Show enius eni s Cannot Be Produced in Labor f Says Says' Paul Bartlett but It ft ItCan Can Be Developed tt rj New w England Sculptor Says Hard lard 1 Work First Aid Aid 11 L for Genius GenIus' I By Jane Dixon I Who should know better of ot the I dwelling place pace of genius than Paul Paull Bartlett sc sculptor It was Mr Bartlett who called into being that splendid and inspiring likeness like like- ness ess of or Lafayette which today I ie a c conspicuous position of honor honoria in in ia the Very ery center of ot the thc Louvre ris rIs France prance The Lafayette statue Is one of of the I finest if It not tho the finest examples of art in existence It appeals to 19 the very best and highest of ot the h Human hman man emotions No one can gaze upon pon It and remain entirely unmoved crusty materialists have been known to tOP approach its pedestal with the or even annoyed air of the heckled They have remained with lifted hats and hushed voices WAnd what more fitting than that tha an American a hardy product o of ot the first firstel Ne el England father should create this lasting memorial to that beloved soldier and freeman who fought with fi an oppressed people the winning battie bat bat- c tlc for liberty Sow low did it so happen By what hat strange gyration of ot Fate Id the faraway New Nev England l lad d tho the laurel art places on on the brows of her favorite children t 11 I asked Mr artlett Bartlett t to explain the theonder wonder onder of it if to tome meI me I Iwo We Ve were sitting in the high cell- cell time mellowed home of thes the s sculptor which is far enough on the tho edge dge of ot New Yorks York's Washington Square square quare district to escape circus Bohemia Bohe Bohe- mia It was raining outside the long straight downpour of spring Rain patter atter offered an agreeable contrast t to the coziness of an old fashioned living ing room 4 HIS ws FATHER STONECUTTER JIMy My father was a stonecutter said Mr tr Ir Bartlett He was well along inthe in he the thirties when he decided to take jp ji p We Ve went to Italy I Ivas Ivas Ivas vas a mere boy Father had many to execute He thought 10 to could do them without any ani trouble Afterward when he came to to realize he h-e magnitude of his task he deded deded de- de ded he Knew little or nothing about I From From earliest youth I showed a to model Animals were ny particular Joy Everything and vcr very very one orie around the house had to fOT for Jl e ts dogs horses even ven V 1 the age o of 01 11 I made a a bust buit of i Even today when if work has become something of aI a ap I ence I know the bust was good I Idor p dor grandmother she was very in indulgent Ip- Ip and patient She would pose iP Cor for me wh when n my less suffering long animals absolutely refused to stay put I t At 14 I exhibited in the Paris salon calon and received honorable men men- tion tn Between the years of 19 men men-I and 21 I I completed a a. group called The ear Bear ear Tamer It was my first consid- consid frable able rable success and is today a a. part of he 16 collection in the Metropolitan l Mu Mu- cum eum of Art The Bear Tamer was the medal of honor at the t Paris salon in 1889 The answer to this precocious success success suc sue cess Birthright I was born In sculpture The lure of It It had complete corn com possession of my father His com I entire entire entire en en- en- en tire life was polarized with It My mother reflected this interest It was wasis wasas is as much a a. part of our home and our life as the air we breathed There Thereas was as no escaping It STUDENT DAYS IN PARIS And your student days what of them I asked Previous encounters encounters lers with genius had convinced me a sift Itt without careful cultivation is fruitless Paul Bartlett smiled It was a reminiscent remIniscent rem rem- smile tinged I am glad to toay ay ay with happiness At the time I entered the Paris School of Fine Arts I had bad Just At Attained t l tamed Ined my fifteenth birthday was the reply I r remained a year When I reached 16 I decided I was a man and ind it wu was high time I went out and earned a a. living for myself I left the school and sought employment in the various studios of Paris Here again native ability stood GREAT inspiration is as s sent heaven-sent as the ability to execute it it I A You will find a genius is quite as much at a loss to explain his finest works as are his lils critics or 01 his public Often the tho finished fruit of his labors is stran strange e to him as if it had been done by another The flare of his inspiration the exult exultation of creating dies dow down with the completion of its and tho the artist who l has as been beon dwelling dwelling dwelling dwell dwell- ing ingon on the mountains of the gods gods is is back on on earth again PAUL PAUL BARTLETT y yI I 1 1 I I I 1 ii Ct f i 1 I IL b- b 4 L 4 I PAUL BARTLETT me in good stead My knowledge of animals proved valuable I knew them and I could model them There was always a sculptor in the contemporaneous contemporaneous contemporaneous contempo contempo- crowd who was working out outa a group in which on one or more animals played a part My ability in this direction soon soon became known and I Iwas Iwas Iwas was kept busy animalizing I formulated a plan whereby I worked half halt of my time for others and half for myself This enabled me to earn a living study the methods methods' of the masters and create along the line of my own Ideas I made it a practice practice tice lice to do for myself the things I was wag not doing in th the studios s. s This J J decided de decided decided de- de would balance my art In myown myown mYown my own quarters I concentrated on figures figures figures fig fig- ures leaving the animals animal for outside i endeavor s I No school could offer after the the te teachings of this hard grind of experience I learned and the the practice e e of theory I came Into contact with new ideas born of inspiration wat watched hed them take form saw them in their completed splendor m I 1 vas vas' was vas a cog in inthis inthis inthis this wheel of creation WORKED WORKED WITH ITH At one time or another my apprenticeship apprenticeship ap ap- ap- ap was carried to the st studio dio of practically every sculptor r of note in Paris It met and worked with Master Rodin He was good goodenough enough elough to take an Interest in me roe to believe In and encourage me Never h sra a man n been 1 more fortunate than I In the unravel unravel- unraveling unraveling ing of his fate tate I could combine work an and l study un under er the most inspirational inspirational inspirational conditions With birthright asa as asa asa a foundation accomplishment was was in inevitable in- in evitable The Bear Tamer placed my feet firmly on the success route Paul Bartlett admits his statue of Lafayette Is his own favorite of the works s he has done up to th the e pr present s He spent eight years years years' creating and completing itA it I I A lifetime Job in Itself is the way ay he speaks of this masterpiece I I IThe j I The great treble with the young i I I sculptors of today is they art not willing to give enough time to study I to building he lie adds I j i I They want to set out on their Careers careers careers ca- ca caI j I I one one year and arrive the next The result is worthless worthless' mediocrity i i Not long bong ago go a a y y young ung man man sought 1 me out at my Bronx studio He had with him a a very ordinary piece of or work which he offered for fol my my ap- ap t 1 provat H He was is quite certain art had I singled him out to be a great I j tor I looked over his offering By I i theY the way I asked how old are you 7 Only 28 answered the self appointed artist Youve started at least eighteen eighteen eighteen eight eight- een years years too late late at J I ady advised ep turn him i Better put this his model away and forget forget forget for for- get it Perhaps he accepted my advice advice advice ad ad- vice given in all kindness I I hope hopes nope s so so for hl hi his sake Otherwise hl his hIs' life lle j Is doomed to tob be one of f deep HEROIC FIGURE OF PATRIOTISM I The splendid splendid American sculptor talk talked d of f one one of the latest of ot his works a a figure called Patriotism executed for the city ity of Duluth Minn j I as a war memori memorial It shows hows a Roman Roman Roman Ro- Ro Rot j t man soldier with the Jacket of ar- ar I imor mor the tIie flowing toga robe the f I j jI J J I helmet and and the great sword of Caesars Caesar's battlefields fields The her heroic i figure figure fig fig- fig fig- I ure is carved from red granite nhi which h i mellows and enriches the lines hine of It jt One of th the best ln known in of B Bartlett's Bartletts works is the pediment at the I IW W The ce central tr l subject t is Is' Is IsI I j Peace Protecting Genius On one side is Agriculture the Agriculture the f farmer urme rm r oxen j women and children in in the fields On I the other side is Industry Industry workmen the mill hand the fu factory w rl rier er 1 f i A group showing a Pilgrim mother I with her child in her her- lap has Just i i been completed for Providence Mass Mats seat of of most host pretentious preten preten- art colonies And It will be Paul B Bartlett of ot NeW England will I have much to to say concerning tho the memorial me ine 1 morial l New York City Is to to erect in honor of its Ma brav brave in th the world war for it is this same product of i Pilgrimage who has has has' been sele selected ted I chairman of the mayors mayor's committee on I u art i I Like life lite itself genius cannot be be I produced In any ny laboratory of man II i l declares Sculptor Bartlett b but t once born it can be brought to to p rC t I 1 L I fruition there there i I |