Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-25


World Series baseball hero is a more
sculptor than a Greek athlete dead
suitable inspiration for a moderh
two thousand years. This Is the
claim of Gertrude Boyle, the Ne"
York sculptor.
why shouldn't we turn to mod-
ern life in seeking motifs Tor iouh-
tains and monuments?" asks MISS
Boyle. "A baseball player or col
lege runner is every bit as plctur-
esoue and dramatic a figure as a
discus thrower. Why should We al
ways ape the old Greeks? Ihey
would not have understood 1t. They
regarded their games and their aih-
letes as worthy subjects LOT the
beautiful sculpture on their leihptes.
What we call classic now was ioI
the Athenians progressive mouerh
art"
Miss Boyle has for some time heid
this belief. And now 1t is beglnhlhs
to find acceptance. A statue %
Cbristv Mathewson is being sugges-
fed for Central Park, and Miss Boyle
Is working on the model. II is 10 De
a symbolic statue, representing the
spirit of baseball.
Miss Boyle's theory of the reia-
ton of sculpture to life is not con-
fined to sports. She explains that
art should be responsive to the
! shirt of the times, consciously anu
nnconsciously rejecting the Ire
about the artist. This is what rear
ly makes classic art-a true poI-
travail of the pleasures SORROWS
games, and activities or the uay ~
which the artist lives. uoa
we have seen this theory appl.eu
to the soldier memorlals recenoy
erected in so many communities.
Tba hronze figures show the soldier
Of the great war with all his aecou-
trements and in his uniform ana tli
hat The Greek warrior Is consplc-
uousIy absent in most of these mo-
ant the modern farmer, immi,
grant. statesman. factory slIl, ann
coal miner are still neglected
Further. Miss Boyle urges that we
abandon the hoary convention tna'
ststnes are for the dead only. Ae-
4 TO custom, a great man Hay
hove his portrait painted n II
may be hung in a place OF hoI p
and nothing is thought OF IT, bu'
he must be dead n buried peioa<
he can be immortalizea IN pto
The Worship of the Dead.
n of sculpture is pelns
held hack. this sculptor claims ~
these outworn ideas. An artist
scientist, or philanthropist' achlese'
Great things for which he VIII SURE
IL ha remembered. But the sculpto
fas no encouragement TO STUDY nv
inc qeniuse9 when he knows ina
he will moi be able TO place his Wort
until the subject has long peei
In spite of this situation, Mis-
RoyIe has modelled a NUMBER .
modern celebrities from me- am
some of the statues nave pee'
nIaced. Her bust of John kremon
p in the Fremont High School i
] Oakland, California. Joaquin MlIiI
Is soon to stand in Rock cree
!, park in Washington. Her bust .
John La ConIe, the ~geologist' Is }
the University Of California. An
here is a project on foot in CallIol
mia TO place her statue or Lulhe
burbank in Statuary Hall TO repre-
sent California in the National can
itol. - - ec
~necialIy DESTROYS OF seeing Burpah
7 r-epresent the state. The almost III
surmountable drawback TO Burnan
is that be is alive. nat OF II
asks the sculptor. ii has accom-
plished definite things in hortlcu
/ lure. Years from now, fruits an
flowers will still be associated VII
= the name and work of Luther Blu
1 bank. Why should we wait for deaf
before comforting an honor on sue
0 a MANI"
The Burbank statue now stan'
], in Gertrude Boyle's New York st
do. She tells how he gave her u
= choice OF studying him in the houi
I or out-of-doors. She chose 10 wat
d. him in his garden where he sort
u seeds and worked with his flower
He would flutter around the pee
She saws. and suddenly swoop dow
. to pick up something; then on
another bed and swoop again.
came to her, watching him, that
was like an eagle. His hands curV'
to pick up the seeds. and his faS
X with it's keen gray eyes and strol
nose. bore out the resemblance.
n Burbank was not satisfied at M
/, with this conception OF him. He q
. not see the resemblance, and rath
objected to the idea OF representa-
what he termed a bird of prey. l.
X ter, however, Miss Boyle heard
his taking a strong liking TO anoth
person. He explained 1t by sayir
I'VE are congenial because we a