The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-08
CAPITOL
ARTEXPLAINED
BY DIR. PICKARD
Visitors From University Are
Shown Over Statehouse
by Decoration Com
mittee's Head.
HARMONY is PURPOSE
Buildings Plan Is Said TO Be
Most Compact and Ar
tistic" and Is Well
Arranged.


DIR. John Pickard as he sat in the goveI
nor's reception room in the capitol las
Saturday, concluding the lecture deliver
ed TO those whom he had just conducte'
through the building. Doctor Pickard
chairman of the state capitol decoration
commission.
The part Of the talk was devoted TO tn
exterior Of the building. and as the grouI
viewed it from the steps at the entrance
10 the capitol grounds, Doctor Pickart
described the perfect symmetry of th'
building and showed how the plans re
suited in building harmonious in ever
detail.
The state stairway was the next feaiur,
on which Doctor Pickard lecfured and h,
called il one Of the finest in the country
The capitol was planned wisely, saio
Doctor Pickard. 'The building commits
sion. Of which +. w. Stephens was chair
nan. was made up of business men, ant
they studied every capitol in the country
that had single feature worthy of note
They iabulated the results for criterion
before they put the architects to work anc
gave them the specifications.
This plan was the most compact, the
best arranged and the most artistic. Al
most without exception every person oil
note who has visited the capitol has call
ed it the best business capitol in the
country The dome is enc Of the most
beautiful in the country and as far as
know, the best lighted"
WINDOW PICTURES PEACE
In the front of the room occupied by
the members Of the House is large
stained glass window representing the
GLORY of Missouri in Peace" and Doctor
Pickard described a still larger painting.
The Glory Of Missouri in War; which
will be hung on the opposite wall. Five
more stained glass windows will be put
IN this room later on and will represent
such subjects as Knowledge Law,
and Equality"
Richard Miller, a well-known Missou-
ri artist, has been chosen TO decorate the
Senate rocm- Doctor Pickard says Of
him, 'He has received more honors than
any other Missouri artist" A series Of
paintings representing several periods in
the history Of Missouri has been planned
for this room. The earliest period, how
ever, will be portrayed in a stained glass
window showing Fernando De Soto. the
discoyerer of Missouri. Daniel Boone
has been chosen as symbolical of the next
period, and the third scene will show
Lewis and Clark visiting President JEFF
ferson on their return from the expedition
which bears their names.
The painting Of Thomas Fl. Benton has
already been placed in this room and it
shows Benton at the conclusion Of his
speech in St. Louis in behalf of a trans
continental railroad. Frank P. Blair is
the subject of the next painting and he
will be shown making the first Democratic
speech delivered in Missouri after the
Civil War. General Grant called him
one OF his two best fighters and John A.
Logan was the oiher,' said Doctor Pick
ard.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MUSEUM.
Then Doctor Pickard took the party to
,he Soldiers and Sailors Museum, where
there is series of pictures showing the
epic cycle of Missouri in war. The first
is the attack on The village Of 81. Louis
by the Indians in 1880 and the second
shows the Miami Indians surrendering to
Gen. Henry Dodge in 1914. These first
two were painted by Berninghans. Doni-
Phan's expedition into Mexico, including
the Battle of Sacramento was chosen for
the third painting.
Ii was difficult to choose a scene from
the Spanish-American war, according to
DIR. Pickard because the Missouri troops
took part in very little of the fighting.
But wncn the time cSme to enter Havana
il was the Missouri troops who were sent
in,' went on Doctor Pickard, "and tina, is
the scene We selected" The picture
shows the soldiers marching through the
streets of the Cuban city, some Cubans
who are glad to welcome the Americans
end one or two Spaniards who are not 50
happy TO see ihela there "The Battle Of
Sacramento" and The Entry Into Ha-
vana' are the works az Carpenter.
Two battles Of the Civil War are pic.
tured in this gallery Olte is the Battle
Of Wilson's Greek, a Confederate victory,
where Gen. Sterling Price is a central
figure. The other is the Battle of West
pom Landing, Union victory.
General Pershing suggested the battle
Of the World War to be represented. He
chose the battle Of Vauquois Heights
which marked the apex Of the German
advance. This picture was painted by
Bicndheim, who, at the time, was only
half a mile away from the scnee. The
last Of the series has painted beneath il
The Navy Guarded the Road to France"
and was painted by II. Reuterdahl, u. S.
n. r. F.
FIRST PICTURE HoNoRINc NAVY
When he was asked to paint this pic.
iure. Reuierdahl wrote back and said tha,
this was the first time a painting in hon.
or OF the navy had been hung in any pub.
lie building except at the naval academy
at Annapolis. This is perhaps the bes,