Show vs MAG A THE HEBAU) BEPUBIIOAN ZINE-SECTIO- N SAIZT MAGAZINE SECTION LAKE CITY UTAH SUNDAY MARCH 25 1917 5 4L wmrxmmwmL1 i Remarkable Examples of Work Proving That Women world have added a special gy to the expressions of art? And is No Longer Take a Place Second to Men in the It not inevitable that women who respond so quickly to the emotions of life should show In their art the why women should not stand equally hour? peculiar influences of Important not a matter One cannot but think of these with men In art It is no artistic of sex If a man ha things in reviewing recent work of he cannot produce a good work ity Work of the women sculptors in America So with a woman But the way is The day when the work jof more difficult for us an In the field of sculpture was fined to portrait busts and dainty For Instance many men have begun their Modelling fountains Is passed Slowly but she has climbed the ladder of studies as studio assistit not entirely possible that the IS tragic miTi activities of so much of the ener- between the government of the United States of America and the leaders of the warring parties in the Ilepubllc of Mexico An interesting work Is the equestrian piece of the Venezuelan hero Gen Simon Bolivar executed ly Sally James Farnham This is said to he the only equestrian statue of a man executed by a woman to stand in public It Is to be placed In Central Park New York city Twice bad statues been made by men both of them to be rejected It remained for a woman at last to win the approval of the government of Venezuela in this matter The statue of Bolivar is indeed important as it is the gift to the United States from Venezuela Before making the figure Mrs Farnham spent much time in Venezuela studying the policies of the country the people the country this-- abil- womcon- sure- ly ants and studio boys fame until now she stands abreast This is almost imposwith the men in the world of plastic sible for a woman for art the work of a Some y ears6 ago had any one sug- studiorough too is hard phygested a woman to execute a monu- sically for her ‘ That ment or figure of heroic sice that Is the reason the womperson would have been considered en generally have men Just the least bit queer but not so assistants at the present time for throughout One of the largest com-the United States there are examples of the work by women that seem to destroy the idea of a question of sex and brings the matter down to one of capability alone In Competition with Men Every large piece of work by women that has been placed on public buildings and In public places has won its acceptance through successful competition with men In Pea Moines la for example an excellent opportunity to judge of a woman’s capability In sculpture Is afforded by the Allison Monument that stands in front of the Capitol It is the work of Beatrice Evelyn Longman In New York another example of this young woman's art is the figure surmounting the Western Union Telegraph Building a male figure symbolic of electricity k ( Impressive Monument to the Women of the Southern Confederacy Designed for v Iff A Beatrice Evelyn - Longman's Duplication in Ten Southern States by Belle Kinney w of “Electricity1 The result of the months spent there can be felt in the work is one of the most An delicate and beautiful pieces of work It is a by Miss Frances Grimes valuable example of decorative sculpture in which women are showing so much skill a branch of the art that as undoubtedly been sadly negIn general Spirited Figure over-mant- el -- ated Pacific Fleet Challenge Trophy Designed by Abastenia St L Eberle Miss Longman comes from Winchester O and in speaking of the heroic work being executed by those of her sex said: “There la no reason that I can see Simon Bolivar Statue Designed by Sally James is Miss Hyatt “We have schools and Anna V Hyatt of masters in this country who can give Cambridge Mass much Art centres that are really To - be convinced art centres of the serious kind have of this one needs been fqrmed in the last few years but to see her inspiring statue of student life has little Joan d’Aro that stands on Riverside The flighty place in the life of those who really Drive in New York-citwish to do something There are Miss Hyatt's studio is filled with museums here with fine examples of animal studies but her colossal Joan the antique There is in fact every d’Arc is regarded as so far her masfacility for study Why go abroad?” terpiece It was at the earnest solicitation The Pacific Fleet Trephy of men like Gutzon Borglum who In Webster City la Abastenia St believe in getting a foundation In L Eberle first saw tbe light of day one’s own country that Miss Ilyatt remained on this sido It was there that she made her first of the Atlantic while mud pies into queer little figures pursuing her studies (bat foreshadowed her life's work “It is unnecessary for it la this young woman from Weba sculptor to go abroad ster City who won tbe competition to study today” said for tbe design of tbe permanent challenge trophy for general athletics of (he Pacific fleet Tbe trophy of bronze stands S feet 4 inches high the figure of an athlete holding high a wreath for ’the victor Another notable piece of work done by a woman is the’ medal made by Janet Scudder 'It was presented by the United States Congress to bis excellency tbe ambassador of Brazil In recognition of the valuable ser vices of that distinguished states- animal life -- Farnham ’ missions that has been awarded to woman is the monument to the Women of the Confederacy that Is to stand In ten of the southern states The order fell to Miss Belle Kinney who was bom in Nashville Tenn and who being a southerner by birth naturally had great feeling for her subject At present the monuments are to stand one in Jackson Miss and one In Nashville Tenn As each of the ten states raises the money necessathe casting In bronze of the ry-for group the order is to he filled and' 'the monument placed in the capital simple but effective feeling found in tjie best examples of classic art "Modem clothes'' said Miss Kinney “are decidedly awkward to use It seems to me that we have had enough of the 'stove pipe’ effect in sculpture and I believe that more rfnd more are our sculptors realizin ing that even the commonplace congarments may be handled with vincing artistic effect” Recent work of women sculptors has proved the remarkable range of their talents One of the foremost sculptors of : ‘ : Miss Kinney’s Monument In Miss Kinney's monument a wounded soldier has fallen On the other aide a figure representing the confederate woman kneels while in the centre Fame crowns the woman - and claims the hero In handling the drapery not only of this group but of other work she (has done Misa Kinney reverts to the ' man as mediator in tbe controversy Allison Monument for Des Moines la Designed by Beatrice Evelyn Longman - r "i y t A ' fc - Ti s r t’ !£ ' - - pi V y Vvi j: ?' 4 - Tcatvrr Serrles Ine If IT |