Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-15


! NN Partridge. distinguished
Y sculptor. who has come
! here within the last few
| weeks TO establish his permanent
home. For Washington possesses an
snviable number Of his works.
Among these are the beautiful font
NJ the Washington Cathedral. the rere
dos at the Church Of the Epiphany
the Kaufman Memorial in Rock
| Creek Cemetery. two works at the
| Corcoran Gallery. ii life size head en-
titled Nearing Home and marble
| relief; a portrait relief at Arlington.
bust of Father Stafford at 81. Pat
rick's Church. and bust OF Chief JUS
| t!ce Fuller In the Supreme Court. 10
mention some Q; them.
| MIR. Par;ridses reasons for selecting
/ The National Capital as his home must
/ be highly gratifying IN Nash'ngto'
| mans. He declares that II IL already
| more beautiful than Paris. and In his
| opinion II combines the best features
| NJ many OF the finest cities In the
| world II the Park Commissions plan
/ ~ 1901 is carried 10 completion he Is
/ confident that Washington viii sur
pass all OF our fondest dreams. our
museums the Freer National. Phillips
| and Corcoran Galleries. arouse his
| kcenest admiration. When asked II he
! thought Washington had any pros,
| poets of rivaiing New York, Boston
and Philadelphia a. an art center. he
| declared IL should in time snrpass
| them. for the Freer and Clark coliec.
! tons would inevitably inspire other
I collectors to leave their treasures 10
| the Nation rather than TO city or
state,
In addition To It's fine collections and
the character of the population. Wash
nston is the best place To live, with
an unequaied diversity OF charm. He
said that the Cosmos Club. az which
he has been II member for "a years,
and where he In now soiourning. pro.
vdes French atmosphere. overlook
ing Lafayette square and the broad
freedom nj the Avenue In front OF the
White House. Along the canal in
Georgetown. on the other hand. one
may catch giimpses of Belgium and
Central Europe,
These statements are not the idle
fancies OF Il homrspun Too per cent.
en-" who has sren nothing beyond the
boundaries Of the two oceans. but are
the UMPIRE JUDGED opinions Of an art.
list, who was born In Paris and has
lived in many beautiful cities through,
out the world
lie has enjoyed the friendship of
representative people OF many nations.
English, French. Italians, Germans
and others. very different from the
contacts OF the casual tourist. and
finds all these men and women VI the
old World essentially worth while.
Yet these circumstances OF Mr. Part,
ridges life. which would seem caluu.
lated tn produce thoroughly interna.
tional type Of mind. appear To have
rendered him more Intensely Ameri.
ran. Ia hia viewpoint. than are many
who never leave these shores, lie Ia
convinced that the only worth, white
art which las been az will ba produced
In the United States Is that which
honestly intefpreta the spirit at Amer.
lea IN I'm individual way. the way
pointed out by Saint. Gaudens and
anicl Chester French,
MIR Partridge has little regard for
those American artists who. upon com,
Melting their art education In Paris,
TOR instance, remain there Indefinitely.
content tn turn OUT the type NJ work
done In French studios. which should
be the special province Of the French
themselves.
Mir. Partridge has found tho lnspira,
ton for many of his outstanding
achievements in sculpture IN Ameri'
can history and biography, His
equestrian statue OF Glen. u, Il, Grant
IN BROOKLYN 10 a marvel at unity. and
was declared nv grants sun, Gen
Frederick Dent Grant. tn bs the finess
portrait" af his father in eX,atence
THIS Is not surprising when one
learns that the sculptaf spares no
labor In his endeavor fully Ia realise
his subject. lie equipped his studio