Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18

sition and most lately Of the Battle
monument for Princeton. as well as the
Mcclellan statue in this city at Connec-
ticut avenue and Columbia road, to
mention only few Of his more i'm
portant works.
Edward Berge, the Baltimore sculptor,
| well known in this city, is represented
by three small bronzes Of children,
| wild Flower" first shown at the
Panama Pacific exposition; "violet" and
"Duckling," all delightful little figures
Charles H. Nieuhaus shows a small
| model in bronze of his John Paul Jones
| statue which stands at the foot Of 18th
street in Potomac Park.
Hermon Mcneil. whose 'tSun Vow"
| belongs to the Corcoran Gallery's per-
manent collection. has contributed to
| this travelling exhibition q figure OF an
Indian-the Sioux, BLACK Pipe
Our American sculptors more than our
American painters have, it would seem,
subjects for themes. There are the ami
NAL scultors, for instance, such as Eli
Harvey, Frederick G. Roth, A. Phimis-
| ter Proctor, as well as Anna v. Hyatt,
of whom have given most of their
time and talent to an Interpretation
| Of American wild animal life.
Miss Hyatt is the only woman who
has undertaken animal sculpture to
any great extent. and she has won
also, however, the only woman who
has to her credit an equestrian
statue. The Joan Of Arc" Riverside
Drive, New York. is her work.
won distinction through the inter-
probation in small bronzes Of the peo-
pie Of the East Side, New York. wom-
en- and children. particularly the lat
ter, picturing them in their play and
sometimes in their work. with real
humanity and delightfully."-. Such in
terpretations are Winged Feet" and
"Hurdy Gurdy," in this exhibition.
Then there is that other group of
young sculptors who have, through
residence at the American Academy
| THE classic masters and whose work
| show the influence Of the contact,
such as Albion Polasek, Isidor Konti
and George Conlon, each Of whom has
contributed to this collection.
Clement j. Barnhorn. who shows q
| small figure of st. Vincent de Paul,
is Cincinnati sculptor. Both indie
pendently and in collaboration with
Mr.. Buvenek he has produced numer-
Gus excellent works.
Victor Bremen. who shows two book
| ends, is one Of the foremost medalists
| in this country.
The largest group of works in this
exhibition stands to the credit of At
tillo Piccirill, one Of six brothers
| all engaged in sculpture. either in a
| creative way, as Attilio and his
| brother Furio. or through skillful re-
production Of the work of others. 1t
is the Piccirilli brothers who are cut
| ting the statue of Lincoln by French
| for the Lincoln Memorial in this city.
Adolph A. Weinman. who is also
! skillful medalist. shows a head of
Lincoln in the round and two small
figures of the Rising Sun" and LAS
cending Night" originally modelled for
the Panama-Pacific exposition.
Janet Scudder, one Of the most
brilliant of our American sculptors.
shows four fountain figures. graceful
and at the same time viril. one very
/ tiny, especially American in feeling,
yet modelled with that suavity and
knowing indicative Of French training
and French ideals in art.
! There are others perhaps equally
notable. In all it is an admirable
! showing, and fortunately it will
! remain on view some weeks.
X X X X
+, An exceptionally fine collection of
oriental rugs. owned by George H.
Myers Of this city, has been loaned
by Mr.. Myers to the National
Museum. and is now on view in the
textile hall to the left Of the main
entrance in the Arts and Industries
Building. National Museum.
| 1t Is seldom one sees SO compre-
hensive and excellent q collection Of
rugs from the orient. The Myers col
lection comprises over forty examples
Of rugs from China. India. Persia,
Caucasus and Turkey. Some date
back to the sixteenth century; one comes
from the famous Yerkes collection:
all have apparently been carefully
selected for merit in texture and
design: The largest is a Persian 1spa-
ham. Heratt design, sixteenth century,
beautiful in pattern and of enormous
size. This has been given the center
of the south wall, and is fianked by
narrow rugR Of Caucasian origin Of
the seventeenth and eighteenth centu-
ries, respectively. There are Armenian
rugs OF the fifteenth and sixteenth CEN
turtles. dragon designs. q Kulah. Joshgan
and Beshere (Turcoman) Of the seven
teenth century. An early Chinese rug in
blue and bun Of the Kang Shi period
(early eighteenth century, is very charm
ing and peculiarly f1ne example.
There arc many other famous makes
such as Bokhara. Cabistan. Mujour.
Ferayham. to say nothing OF some
small Spanish rugs and Persian
fabrics OF very early date.