International studio . executed what is jirob-ahly the very best portrait of an Africanhitherto produced. The surface modelling isexcellent. It is a speaking likeness. Thisunique creation was much admired by SaintGaudens by whose direction it was givenplace at the entrance of the .ierican sectionof the Exposition where it was exhibited in1900. BY .\LnERT P. LUCAS borough, Scotland. Nevertheless it is signi-ficant that the black man has been depicted insome of the greatest sculptures in America,—and in a way which proves him to be not un-worthy as a theme for the sculptors has
International studio . executed what is jirob-ahly the very best portrait of an Africanhitherto produced. The surface modelling isexcellent. It is a speaking likeness. Thisunique creation was much admired by SaintGaudens by whose direction it was givenplace at the entrance of the .ierican sectionof the Exposition where it was exhibited in1900. BY .\LnERT P. LUCAS borough, Scotland. Nevertheless it is signi-ficant that the black man has been depicted insome of the greatest sculptures in America,—and in a way which proves him to be not un-worthy as a theme for the sculptors has rendered a splendid negrofigure in one of the tremendous groups on theBrooklyn Memorial Arch. Saint Gaudens inthe Shaw Memorial in Boston, a masterpiece,—perhaps his greatest masterpiece,—has paidsignal honour to the negro race. Daniel Ches-ter French has symbolized Africa at the en-trance of the New York Custom House in agroup so imposing that it invests the Negrorace with dignity and lifts the Ethiopian into. THE L.\UGHING F.\U.\ .\LBERT P. LUCAS Modern Masters at the Pennsy/vania Acade??iy Albert P. Lucas has a well-defined artisticcreed which is betrayed in all his in painting or in sculpture, Lucasstands for the expression of beauty, thebeauty which invests all nature. He strivestc elevate rather than to draw down. He hasabsolutely no use for the vulgarity which sooften displays itself in so-called art. Hescorns it. He utterly refuses to cater to a painter of the nude in all its beauty,Lucas stands supreme, but for mere naked-ness he has no use v^hatever. We hope soonto enjoy the pleasure of seeing more of thecreations of this remarkable artist in themuseums and art galleries of America. Theenthusiastic appreciation which was accordedto Lucas in France can not fail to find anecho here in the land of his Ijirth. M )DERN MASTERS AT THEIENNSYLVANLA ACADEMY The paintings and drawings byrepresentative modern mas;ers shown at thePennsylvania Academ
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