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international. The statue is on the Altbriinner 

 Monastery Place, which after to-morrow will be called 

 Gregor Mendel Place. The figure looks towards the 

 Aiigustiner Foundation, where he lived and worked 

 for several years. The background is enclosed as a 

 garden. The well-known sculptor, Theodor Charle- 

 mont, received, after a competition, the order to 

 execute the monument, in 1907. On a simple base of 

 granite is set the pedestal, which like the statue is 

 made of Laasar marble. Gregor Mendel is standing 

 in clerical dress, over life size, the right foot stands 

 rather forward, the fine head slightly inclined to the 

 right ; the head is uncovered. With both hands the 

 scientist touches common beans and peas, which 

 creep up a little wall to the side. The favourite 

 subjects of Gregor Mendel are conventionalised and 

 are raised to a clearly visible part of the whole monu- 

 ment. Flowers and pods fall over the wall. The 

 artist only had a photograph of the scientist at his 

 disposal, notwithstanding which the work is full of 

 life ; upon the face there is an expression of amia- 

 bility and kind-heartedness. On the front side of 

 the base is a shield with the inscription : — 



" To the Natural Scientist and Investigator." 

 P. Gregor Mendel. 



To the left of the shield kneels a nude boy, in slight 

 relief ; to the right, a girl ; they clasp each other's 

 right hands at the feet of Gregor Mendel. This 

 decoration of the base is intended to show delicately 

 the influence of Mendel's theories on human life 



