Evening star., 1938-10-02

Benson, who was born the same year a.
he. but in Salem, Mass. Upon their
return to this country. Tarbell and
Benson took adjoining studios in Bos-
ton. In 1890 both became teachers in
the school Of the Boston Museum Of
Fine Arts, which posts they filled with
distinction for more than 20 years It
was after relinquishing his classes in
Boston that Mr.. Tarbell was for a time
in Washington, directing the Corcoran
School of Art.
Small Bronzes OF Interest No,o
On VieW.
SEVERAL small bronzes OF unusual
interest are now to be seen IN the
Washington Gallery salesrooms on
Thirteenth street prior to the dis.
persal of a private collection by auc.
ton later this month. Two Of these
are by Cyrus E. Dallin, born in Utah
but long resident in or near Boston.
One is reduction of his famous
equestrian statue entitled Appeal to
the Great Spirit" which stands be.
fore the Boston Museum of Fine Arts;
the other is quaint conception hArk.
ing back in actuality to the horse.
and-buggy days man in q light rig
drawn by horse. Bessie Potter Von-
noh. best known for her statuettes Of
mothers and children and as the sculp.
tor OF the Frances Hodgson Burnett
memorial to Central Park. New York.
Is seen here in characteristic work.
There are also in this collection two
or more excellent small bronzes-ons
of bears-by the great French ami.
mailer, Barge. so maenihcently rep
resented in the Corcoran Gallery Of
Art of this city and the Walters Gel.
lery, Baltimore.
Dance OF Life Depicted bv
A. Stirling Calder.
THE Dance Of Death" as a theme
has allured artists since the earliest
days OF print making, but only today
has one attempted to set before US the
Dance OF Life" This is A. Stirling
Calder. one of our foremost American
sculptors. and his Interpretation takes
the form Of a medal produced for
and struck by the Society Of Medalists
for ditribution among its members.
The diverse Of this medal shows 4
young mother holding 4 baby, ap-
parently dancing in an exuberance Of
glee. The reverse pictures in low re-
lief pleasure. pain and the protagon.
ist-three nude figures dancing.
This conception Of life as a dance,
into which mankind is launched early
and held throughout life. is one Of
those subjects which always fascinated
me. and have found 1t compelling"
says the sculptor. Il conceive Of our
introduction to the dance as beginning
with the first infantile response to the
unconscious urge of the electric surge
OF life. Then as life goes on our dance
continues subject to the experiences
OF the cosmic rhythms that compel
some sort of willing or reluctant ac-
ceptance. For this is not the sort Of
dance to which one may refuse to
respond to Natures piping-and still
live. Our acceptance Of life imposes
the dance. And as all our expert.
ences are either pleasant or painful
and as each one Of us is the chief actor
in his or her little drama I have made
the protagonist dancing between pleas
ure and pain. A gay dance, a grave
dance. q weary dance, . furious dance,
but always persistent Is this dance Of
life, where the better dancers live the
better lives and inspire the lagsards."
A. Stirling Calder, N A., was born
in Philadelphia in 1870 and studied
first under Thomas Eakins and An.
schultz at the Pennsylvania Academy
Of Fine Arts and under Chapu at the
Academic Julien and Falguiere ct the
Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris.