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Attorney General John G. Sargent, declared Artist Albert Rosenthal, is a "great figure to paint. He's a Lincoln type." Mr. Sargent's portrait will be painted at the expense of the U. S., as are portraits of all Presidents, Vice Presidents, Chief Justices of the Supreme Court, Cabinet Officers, Presiding Officers of the Senate and House. Pictures of Associate Justices of the Supreme Court (of which Mr. Rosenthal has 35 to sell, including those of Justices Brewer, Harlan, Brown, McKenna, Peckham, Moody, Holmes, Day) are not paid for by the Government...
...other strenuous Americans are commemorated. There, upon a frieze that belts the dome 75 feet from the floor, a fresco depicts scenes from U. S. history beginning with the landing of the bold Italian adventurer, Cristoforo Colombo. Work upon this design was started long ago by Constantino Brumidi, Italian artist, carried on by Filippi Costaggini, another Italian, but suspended in 1899 and never resumed. A gap of blank wall breaks the complete circuit of the frieze...
Many magazines of truly doubtful character have insulted the finer sensibilities of the public for years without any year of suppression. Art magazines that no artist reads, glorifications of American womanhood that no lady buys. French indencies printed especially for exportation have openly proclaimed their attractions from every corner newsstand. Still the liberal and inoffensive satire of the Lampoon meets with stern suppression. The whole affair is an unwarranted abuse of the police power based upon a fine technicality...
...active instances, he encouraged youthful artists to enter the College and qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, feeling that a liberal education was quite as important for an artist as for anyone else...
...portraits now being exhibited include studies of Robert S. Hillyer '17, Instructor in English A, and author of a recent work on William Blake, Martin Mower '01, Instructor in Fine Arts and an artist known for his flower pieces, and Chandler Rathfon Post '04, Associate Professor of Greek and Fine Arts and author of a volume on the history of sculpture...