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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



August, 1 913 



Of the many small bronzes by Willard Dry- 

 den Paddock is the flower holder known as 

 "The Flower Boys," reproduced on page 271, 

 representing two male figures wrestling in a 

 bed of gravel in a wide mouthed bowl. A 

 particularly charming effect is obtained by the 

 insertion of Narcissus, Jonquil, or other stiff- 

 stemmed flowers between their arms. This 

 attractive table accessory can be obtained in 

 either the antique green bronze or in a brown 

 to harmonize with the surroundings. 



Mr. Paddock's "Little Ship" is also one of 

 the small decorative bronzes which is typical 

 of the delightfully "intimate" character of his 

 work. 



In strong contrast in subject and treatment is 

 "The American Stoic" by A. Stirling Calder, 

 Director of Sculpture for the forthcoming 

 Panama Exposition in San Francisco, repre- 



most in this very interesting line of endeavor. 



One of the most popular expressions for 

 artistic skill, meeting with the appreciation of 

 the art lover, is found in the numerous studies 

 of wild and domestic animals. There seems 

 to be born in the breast of almost every 

 American the love of some one kind of animal 

 or at least a keen appreciation of its wonder- 

 ful poetry of motion. 



This is well exemplified in the small bronze 

 "Stalking Jaguars," by Anna Vaughan Hyatt. 

 The subtle grace and power of the cat tribe 

 has never been more graphically depicted than 

 in this little bronze, the placing of which on 

 top of a high book-case is obvious and most 

 decorative. 



The "Winter Group," by Miss Hyatt, is 



another example of what the American woman 



Copyright by Gutzon Borgiun is doing in sculpture. Since this group was 



senting a magnificent specimen of Indian man- "Lincoln," a life-size bust, executed, typical as it is of our Western prairie 

 hood, faithfully modeled and almost an exact °y Gutzon Borgiun blizzard, it has been exhibited widely through- 



portrait of an Indian of the type that is rapidly passing out the country and occupies an honored place in many of 

 away. This figure, two and one half feet high, is especially its homes through the artistic treatment of a fine idea. 



suited for the decoration of the library 

 or the living-room of a country house. 



If of the making of books there is 

 no end, it may be equally said that there 

 is no end to the making of studies of 

 the most picturesque figure in American 

 history, Abraham Lincoln. Of the lat- 

 est ones in life size is that illustrated, 

 by Gutzon Borglum, a rugged and char- 

 acteristic portrait. Almost every home 

 has a place for so splendid and forceful 

 a work of art as this, which would be 

 well suited to a library, drawing-room 

 or living-room. 



Still another subject of dignity and 

 strong appeal to the American, is the 

 cast from the original model of George 

 Washington, by J. Q. A. Ward. This 

 fine example of early American sculp- 

 ture may be obtained in its original 

 size, namely twenty four inches, and 



Another bronze suitable for the high 

 book-case or cabinet is the "Spread 

 Eagle," of Miss Harriet Frishmuth. 

 The original of this small bronze, illus- 

 trated, measures about nine feet from 

 tip to tip, and is considered the most 

 virile interpretation of the national 

 bird ever created. The spread of this 

 small model, from which the larger 

 one was made, is twenty four inches and 

 is rendered particularly interesting by 

 the technique of the feathers on the re- 

 verse side of the wings. 



Of the animal subjects there is, of 

 course, endless variety, but perhaps one 

 of the most interesting is "The Polo 

 Player," a clever modern presentment 

 by Charles Carey Rumsey. This splen- 

 did portrayal of a homely Texas "quar- 

 ter horse" with its rider is of a group so 

 full of sporting atmosphere and so true 



Copyright by IV. D. Paddock. 



"The Little Ship," by W. D. Paddock 



would form a very interesting note in a Colonial house, to type in every particular that it should appeal to every 



One of the most distinctive applications of the art of lover of pastime and find a place in the billiard or smoking- 



the sculptor, especially for country houses, is the creation room of the polo devotee as well as the true lover of art. 



of artistic andirons to harmon- Poetry of conception and 

 ize or contrast with the deco- anatomical certainty of model- 

 rations of the room which are ing is shown in another Indian 

 so often designed especially for subject by Miss Abastenia St. 

 their surroundings. Ledger Eberle, "The Indian 

 The pair reproduced, Fisherman," which also be- 

 "Cupid and Psyche," by Henry longs in the class of "intimate 

 Linder, are joyful reminders of bronzes." This fine interpreta- 

 tive charms of the fireside and tion of the Indian (eighteen 

 are representative examples of and one half inches in height), 

 Mr. Linder's art, which is fore- is particularly suited to a den 



Copyright by A. Stirling Calder. 

 The American stoic, by A. 

 Stirling Calder 



Copyright by H. Frismuth. 



Spread Eagle, a wing-extended representation of the national bird, 

 by Harriet Frismuth 



Copyright by J. Q. A. Ward. 



The Treasury, Washington, by 

 J. Q. A. Ward 



