Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 50 pages of information about Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts.

Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 50 pages of information about Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts.

Adolph Alexander Weinman

Adolph Alexander Weinman, one of the poets of the sculpture world, was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1870.  When but a boy of ten, he came to America with his parents.  In his youth he began his student life in art with the great Augustus Saint-Gaudens, attending also Cooper Union, New York.  Each year has seen him move successfully ahead until now he is among our finest American sculptors.  He is one who stimulates the imagination and raises the standards of art in whatever he models.  His work is pregnant with life and is thoroughly individual, so that you feel when you look upon his figures that you have met more than mere bronze or marble.  His portraits are of a very high order, many of which can be seen in medal form in the Fine Arts Palace.  He lives in New York, where he is well appreciated.

Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Mrs. Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney is one of the foremost American woman sculptors.  The Fountain of El Dorado is her first public contribution.

Bruno Zimm

Bruno Zimm, living in New York, was a pupil of the late Karl Bitter.  He has designed work for former Expositions, and we trust that his name will be better known in the future.  He has added great beauty to the Fine Arts Palace by his classic friezes designed in effective, bold masses.  The archaic style used in his work is evident in many of the sculptural forms at this Exposition.

Sculpture Around the Fine Arts Lagoon

The first group of statuary in the following list is located on the south-east side of the Fine Arts Lagoon.  Proceeding thence to the left and through the colonnade, the most important subjects will be found in the order described.

Sea Lions.  Frederick G. R. Roth
      Most carefully studied as to form and babies; you almost:  hear the bark
      of the great mate.

The Scout.  Cyrus Edwin Dallin
      The horse and the Indian wait motionless; his hand shading his eyes from
      the sun, the Indian looks intently into the distance for sign of the
      enemy.

Wind and Spray.  Anna Coleman Ladd
      A ring of figures — male and female — fleeting and gay — like the wind
      and the spray.

Diana.  Haig Patigian
      The goddess of the hunt appears with her bow; the arrow has just left
      the string.

Peace.  Sherry Fry
      Quiet, serene, she stands, her brow bedecked with olive leaves; her
      serpent bordered robe may betoken the wisdom of peace.

The Kirkpatrick Fountain (extreme left).  Gail Sherman Corbett
      Erected to Dr. Wm. Kirkpatrick, superintendent of Ononda Salt Springs
      from 1805 to 1806 and from 1810 to 1831, at Syracuse, New York.

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