THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX. PORTTiAXP. DECEMBER " 20, 1914. WORLD'S GREATEST ARTISTS PAINT FOR SAN FRANCISCO EXPOSITION Eemarkable Canvases Decorate Exterior Walls of Courts and Palaces Allegorical" Pictures, 10 to 100 Feet, Made by Best Modern Masters, win Praise From Critics as Worthy of Places in Museums. i I " ' I ' jcawag- . j . II I " yw , Hit t -j.'la,, 3 - i. r " ! " ; " vW'-V ".?J ' w .- ... . .. AT least two Innovations and a superlative characterize the 80 great outdoor mural paintings, by the world's most noted artists, most of which now are In place on the walls f the courts and palaces ot the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at Ean Francisco. As for the innovations, this is the first time in the history of world ex positions that such paintings have been ehown on the exterior walls because it is the first time an exposition has leen held in a land with a May Day climate all the year 'round. Also it is the first time that such paintings, Instead of being executed directly upon the plaster of the walls, to be destroyed with the ephemeral struc tures, have been done on canvas, to be preserved to posterity. That such magnificent ' allegorical pictures ranging in length from .10 to 100 feet are well worth preserving in TWO OF MANY SPLENDID EXHIBIT BUILDINGS OF PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION NOW COMPLETED the art museums of the country, is evidenced, though faintly, by the min iature photographic representations recently made. And it is here that the use of the superlative becomes insis tent; for art critics agree that never before has any exposition shown such superb specimens of the handiwork of so many masters of their craft as are On, view back of the colonnades and beneath the lofty arches of the many festival courts - of this : most . superb of world's expositions. - Particularly is this true of the work of Frank Brangwyn characterized by Jules Guerin, chief of -the exposition's color department as the greatest liv ing colorist and of such masters as Edward Simmons, Robert Reid, F. de Leftwich Dodge and Frank Vincent du Mond, while the symbolical paintings already in place, by Chile Hassam, Charles' Holloway and Milton H. Ban croft, constantly call forth expressions of admiration and appreciation from the myriads of .visitors, nearly 300,000 4 of whom already throng the exposi tion grounds each month. In all there are 30 of these great canvases now completed all of the artists with the exception of Brangwyn having come to San Francisco to get the inspiration of the California sky and sunshine in putting the finishing touches on their paintings and these now tre all In place upon the weath ered" Roman Travertine walls of the great palaces and. courts. Brangwyn, who finished his can vases in London in 'November, has four large murals to his- credit in the Louis Mullgardt Court of Abundance. These, which comprise ' some of the most powerful work of Great Britain's greatest master of color, are symbolical respectively of Earth, Fire, Air and Water. In the beautiful rotunda of the great fireproof Palace of Fine Arts a build ing one-fifth of a mile in length and containing 100 different galleries there are shown' eight mural canvases by the celebrated Robert Reid. of. New York, each 22 by 29 feet These include the Four Golds of California golden popples, golden wheat, golden oranges and the metal of the Argonauts, be sides four paintings symbolical of the birth and influence of all the arts. These canvases, done in rich, warm tones, are lighted from below -by a brilliant flood of golden light the sunshine of California and reach up into the intense blue of the skies of the golden land. Under the triumphal arches of the Rising and Setting Sun, 240 feet in height, are four of the most notable of the mural masterpieces; two by Frank Vincent Du Mond and two by Edward Simmons; the former symbolizing the march of the pioneers from the bleak New England coast to California, an'd these of Simmons (-on the Oriental side of the universe), typifying the, influ ence and westward trend of , War, Com merce, Conquest. Imagination and Re ligion, from Atlantic, ,;.gypt, Greece, Rome and all Europe the Pacific lands. His second painl.ng is devoted to depicting the dreams which led the adventurers westward; Hope and Illu sory Hope, scattering bubbles, lead the procession of beautiful women. They are followed by Adventure, the Arts. Imagination. Truth, Religion, the Fam ily and Wealth. The technique here shown is unique and full of charm. The Du Mond paintings, like those of Simmons, are 12x46 feet in dimensions. Most of the figures shown are actual portraits of noted Westerners Bret Harte,- Keith, the artist. Judge Field, Captain Anza, the -great Spanish ex plorer, and others. W. de Leftwlch Dodge is represented by two enormous and brilliant can vasses, each 16x96 feet to be used to decorate the passageway in the 435 foot Tower of Jewels. The first of these is the Atlantic and Pacific and the Purchase. The second, the Gateway of All Nations and Labor Crowned symbolical of the mighty Influence of tne great Isthmian canal and executed in a. masterly style in keeping with-the eunject. Milton M. Bancroft has 10 canvasses 14X18 and SxlO feet in dimensions in th Court of Four Sessions. These are sym bolical of the seasons and of earth's products. Charles Holloway and Childa naesam each is represented by a large lunette. 11x22 feet, over the two por tals of the Court of Palms. The Pur suit of Pleasure and Fruits and Flow ers. In perfect harmony with tha rich vi soft Oriental tints and pastel tones to which every palace, garden and court of the vast exposition conforms, these great mural paintings the first of their type ever seen at an exposition give the one final touch which spells per fection to the alluring ensemble of the r air Jity py tne Golden Gate. Panama Fair to Bask in Arti ficial Moonlight. Exposition to We Illuminated at IV 1Kb t by 00 SearcbllKbta and Pcreena and Barn .Will Produce Colors and Shades. JO FEATURE of the pre-exposition I period is more interesting than the constant rehearsals conducted by dif- rerent departments of the Panama-Pa cific International Exposition at San Francinco. the chiefs o which are de termir to eliminate ail "peradven ture" m the exposition vocabulary. The night sky is often barred with searchlights. Recently the auditorium was enveloped suddenly in silver moon light out of season. The part searchlights, some 900 of wnicn are to -be used, will- play in Illumination of the exposition is nninun A battery of 36-inch lights will be piayea upon, IiKe cathedral chimes, from a. replica of Moro Castle built on the outer arm of the yacht harbor. By the- use of screens the bars of liirht may be colored. This will be one of me main sources of night light. - San Francisco day at the Panama-Pa cific International Exposition will be April 17, 1915, nine years after the great disaster. It is planned to have the day begin the first minute after mianignt or April 16, and continue to midnight of. April 18, which in 1915 falls on a Sunday. Red fire, will 'be burned on all the mountain peaks around San Francisco at midnight, in salute, and -the gun, of the fort will boom at sunrise. It will be the aim of every loyal San Franciscan to see to it that-the attendance is greater man tne numDer or admissions at the World's Columbian at Chicago, on Chi cago day, or on St. Louis day at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, when the attendance was 761,000 and 361,000 respectively. It ought not to be dif ficult to outnumber these. At the Phoenix Fete, held at the Panama Pacific International Exposition grounds in 1914, in celebration of the eighth anniversary of the disaster, the turn stiles registered 18,000 admissions the mgnt ot the masked ball. The measurements of the famous Oregon flagpole are 222 feet, above ground, and 12 feet in concrete setting below ground. It was hewn from a single Columbia fir log, the gift of the City of Astoria, and was towed down together with the giant logs for columns of the pavilion, of which there Is one for every state of the Union. The star which tips the flagpole measures ten feet across, and the flag, which requires six men to hoist, measures 34 feet. The flag also was the gift of Astoria as her. part in Ore gon's participation- in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition 'at San Francisco. Tree Juice Smothers Fish. Indianapolis News. ' Natives -of the eastern slopes of the Andes, in Bolivia, . scatter the juice of a certain tree on streams to render the fish insensible, so that they can be caught in the hands. CRANES STRAIN TO LIFT GREAT ART FIGURES TO THEIR PLACES Sculptures Set in Position at Panama-Pacific Exposition by Giant Hoists and Myriads of Workmen Fair Has ' Own Railway System. J- .. vvTl, .s , t- "VIA ...... . ' jf-o.-t .v" i-, . ,- tT-.. v.-.-.-.- . '-Tit. -V" : . 5y a .......---: .-.-... A HERCULEAN task is being. ac complished in putting in place the hundreds of heroic sculp tures, columns and monuments that will adorn the grounds and courts of the Panama-Pacific International Ex position at San Francisco. Recent photographs show several of the most striking sculptures and monu ments as they were being finished at San Francisco the other day. Among the illustrations are examples of . the four heroic figures signalizing the ele ments, "earth," "air," "fire" and "water" for the Court of the Universe. The Column of Progress, one of the great works of sculpture of the expo sition, is a replica of Trajan's column, erected in Rome in the year 161 A. D. This column, which was of" the Romanic Doric order, was 12 feet in diameter and 147 feet high. A-spiral band 800 feet long and decorated with. 2500 hu man figures "extended to represent' the i .. . -W s 1 w v . - '. v. - . unwinding of a roll of parchment giv ing Trajan's victories. .. .. The shaft is 163 ifeet 3 . inches high and 15. feet 6 inches in diameter. The column proper . is ' 120 feet high." A steel-structure supports the staff work. A fret design in spiral' effect appears on the column with a replica of a Ro man, galley at each . fourth round. There is a sculpturaL pedestal 14 feet high at the base, the frieze embodying in the procession of figures the succes sive generations of .- human beings pressing onward in the pursuit -of -the golden dreams of life. The-frieze was executed by Isidore Kontf. The frieze about the top of the column" represents' '.'The Toilers." " - - ' The group surmounting the column embodies a notable conception. Three human- figures, are noted.; a -kneeling woman and a guarding man ' support ing the central figure rof the adven turous Bowman, who -stands poised. .... jc ly ' - , l i s i i holding a bow from' which he has launched the shaft at the target of Truth. The group and the frieze of "The Toilers" is the work of Herman A. MacNeil. The colossal statuary- figures . de signed by Robert Aitkin for the Court of the Universe represents the four elements, "air," "earth," "fire" and "water." The male figures typifying "fire" and "water" are placed to either side of the north entrance to the sunk en gardens. The two female figures representing "air" and "earth" are placed at the south entrance. These are horizontal compositions, and being set close to the ground, no special illumi nation has been required. Great interest attaches to the prepa ration of these huge statues. Small models of the studies are used and the enlarged figures are executed in the numerous workshops on the exposition grounds. . If M "J) II Wh ft; V I