DGHM 110: Introduction to Digital Humanities

Ossing New York Newspaper Article_1904

Newspaper article in three sections. Header is separate and states "Ossining, N Y., Monday September 12, 1904." The article is in two sections and is as follows: "A Distinguished Visitor. The Sculptor, Miss Meta Wan Warrick, of Philadelphia, Pa., is in town visiting Mr. and Mrs. Peter Parker, and her friend, Mrs. J. W. Hoffman, Jr., of Durston Avenue. The following is one of the many articles written in reference to Miss Van Warrick's work both here and abroad: 'Several American women have won fame in the field of sculpture, and one of the most noted is the young mulatto girl, Miss Meta Van Warrick, whose work is creating much comment on both sides of the sea. Miss Warrick is the sculptor whose masterly expression of strange and original thoughts led the celebrated Rodin to give her special attention during the three years she spent studying in Paris. 'This young woman has known all the hardships and struggles of lonely student life in the great French City, and while she struggled wrought her emotions into her work, which is expressive of the despair which often overtook her. However, success was near. when she was scarely nineteen years of age she took one of her models to Rodin. He recognized the genius in her handiwork, and from that time on hse was his protege. 'One of the finest pieces of her work, "The Wretched," so attracted the attention of M. Bing, the great Art Connoissseur of Paris, that he had it cast in bronze. Art loving Paris was amazed at this example of the young girl's work, of which it has been said that, 'the orignal conception, the movement of palpitating life, the masterly grouping, would be remarkable for a mature man." 'Miss Warrick has a great field open to her, and every promise of being able to fill it to the satisfaction of her fellow artists. She won the first prize, $25.00 for a jardiniere in June, 1904, being also a student in Pottery. 'Miss Warrick is Philadelphia born and bred, and at the School of Industrial Art she received the education and encouragement necessary to send her to Paris to study, and, after her return home, the first public recognition of the Art World, for she is now on the Alumni Board of Control. 'In her studio, 210 South Camac Street, Philadelphia, Pa., Miss Warrick works from sunrise to sunset. Her studio is her world, and the figures her fingers have modeled into form are her companions. She has finished life-sized statues as well as busts, groups as well as single figures, and in every instance her work has been bold and free in outline. 'Two of her works "The Thief on the Cross" and "The Wretched" have been exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1903. 'This is a list of subjects nearly completed by Miss Warrick: "The Violist," "Mother and Child", "Portrait of the Sculptor", "The Sphinx." 'The following are subjects about to be worked up by the sculptor: "Prospective," "The Young Devil," "Studies of Colored Children," "Fire."

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Ossining, NY, Monday, September 12, 1904

1904