Word: rodins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...death of Jules E, Mastbaum, wealthy cinema theatre proprietor, French Government officials and noted citizens of Philadelphia last week watched a hole being made in the ground. This hole was the beginning of a museum, paid for by the wealth of Mr. Mastbaum, to house works of null Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). In it will be assembled the finest U. S. collection of his works. Outside and in front of it will be gardens and a statue, not of Mr. Mastbaum, but of The Thinker, Sculptor Rodin's most famed work...
...particular, what does the cover mean? Is Mr. Cox giving us a now version a La Rodin of what two gargoyles are doing in a certain cloisters in Oxford, or is it a fight? Mr. Cox stimulates the imagination. Many thanks to him for telling us the name of Eddie Morris. The High Hat Club is a good collection of drawings, but the captions--they are the real High Hat part of it. What are they all about...
Last week U. S. art dealers were surprised to learn that the Baltimore Municipal Museum of Art announced the loan for exhibition of the second casting of famed French Sculptor François Auguste Rodin's three-foot bronze, "The Kiss." Of this statue there are many marble replicas and one bronze original; the second bronze casting, given by the sculptor to a friend, had been believed lost for many years. "Where," dealers asked one another, "did it come from...
...Sangsallakapet is composed of men in all walks of life and trade. Honesty and a good voice are the sole requirements for membership. Its soloists are Gustaf Rodin, tenor, onetime of the Stockholm Royal Opera now of the Berlin Opera; John Johanson, baritone; Johan Friberg, tenor and Joel Berglund, baritone...
Philadelphia, city of feuds in art and music, gave official approval last week to the late Sculptor August Rodin. Mayor Kendrick, after conferring with his subordinates, announced that, yes, the city would accept from Jules E. Mastbaum, theatre owner and philanthropist, a million-dollar collection of Sculptor Rodin's works and a $400,000 museum to keep them in. Architects Paul Cret and Jacques Greber having completed their plans, there was nothing further to hinder the museum's erection at Parkway & 23rd...