position
; European s%culptors, Like so many
! who have attained success in the nat,