. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. he sitter. This bust, made 3Si Zbc Hrt ^Treasures of Masbtngton about 1908, is one of the most successful of thatseries of portrait busts commenced by the sculptora few years ago, and including at the present time,many distinguished artists, doctors, and specialistsin other fields. A c
. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. he sitter. This bust, made 3Si Zbc Hrt ^Treasures of Masbtngton about 1908, is one of the most successful of thatseries of portrait busts commenced by the sculptora few years ago, and including at the present time,many distinguished artists, doctors, and specialistsin other fields. A collected group oi these busts,shown recently ! at the Saint Botolphs Club, inBoston, included portraits of die painters, DeCamp,Redfield, Schofield, Paxton, and Clymer, Dr, LouisStarr, Dr. Joseph Trice, Mr. Viereck, and others. In the department of portrait busts Grafly standsunrivalled in his generation. The head of Viereck IS extremely typical of die quality and character ofthe Sculptors achievement. Founded upon the sound principles of construction, the bust is fas-cinating in the suggestion of colour; in the delicacy of the surface modelling; the unity of its forms,both structural and superficial; while the character of the sitter is given with sympathy and apprecia-tion* 1 ebraaiy, k>i r- THE KM). /&£ X 51 OF 11 i:\in \ [ERE< K Bibliography GENERAL Applctons Cyclopaedia of American Biography. New York, 1887. Brown, GLENN. — History of the United States Capitol. Wington, 1902. Bryan. — Dictionary of Painters. New York, 1903. Clement and Hutton. — Artists of the Nineteenth , 1880. Caffin, Charles H. — American Masters of Sculpture. NewYork, Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting in the New Library ofCongress. In Handbook of the New Library of Congress. Her-bert Small. Boston, 1897. Coffin, William A. — Decorations in the New Library of , March, 1897. DUNLAP, William. — History of the Rise and Progress of the Art
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