International studio (32.1907)

Current Art Events

Her very large collection of semiprecious stones
are beautiful to see in their wonderful variety of
color, and the quantity of them makes the correct
choice of a stone possible when there is an order to
fill. Among them are abalone, the iridescent lin-
ing of the Haliotis found on the Pacific coast,
and corals in many shades; green malachite, with
strange colors straying through its greenness;
azurites and lapis lazuli, both of deep blue; and
chrysicolla, of a bluish-green. Turquoise matrix.with
its odd markings, comes from copper mines, and
the topaz, opal and amethyst are found in Western
mountains. Laboradite of a grayish blue, and Chi-

“tiie martyr” marble statuette

BY GUTZON BORGLUM

nese jade.of a deep green; tourmalines, pink and
green, and chrysoprase, mamomaline, and some
beautifully marked transparent stones, called ver-
isite (petrified wood), are found in the collection.

Among some recent orders now in process of
construction by Mrs. Froehlich are pieces which
show, in an interesting way, the variety in her work.
Among these is a set of five gold rings left by the
will of a grandmother to five grandsons. The rings
were to be alike, of lapis lazuli; set in gold, and with
a symbolical design. They have a broad gold setting,
and on either side of the round blue stone there is
chased on the widest part of the band a pair of
wings, making the design the “ Winged Globe ” of
ancient times. Another curious piece is a watch-fob
designed for a woman who is a member of several
clubs, and the long fob hanging over the ribbon has
the symbols of five societies woven into its length.
A silver belt buckle has an odd-shaped piece of
abalone shell used in its decoration, and several
bronze belt buckles of quaint designs are also in
process of making.

Mrs. Froehlich has also done some good re-
pousse work in copper and has several specimens
in candlesticks, cassarole covers and other articles
in her studio. During May, she had an exhibit of
her work at Stamford, Conn., where she has taught
classes.

CURRENT ART EVENTS

The statue of John William Mackay
which we reproduce by special per-
mission herewith will be unveiled with
appropriate ceremonies at Reno, Nevada, early
this month. Mr. Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor,
has treated the subject with an admirable sense of
its downright Americanism. Another recent piece
of work from Mr. Borglum’s studio is shown on
this page. Mr. Borglum has received the commis-
sion for the equestrian statue of General Sheridan,
to be erected in Sheridan Circle, Washington,
D. C.

The Gibbs-Channing-Avery portrait of Wash-
ington has been acquired by the Metropolitan
Museum, New York. This painting, as Mr. Isham,
who contributes an interesting article to the
“Museum Bulletin” on the subject, points out,
gives with admirable skill and truth an apparently
more human and less idealized rendering of the
sitter than the more famous Athenaeum head.

Professor Arthur Fairbanks, of Michigan
University, has been elected director of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts.

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