Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts: Descriptive Notes on the Art of the Statuary at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San FranciscoJames, Juliet Helena Lumbard
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Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts: Descriptive Notes on the Art of the Statuary at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco
James, Juliet Helena Lumbard
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.); Sculpture
The world is probably receiving its first introduction to Louis Ulrich,
a pupil of the joint school of the National Sculpture Society and the
Society of Beaux Arts Architects. He has achieved a "crowning success"
in his dignified figure of sweeping lines.
Albert Weinert
Albert Weinert was born at Leipzig, Germany, in 1863. He studied at the
Art Academy at Leipzig under Meichior zur Strapen, later coming to
America, where he is now located in New York. He has done a great deal
of municipal work of a high order, among which can be mentioned
sculpture work on the interior of the Congressional Library at
Washington, a monument to President McKinley for Toledo, Ohio, a "Lord
Baltimore" for Maryland and some very excellent statues on the facade of
the Masonic Building, San Francisco. His work in the Court of the Ages
has added greatly to the interest of that Court and is forceful, virile
work.
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.
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