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Address of Paper Phila Pa
Date Apr 24 - 98
Est [[??]] 1884 (Newspaper cutting is hiding some information on the cutting detail)

The gentleman to whose judgment has been left the placing of commissions on the Smith memorial for Fairmont Park are no nearer a decision now than they were some weeks ago. They have made no less than six dispositions of the work during the time of their deliberations, only to unmake them again. It is no small task to select from among sixty-seven competitors fifteen good sculptors who can be relied upon to complete the required work satisfactorily and well.
America's four greatest sculptors, St. Gaudens, French, Barnard and McMonnies, are not in the competition at all. The absence of their work brings the average of excellence among the thirty really big men very much nearer together and makes a decision still more difficult. The judges can only be guided in their ultimate decision by a careful study of the accomplished productions of these same thirty or more likely men.
The Fairmont Park Art Association's special committee now considering the placing of commissions contains the following gentlemen: DR. William Peffer, Joel J. Baily, Wescott Baily, Ferdinand J. Dreer, Dr. James MacAlister, Charles E. Dana, W. Beaumont Whitney, Clarence H. Clark, Charles M. Burns, John T. Morris, Leslie W. Miller, A.E. Hetherington, Theophilus Chandler and Edward T. Coates.
A special committee of this committee has lately been visiting the New York studios and the Congressional Library at Washington, both expeditions having been arranged for a further study of the sculptors' abilities and suitabilities. 

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Address of Paper Phila Pa
Date  June 16 - 98
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THE SCULPTURE SOCIETY
The Boston Transcript speaks of the recent exhibition of the National Sculpture Society as artistically successful but financially disappointing. 
This is not exactly correct. The attendance was quite as great, or greater, than was expected.
It was not supposed that the receipts would cover the expenses of the exhibition; none of the Sculpture Society's exhibitions has yet paid its own expenses.
It was particularly unlikely that the last one should be profitable, seeing that it was held at the end of the season.
But the Society is quite well satisfied with the result and hopes to hold a similar exhibition the year after next.
It is not unlikely that the next exhibition may take place in Madison Square Garden. Here it will be possible to exhibit much larger pieces of sculpture and statuary than in the Fine Arts building, so that we shall perhaps see something of the work of Mr. St. Gaudens, Mr. Barnard, and others, whose absence from the exhibition that has just been held was regrettable.


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Address of Paper   SYRACUSE, N.Y.
Date  APR 13 1898
Es[[??]]1884. (Newspaper cutting is hiding some information on the cutting detail)

SOCIAL ART CLUB.
American Painters Discussed by Members at the Last Working Meeting of the Season.
The last working meeting of the Social art club was held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frederick [[?]] Barker in Park avenue. Mrs. L.V. [[?]] Lynch read a resume of the last meeting, which was held on April 5, at the home of Mrs. Charles E. Stevens, and at which time a delightful paper had been ready by Mrs. Steven.  Although Mrs. Mary T. Leavenworth, president of the club, was not present, she had sent to the club from New  York, where she is sojourning, a cordial invitation to all the club members to meet socially at her home on Tuesday afternoon next.  The programme for the afternoon was devoted to 10-minute talks upon American artist. Mrs. A. K. Hoyt first spoke upon John S. Sargent, a physician of Boston, his mother a native of Philadelphia.  His greatest gift is a portrait painter.  Sargent hall in the Boston library is decorated by him, representing the triumph of religion, though only partly finished. His recent picture is a portrait of Mr. Marquand, now is the Metropolitan museum in New York.
Mrs. Barker followed with a talk upon St. Gaudens, which showed familiarity with her subject, and art especially. She described the Shaw monument, which is considered one of St. Gaudens's best efforts; also "The  Brothers," "Love" and "The Boy."
Mrs. Clark then gave a very interesting account of the rise and progress of Ranger, whom Syracuse can claim as one of her favored sons.  Already his painting are well known in Paris and meet with ready sale, and he is soon to have an exhibition in London.  There are three of his pictures now in Syracuse, and the Social art club is to have the opportunity of studying one next week at the social gathering of the club, which will be with Mrs. Leavenworth on April 19.
Mrs. Ide's talk was most interesting, as she wa personally acquainted with her subject, George Grey Barnard, having recently met Mr. and Mrs. Barnard in Paris and had become very much attached to Mrs. Barnard and a great admirer of Mr. Barnard's artistic talent. 
Mrs. Ide said in part:
George Grey Barnard, one of the youngest and most celebrated American sculptors, first exhibited his works in the salon Champ de Mars in Paris, 1894. He created a genuine sensation in Paris art world. In 1896 he returned to this country and held an exhibition oat the Loirrat gardens.  The piece which created the greatest interest was a colossal group entitled, "I Feel Two Natures Struggling Within Me."  In this he demonstrates with a singular power his contempt for conventional methods and his passionate longing for the new and creative in art. Possibly the composition may lack a little of that precision and clearness that conventional allegory requires, but all is told with majestic energy-an energy that knows its power and scorns details.  His conceptions partially detached from their rough background promote much discussion.