Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-10
GIRL WINS HONORS
WITH SCULPTUR|NG
Angela Gregory Here After
Finishing Big Commission
for New Orleans.
BY GRETCHEN SMITH.

A living proof of the old saying that
big things frequently come in little
packages" is the young New Orleans
Sculptress Miss Angela Gregory, who at
rs years of age has Just completed the
important commission of designing all
the sculptural decoration for the new
Criminal Courts and jail building of the
Louisiana city. Miss Gregory, whose
:5ther is the head of the department OF
mining engineering at Tulane Univer-
Sity, has arrived in Washington to be the
guest Of Miss Fanny Bunaud-Sevastes.
who is at present assisting the Inter-
American Commission of Women.
Dark-eyed and piquant, Miss Gregory,
whose maternal ancestors were French
and early settlers of Louisiana, is a
charming representative of the lovely
women of the old French city whose
history is portrayed in the bronze and
limestone sculpture designed by the
youthful artist for the facade of the
new civic buildings Although the COM
mission awarded Miss Gregory and so
Skillfully executed by her was one of
the most important of its kind ever
given a single person in the Southern
city. the young woman has not been
in the least spoiled by the prominence
which has followed her work and tells
YOU with the most modest simplicity
that she was simply f1oored when Of
fered the appointment to do the work
and Ravens gotten over it yet"
Ten Menths to Design.
It took Miss Gregory nearly 10 months
to complete the designing and casting of
her models. Professional models are
practically unknown in New Orleans
she explained, and most Of the models
for my figures were Tulane University
students. who as students of architec-
ture were interested in posing for the
work"
Miss Gregory had just completed a
three-year sojourn abroad where she
had studied under the famous French
sculptor, Bourdelle, in Paris. when she
received the appointment as sculptor Of
the New Orleans buildings. "Bourdelle
always believed in the close co-opera-
ton of architecture, art and sculpture, /"
she said, land therefore was delighted
when the firSt big piece of work which
I did after returning home was one In
which I, as sculptor, was asked to COL
laborate In the work of the architects. !"
From the slime she started her work
In March, 1929. Miss Gregory worked
necessarily until its completion about
two weeks ago.
Heat Causes Discomfort.
ut was terribly hard working in the
heat of New Orleans last Summer, but
I managed to survive" she laughed.
Sometimes the temperature would be
as high as a hundred in my studio, y
she said, and could not use an cleo
trio fan for fear it would dry the
plaster"
After finishing her clay models Miss
Gregory cast her models in plaster
These models we're sent to Indiana for
the limestone castings and tn Chatta
nooga for the ones in bronze.
Although Just at the beginning of her
career, the young sculptreSS has already
exhibited in the Salon des Tuileries
Paris; American University Women's
Clubs, Paris; Arts and Crafts Club
New Orleans, and Louisiana State ex-
hibit Of painting and sculpture. when
she was awarded first prize for the best
sculptural work; the Montross Galleries
New York, and the national sculpture
exhibit, San Francisco.
Miss Gregory graduated from the
Newcomb College School of Art in 1925
and was appointed to a scholarship Of