DOI issue:
No. 188 (October, 1912)
DOI article:Louis Potter: sculptor
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.43450#0413
Louis Potter: Sculptor
OUIS POTTER: SCULPTOR
The recent sudden death of Louis
->—-J Potter, one of the most promising of
American sculptors, is a matter of uni-
versal regret, and his loss will be keenly felt in the
art world. Mr. Potter’s first instruction in his
art was received from Charles Noel Flagg. He
also studied painting under Montague Flagg dur-
ing his college vacations. In 1896 he went to
Paris and remained there for three years, studying
painting under Luc-Olivier Merson, and modeling
Copyright, 1912, by Louis Potter
THE EARTH’S UNFOLDMENT
BY LOUIS POTTER
under Jean Dampt. His first exhibition was a
bust of Bernard Boutet de Monvel, in the Champs
de Mars. Mr. Potter also spent some time in
Tunis, and while there was commissioned by that
government to represent Arab life at the Paris
Exposition. For this service the Bey conferred
upon him the decoration of Officier du Nicham
Iftikar, or Order of Renown.
After his return Mr. Potter devoted himself
to distinctively American subjects. The Indian
particularly, both Alaskan and American, became
one of his favorite subjects.
For the purpose of arriving at some higher spir-
itual insight, which might enable him to carry out
his art conceptions and accomplish something
which would benefit the world, Mr. Potter became
interested in the investigation of the occult sci-
ences. This he had abandoned, however, during
the last few months of his life, declaring the prac-
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OUIS POTTER: SCULPTOR
The recent sudden death of Louis
->—-J Potter, one of the most promising of
American sculptors, is a matter of uni-
versal regret, and his loss will be keenly felt in the
art world. Mr. Potter’s first instruction in his
art was received from Charles Noel Flagg. He
also studied painting under Montague Flagg dur-
ing his college vacations. In 1896 he went to
Paris and remained there for three years, studying
painting under Luc-Olivier Merson, and modeling
Copyright, 1912, by Louis Potter
THE EARTH’S UNFOLDMENT
BY LOUIS POTTER
under Jean Dampt. His first exhibition was a
bust of Bernard Boutet de Monvel, in the Champs
de Mars. Mr. Potter also spent some time in
Tunis, and while there was commissioned by that
government to represent Arab life at the Paris
Exposition. For this service the Bey conferred
upon him the decoration of Officier du Nicham
Iftikar, or Order of Renown.
After his return Mr. Potter devoted himself
to distinctively American subjects. The Indian
particularly, both Alaskan and American, became
one of his favorite subjects.
For the purpose of arriving at some higher spir-
itual insight, which might enable him to carry out
his art conceptions and accomplish something
which would benefit the world, Mr. Potter became
interested in the investigation of the occult sci-
ences. This he had abandoned, however, during
the last few months of his life, declaring the prac-
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