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on, on display in his current e;
charge working with the students on a
cooperative basis. The last. Miss
Lewis. Is conducting class in the
history of art, with special emphasis
on the art Of the past. but primarily
with the intention of widening bound
aries of understanding; in other words,
extending cultural privilege. which,
after all, is what education is for.
Ldthrop, Outstanding Landscape
Painter, Represented in National
Collection, Lost Life in
Recent Hurricane.
One of the tragedies of the recent
devastating hurricane on Long Island
and through New England was the
death Of William L. Lathrop, national
academician and distinguished land
scape painter. who was drowned from
his own boat of Montauk Point, Long
Island Mr. LAthrop's home was at
New Hope, Pa. but 10 years ago he
built for himself boat. The Wedge, in
which he spent q part of every summer
since. living aboard and cruising alone,
despite his 70 years. 1t was his in
tention to remain on board another
week before returning to New Hope,
and he had just finished q sketch Of
the impending storm when it broke
upon him with full fury Whether in
his effort to get ashore in his dinghy
he fell or was blown overheard, or
whether the effort Of combating the
wind caused heart failure, no one will
ever know; but a fellow boatsman
going to his rescue. witnessed the
tragedy and was unable to avert it.
Mr.. 1Athrop Is represented in the
national collection of fine arts. william
T. Evans gift. by . painting entitled
The Three Trees" which is one of
the finest as well as most lovely land
scape paintings. not only in this COL
lection, but ever produced-a rare and
outstanding work.
Born in Warren, H., in 1859. he
spent his boyhood in Paynesville, Ohio,
and from there. in the early S0s, went
to New York. He first won recognition
through his etchings, then as q water
colorist. In 1899 he began to paint
in oil. Among his close friends were
John Twachtman and J. Alden Weir.
Although many honors came to him,
he was always modest and retiring.
His landscape paintings have been very
correctly described as quietly emo
tional." He belonged to school which
is now practically no more.
Rockefeller Center, NeU York,
Announces Sculpturdl Mural
By Miles With Mechanical
Equipment.
That the present Is not an age of
painting many are agreed. but that it
has brought forth . number OF out
standing sculptors none can deny.
Reviewing the field of sculpture during
the past triple decade, certain giants
tower against the horizon; such, for
instance. Is Mestrovic, Bourdelle, Ep-
stein and Milles-all Europeans who.
Al . AHCocAACy lldNC lieu UhCA All
inspiration to the primitive and ar
chaic. but have set . new pace. Carl
Miles, the fourth Of the quartet, Is a
Swede, and perhaps the most original
OF the number. Half of every year
Miles has spent In this country since
1929, when he accepted the invitation
of George G. Booth of Detroit to Join
the staff Of the Cranbrook Academy,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. In this
country he is represented by monu-
mental Indian God of Peace" lately
installed in the City Hall, St. Paul,
Mimi, by the monument commemora-
tive Of the landing of the Swedes in
this country and the establishment OF
the first Swedish colony on the banks
OF the Delaware River, presented by
the people Of Sweden to the people of
the United States last summer, and
erected near Wilmington, and by a
unique fountain, essentially Scandi-
navian In character. which stands in
the court Of the Art Institute of Chi
cago He Is at present working on a
large fountain representing The Mar
riage Of the Mississippi and the Mis-
souri," to be erected in st. Louis early
next spring, the model of which, when
shown in st. Louis some months ago,
aroused q storm of adverse criticism.
More lately has come the announce
ment from Rockefeller Center that Mr..
Miles has not only been commissioned
to execute large sculptured mural for
the lobby Of the Time and Life Build
ing. but that he has completed the
design for the whole and q full-scale
plaster model Of the central group
which will have unique features. The
entire group, which will cover the curv-
ing wall of the lobby. approximately
Is by 50 feet in dimensions, will be
carved In wood in high relief and then
painted. The theme is to be Forest
Life chosen by the sculptor as a
vivid contrast to the symbol of Ameri-
can business, which Rockefeller Center
represents to the majority of
passers-by.
The composition will be broken into
three sculptural groups, which COL
lectively will suggest . forest world
and its inhabitants. Dominating these
groups will be . central figure of q
man on horseback riding through the
forest. who. having heard the exquisite
song Of 4 bird, has checked his horse