Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Court of Seasons.--The Harvest (on half dome), by Albert Jaegers; Rain
and Sunshine (on columns), by Albert Jaegers; Feast of the Sacrifice (on
pylons), by Albert Jaegers (76, 79); Fountain groups, The Seasons, by
Furio Piccirilli (75-6, 90-1, 94); Attic figures of Abundance, and
spandrels, by August Jaegers; Fountain of Ceres (forecourt), by Evelyn
Beatrice Longman (77, 91, 79).
Court of Flowers.--The Pioneer, by Solon Borglum (81, 97); Fountain of
Beauty and the Beast, by Edgar Walter (81, 95, 100); Flower Girls (in
niches), by A. Stirling Calder (87, 100); The Fairy (above Italian
towers), by Carl Gruppe; Lions, by Albert Laessle.
Court of Palms.--The End of the Trail, by James Earle Fraser (82, 96);
Caryatids (on attic), by A. Stirling Calder and John Bateman; Spandrels
(over portals), by Albert Weinert.
Palace of Machinery.--Genius of Creation, by Daniel Chester French (98,
147); Steam Power, Electricity, Imagination, Invention; Friezes, Genii
of Machinery; Reliefs on bases of columns, Application of Power to
Machines; all by Haig Patigian (97, 111); Eagles, by C. H. Humphries
(97).
Palace of Fine Arts.--The Weeping Woman (on colonnade flower boxes), by
Ulric H. Ellerhusen (102, 113); The Struggle for the Beautiful (three
panels repeated on attic of Rotunda), by Bruno Louis Zimm (102, 114);
Figures between panels, by Ulric H. Ellerhusen; Venus, Altar of
Inspiration, by Ralph Stackpole (103, 197); Frieze of Genius (on Altar),
by Bruno Louis Zimm; the Priestess of Culture (in Rotunda), by Herbert
Adams (103); Aspiration (over main portal), by Leo Lentelli; Decorations
on Flower Receptacles, by Ulric H. Ellerhusen (103).
II. Mural Paintings.
Tower of Jewels.--West panel--Joining of Atlantic and Pacific, center;
Discovery, left; Purchase, right. East panel--Gateway of All Nations,
center; Labor Crowned, left; Achievement, right; all by William de
Leftwich Dodge (46, 53).
Arch of the Nations of the East.--South panel--The Western March of
Civilization; North panel--Ideals Attending Immigration; both by Edward
Simmons (55-6).
Arch of the Nations of the West.--North panel--Pioneers Leaving for
the West; South panel--Pioneers Arriving on Pacific Coast; both by
Frank Vincent Du Mond (56, frontispiece).
Court of the Ages.--Earth, two panels (northwest corner of corridor);
Air, two panels (southwest corner of corridor); Water, two panels
(southeast corner of corridor); Fire, two panels (northeast corner of
corridor); all by Frank Brangwyn (67, 68, 71, 74).
Court of Seasons.--Art Crowned by Time (in half dome); Man Receiving
Instruction in Nature's Laws (in half dome);
Spring and Seedtime (two panels in corridor before niche of Spring);
Summer and Fruition (two panels In corridor before niche of Summer);
Autumn and Harvest (two panels in corridor before niche of Autumn);
Winter and Festivity (two panels in corridor before niche of Winter);
all by H. Milton Bancroft (75, 76).
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