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Title: International studio
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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Subjects: Art Decoration and ornament
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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executed what is prob-
ahly the very best portrait of an African
hitherto produced. The surface modelling is
excellent. It is a speaking likeness. This
unique creation was much admired by Saint
Gaudens by whose direction it was given
place at the entrance of the American section
of the Exposition where it was exhibited in
1900.

SAMBO
BY ALBERT P. LUCAS

borough, Scotland. Nevertheless it is signi-
ficant that the black man has been depicted in
some of the greatest sculptures in America,—
and in a way which proves him to be not un-
worthy as a theme for the sculptor's chisel.
Macmonnies has rendered a splendid negro
figure in one of the tremendous groups on the
Brooklyn Memorial Arch. Saint Gaudens in
the Shaw Memorial in Boston, a masterpiece,
—perhaps his greatest masterpiece,—has paid
signal honour to the negro race. Daniel Ches-
ter French has symbolized Africa at the en-
trance of the New York Custom House in a
group so imposing that it invests the Negro
race with dignity and lifts the Ethiopian into
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THE LAUGHING FAUN by ALBERT P. LUCAS
xxxi.

Modern Masters at the Pennsylvania Academy Albert P. Lucas has a well-defined artisticcreed which is betrayed in all his works. Whether in painting or in sculpture, Lucas stands for the expression of beauty, the beauty which invests all nature. He strives to elevate rather than to draw down. He has absolutely no use for the vulgarity which so often displays itself in so-called art. He scorns it. He utterly refuses to cater to it. As a painter of the nude in all its beauty, Lucas stands supreme, but for mere naked-ness he has no use whatever. We hope soon to enjoy the pleasure of seeing more of the creations of this remarkable artist in the museums and art galleries of America. The enthusiastic appreciation which was accorded to Lucas in France can not fail to find an echo here in the land of his birth. MODERN MASTERS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY The paintings and drawings by representative modern masters shown at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in

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