Show t I American Sculptors In the lie Focus of the Camera ra I 11 j I II If 5 T t 1 s f fj j urea 1 r f i I I i REDBRICK REDERICK MACMONNIES the ther t J FREDERICK F r most famed of American sculptors I t has long lono made his hla home hom In Paris Parlo where he studied under Saint Gaudens t I More than any man he ho has won on for American sculpture a lasting respect j In Europe Mr most brilliant work li is to be seen In this l country In Brooklyn his birthplace Washington New York Boston and other titles cities Cleverness Is apparent 1 r In all ail his modeling together with ex exquisite yI 7 1 taste and consummate art arto o Mr has hat achieved many r is triumphs at nt foreign exhibitions 1 AWILLIAM ORDWAY PARTRIDGE WILLIAM V Y has long been In the front rank of ot American sculptors His Hla HI work Is noted for delicate finish and painstaking attention to details Al AI Although though born In Paris Mr Partridge Is of American parentage and has made his h 1 home in this country since his Ills earliest earnest youth Among his hlo best beet known works are statues and busts of Alexander Hamilton Nathan Hale Lord Tennyson Edward E Hale Gen General General General eral Grant and Whittier Mr Partridge Par Partridge Is also allo an author of note writ writing writIng ing Ina fiction as well as volumes on art UGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS Is I IsI AUGUSTUS French by blood Irish Inch by birth I and American by adoption Al AI Although Although though he Inc studied In I n European ate ateliers hers liers his hi work betrays little conti being joyously American In theme them and tone One of the hard hardest hardest est cot working of our sculptors the products of his studio revel in spon span spontaneity Mr Saint Gaudens Gauden entered upon an artistic career at an early age beginning his art studies at Cooper Union New York Like Mr he Is a member of the French Legion of Honor OHN QUINCY ADAMS WARD JOHN dean of American sculptors has the distinction of being the only front rank American modeler mode lor to re reo receive receive his entire art education In this country Many Mariy beautiful statues In various cities bear testimony to the ability of the veteran Oh Ohioan loan who when a lad played hookey to model In mud Mr Ward has long main maintained tasted a studio In New York In the theart theart theart art circles of which city he has hils for many years yearn been a 1 distinguished leader Mr Ward was waa born at Ur Urbana Urbana Urbana bana 0 In 1830 ARL THEODORE FRANCIS BIT DIT BITTER DITTER KARL K TER Is of Austrian birth but has been In III the United States Stales since 1389 1989 He makes a 1 specialty of archi architectural 11 sculpture and is at present busily engaged designing groups for forthe forthe forthe the St Louis exposition for which ha ho Is chief of sculpture America owes his presence to a lucky chance as It ItIs itIs itis Is Improbable he would have left Austria had he not rebelled against compulsory military service In per person person person son Mr Bitter Ritter Is tall dark handsome and athletic looking He Is now In his year rANIEL ANIEL CHESTER FRENCH has hasU D DANIEL U long enjoyed an enviable reputation reputation tion as an artist Simplicity Is the keynote of his sculptural work From the time his first Important statue The Minuteman was un unveiled unveiled unveiled veiled on the old battle field of Con Concord Concord Concord cord he has steadily advanced arid and has achieved notable success In many public commissions Mr French who is now fifty three years old has hu been called the poet of modern sculpture and Indeed his greatest work has been done In the realm of the Ideal HI Ho studied In Doston Boston and Florence EORGE GREY BARNARD may he heIn In GEORGE said sold to have become famous over overnight w night Long a struggling hard hardworking hardworking hardworking working sculptor In Paris he one day sent to the Salon Sa Ion six groups which made his name known throughout i western Europe Mr Barnard who Is It Ita i ia a Pennsylvania by birth Is by no meano meane in the sear and yellow leaf having been born In 1853 1883 The camera earner has caught Mm him Ih a characteristic cha h r I pose pOle In his workaday y attire Mr Bar Dar Barnards Barnards nards specialty Is heroic statuary His studio Is le In New York where wh re he ho heis hoIs heis is very popular with his fellow artists |