Evening star., 1936-12-12
By Leila Mechlim.
Paul Manship to Exhibit in
The COrcoran Gallery of Art.

Paul MGnShip to Exhibit in
The C0rcorGn Gallery of Art.
TOMORROW will be the last day
of the Exhibition of Paintings
and Sculpture for Federal
Buildings, sponsored by the
Treasury Departments art projects,
In the Corcoran Gallery Of Art, after
the closing of which the exhibits will
be pomptly removed and the gallerys
permanent collection of American
paintings replaced.
The next notable exhibition on the
Corcoran Gallery's schedule will con-
sist Of sculpture by Paul Manship
This will come shortly after Christ
mas and will undoubtedly prove of ex-
ceptional interest.
Paul Manship holds an enviable
place among American sculptors, and
more than almost any other has in
fluenced sculpture in America in the
present day. He was born in st. Paul
Mimi, on Christmas day, 1885; studied
first at the Art Institute in his native
city and then at the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts. These gave
him foundation and opportunity to
manifest skill, but the determining
factor in his career, and, incidentally
that OF others, was the winning of a
fellowship in sculpture at the Ameri-
can Academy in Rome, which gave
him three years-from 1909 to 1912
in Italy. with periods of travel and
contact-intimate coatact-with the
best of ancient as well as classical art
This experience. mingled with his
own creative ability, brought forth
works which, while sdhering to the
great tradition, possessed marked in
d1viduality. an individuality so strong
that it has unconsciously impressed
itself upon the vision of other work.
ers in this field by whom a similar
style has been adopted. In a measure
this was good, but no reflection can
possess the strength of the thing re-
nected, and as time passes the image
fades.
Manship, better than others, realized
from the first that nothing can be ac-
complished save through technical
mastery craftsmanship and he
spared no pains to acquire this essen
tial to adequate expression. His bronzes
are wrought with perfection of detail
seldom seen today-but detail SUBJ
.ordinated to unity of effect, transcript
tion Of original conception as a whole.
Sculpture has to do with form, but
gains its magic, in large part, through
the sensitiveness of touch Of the art
1st, registered in the modelling and
surface finish. This magic Manship's
work has to great degree. Whether
Paul Manship's sculpture is classical
or modern has proved perplexing, but
the fact is, it is both. It shows great
simplification and directness in treat
ment, but it has the dignity and the
quality Of universally which is as
soclated with the great art of the
past.
An exhibition of Manship's sculpture
was held last year, by invitation, at
the Tate Gallery, in London tan honor
never before bestowed upon an Amer
lean artist, and highly praised by
British critics and connoisseurs. Since
November is, and continuing until
day after tomorrow, a collection of no
less than rs of his works has been.
and will be, shown in the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond From
there 1t will come here. This collec.
tion comprises portrait busts, medal
lion portraits and bronze groups. ami
mails and figures, showing great va
riety in theme and conception, besides
medals, designed and modelled for
numerous organizations and PURPOSES
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, it will
be remembered, owns his Dancer and
Gazelles." which was also acquired by
the French Government and is in the
Luxembourg Museum. Under commits
sion from the Treasury Department,
Mr. Manship has lately modelled a
statue OF Samuel Osgood for place.
ment in the new Post Office DEPART
ment Building. in this city. He is a
National Academician, a member of
the American Academy of Arts and
Letters, National Sculpture Society
and other professional bodies, and
France has made him a member of
the Legion Of Honor. His exhibition
here may be anticipated with great
interest.
Outdoor Sculpture Museum
Established tn South Carolina,
TN THIS connection, mention may
well be made of the unique outdoor
sculpture museum which Mr.. and Mrs.
Archer M. Huntington have created
on a Observation-Disclosures the
Waccamaw River near Georgetown,
3. c., and have presented recently, with
an endowment Of $1,000, 900 for main
tenance and further enrichment. to
the State within whose boundaries it
chances to lie. Here during the past
five or six years have been installed,
most perfectly, no less than 130 works
in sculpture by American artists. It
Is described quite correctly as "a sculp-
tors paradise" but it has been made
such to all art and beauty loving
visitors, to whom it Is freely open.
And this is the kind Of thing we have
sadly lacked in America, where our
ideas Of sculpture have chiefly run
to soldiers memorials and portrait
statues, rather than playful and purely
esthetic works.
Brookgreen Is q historic plantation,
several thousand acres in extent, cho-
sen by Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington as
. Winter residence and 50 brought
back to life. An avenue Of live oaks
Leads to the house, there are box
bordered paths and enchanting vistas.
Here in the most lovely environment of
Southern foliage and flowers, sunshine
and shade. with terraces. pools. walls
and fountains. appropriate works In
sculpture have ideal setting. On the
gate posts are bird forms by Paul
Manship, and within the gardens no
less than IL Of his other works are
to be seen. In q roofiess structure of
brick, assuring seclusion. small, init
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