Evening star., 1935-03-17

to public use Many remarked that
evening his physical vigor and his
still youthful attitude toward life.
AS a sculptor he had a long and
notable career. Born in Ogdensburg,
N. Y, in 1857, he attended the
Siglar's School in Newburgh, N. Y,
before beginning his art studies at the
National Academy of Design under
the tutelage Of his uncle, Henry
Kirke Brown, the distinguished sculp-
tor, for whom he was named. After
his marriage to Margaret w. Lesley,
portrait painter of Philadelphia, in
1886, he went abroad with his bride
and opened a studio in Paris. Later
they went to Florence and elsewhere
in Italy, returning to this country
at the end of three years.
Almost the first work that he did
upon establishing himself in America
was a typically American theme
The Buffalo Hunt'-a large and
ambitious group exhibited in 1893
at the Worlds Fair in Chicago. 1t
was this group. which up to now had
not been put in lasting material, that
only couple Of days before his death
was approved by the Library Com
mittee Of the House of Representa-
tives to be cast in bronze, brought
here and erected in a public reserva-
tion-probably Rock Creek Park. The
list of his other works is long and
impressive. It includes three eques-
trian portraits, Gems. Meade, Sedg-
wick and Reynolds, erected on the
battlefield at Gettysburg. and one,
Gen. Anthony Wayne at Valley Forge.
He did a memorial arch for Stony
Point, Mountain Soldier" for
Charleston. w. Va. Among his works
in New York City are statue of
Justinian on the Appellate Court
House, and decorative figures on the
Hall Of Records overlooking City
Hall Park, besides portrait bust
of his Uncle Henry Kirke Brown
in the Hall Of Fame, New York
University.
During recent years Mr.. Bush
Brown has given much time to writ
ing a biography of Henry Kirke
Brown and assembling his letters
which bear directly upon the de-
velopment of art in this country. The
result of these labors, in manuscript
form, he deposited by request in the
Library of Congress for preservation
and References valuable contribu-
ton to the history of American art.
Mr.. Bush-Brown did many por-,
traits, among which outstanding were
his busts of the late James Bryce, one
time British Ambassador. and Of the
late Henry T. Rainey, former Speaker
of the House of Representatives. His
last work was a panel in relief of Mrs.
James Roosevelt, his wife's kinswoman
and the Presidents mother, holding
q little child in her arms on the occa-
sion of visit to great charitable
organization in New York This was
included in the Society of Washington
Artists most recent exhibition in the
Corcoran Gallery of Art.
About IS years ago the Bush Browns
moved to Washington, purchased q
house on G street between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets and
erected at the rear, but communicat-
ing, q building containing an ideal
sculptor's studio-with the exception
of that built by Paul Bartlett in Eek
ington, the only one in this city-and
a painters studio. Here 1t was that
some of his most important works
we're produced and some Of his wife's
best canvases painted. This also be-
came meeting place of the art organ
izations, of groups interested not
merely in painting but all the
branches of the fine arts, including
the drama, literature and dancing.
To the three surviving children OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Bush Brown the talent
of the parents has descended. One Of
the sons, Harold, is professor Of archi-
lecture in the Georgia School Of Tech
nology. The other, James, is land
scape architect Of Philadelphia, and
the daughter, Lydia (Mrs. Francis
Head Of New York;, has won distinc-
ton By her unusual silk muralss