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...eyes on the many fine arts committees which hand out the jobs of making America's monuments. Big assignments for sculpture come to U. S. artists by direct commission, through open competition or through competitions limited by invitation. Last week a handsome plum fell to Mrs. Laura Gardin Fraser, Manhattan sculptor famed for her medal designs, when her model won in a limited competition for a $100,000 Baltimore bronze of Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall") Jackson. Still groggy from a sinus operation, Mrs. Fraser was cheered by her success, knew she had a good...
...heroes," specified in his bequest: "On one of the [statue's] sides, I want it to read: They were great generals and Christian soldiers and waged war like gentlemen.' These are my own words, and I only ask the simple word under them, 'Ferguson.'" Mrs. Fraser's winning model, in accordance with the competition's rules, showed the generals as they parted before Chancellorsville, on May 2, 1863. General Jackson's head is thrust slightly forward as though he were calling a last remark to his listening commander. Eight days later Stonewall Jackson...
Awarded under the rules of the National Sculpture Society, an association whose purpose is to encourage U. S. carvers and chiselers, the Baltimore money will not all be clear gain for Sculptor Fraser. Out of the $100,000 she must furnish materials, studio rent, wages of assistants and workmen, possibly will show only a small profit when the bronze generals are finally cast and unveiled in Baltimore's Wyman Park. Some other U. S. sculptors reported busy last week were...
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...recipients are Fraser Neiman, 3G., of Cambridge, Mass.; William K. Chandler, Instructor in English and Tutor; Carleton Green, 5G., of Troy, N. Y.; George M. Kahrl, of Mt. Vernon, O., Ph.D. Harvard '36; Edward C. Peple, 4G., of Richmond, Va., and Ralph M. Wardle, 3G., of Woonsocket...