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Figure, "Victory," on the gables of the palaces - Louis Ulrich
A winged figure used on top of all the palaces.



Mural Decorations



Court of Abundance:

Earth - Frank Brangwyn
Northwest corner of the corridor, two panels: grape-crushers on the left
and fruit-pickers on the right.

Fire - Frank Brangwyn
Two panels in the northeast corner of the corridor. Primitive Fire on
the left and Industrial Fire on the right.

Water - Frank Brangwyn
Two panels in the southeast corner of the corridor. Fountain motive on
the left and fishermen hauling nets on the right.

Air - Frank Brangwyn
Two panels in the southwest corner of the corridor. In the left panel,
the scent of hunters carried toward their prospective prey. A windmill
on the right.

Court of the Four Seasons:

Spring - H. Milton Bancroft
Two murals above the doorway in the colonnade (southwest corner). To the
left, Spring; to the right, Seedtime.

Summer - H. Milton Bancroft
Two murals similar to those in the northwest corner of the court.
Fruition on the right; Summer on the left.

Autumn - H. Milton Bancroft
In the northeast corner of the court, two panels: Autumn on the right;
Harvest on the left.

Winter - H. Milton Bancroft
Similar in location to the preceding, in southeast corner. Two murals,
Festivity on the right; Winter on the left.

Man Receiving Instruction in Nature's Laws - H. Milton Bancroft
One upright panel, in the half dome on the right.

Art Crowned by Time - H. Milton Bancroft
On the left opposite the preceding.

Eastern Arch, Court of the Universe:

Hope and Attendants: (On the north wall) - Edward Simmons

Historical types: (On the south wall) - Edward Simmons
Representing Greece, Italy, Spain, England and France, on the south
wall.

Tower of Jewels:

The Atlantic and Pacific (in the center);
The Discovery (on the left;)
The Purchase (on the right) - William de Leftwich Dodge
Gateway of All Nations (in the center);
Labor Crowned (on the left);
Achievement (on the right) - William de Leftwich Dodge
Six panels inspired by the construction of the Panama Canal. The first
group is on the west wall, the second on the east.

Western Arch, Court of the Universe:

The Westward March of Civilization, in two panels by - Frank V. DuMond
Beginning in the north panel and continued in the opposite one.

Court of Palms:

Fruits and Flowers - Childe Hassam
Painting in a lunette over the entrance into the Palace of Education.

The Pursuit of Pleasure - Charles Holloway
A painting of the same shape as the preceding, over the entrance into
the Palace of Liberal Arts.

The Victorious Spirit - Arthur Mathews
In the lunette over the doorway into the Court of the Four Seasons.

Rotunda, Palace of the Fine Arts:

The Four Golds of California (Golden Metal, Wheat, Citrus Fruits, and
Poppies) - Robert Reid
In the ceiling inside the rotunda.

Art, born of flame, expresses its ideals to the world through music,
poetry, architecture, painting, and sculpture - Robert Reid
In the same location.

Birth of European Art. Birth of Oriental Art - Robert Reid
Belonging to the preceding group of eight pictures by the same artist.

Pennsylvania Building:

Decorative Paintings - Edward Trumbull
In the east and west walls of the center court of the building, showing
Penn's Treaty with the Indians on the right and Pennsylvania Industries
on the left.



Biographical Notes



Adams, Herbert
(Sculptor) New York. Born in West Concord, Vermont 1858. Studied in
Paris. Figures on columns inside of Rotunda, Palace of Fine Arts.

Aitken, Robert I.
(Sculptor) New York. Born in San Francisco, California, 1878. Studied in
Mark Hopkins Institute, San Francisco, and Paris. The Four Elements, in
Court of the Universe, and Fountain of Earth in Court of Abundance.

Bacon, Henry
(Architect) New York. Born in Watseka Illinois, 1866. Studied at the
University of Illinois and in Europe. Court of the Four Seasons.

Bakewell and Brown
(Architects). John Bakewell, Jr. San Francisco. Born in Topeka, Kansas
1872. Studied at the Beaux Arts Paris. Arthur Brown, Jr. San Francisco.
Born in Oakland, California, 1874. Studied in the University of
California and at the Beaux Arts in Paris. Horticultural Palace.

Bateman, John
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Cedarville New Jersey 1877. Studied in the
School of Industrial Art. Philadelphia and in Paris. Caryatides outside
of Horticultural Building.

Bayley, Guy L.
(Electrical Engineer) San Francisco. Born in Vacaville, California,
1875. Studied at University of California. Chief of Electric and
Mechanical Department.

Beach, Chester
(Sculptor) New York. Born in San Francisco, California, 1881. Studied in
Paris, New York and Rome. Groups on tower on Court of Abundance.

Bennett, Edward
(Architect) Chicago. Preliminary Plans of Exposition.

Bitter, Karl
(Sculptor). Born in Vienna, Austria, 1867. Died April 10, 1915, New
York. Studied at Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Chief of Sculpture.

Bliss and Faville
(Architects) Walter D. Bliss, San Francisco. Born in Nevada, 1868.
Studied in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and abroad. William
B. Faville, San Francisco. Born 1866. Studied in the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Main Buildings forming center unit of eight
Palaces.

Boberg, Ferdinand
(Architect) Stockholm. Born in Falun, Sweden, 1860. Swedish Building.

Borglum, Solon H.
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Ogden, Utah, 1868. Studied in Art Academy
of Cincinnati, and in Paris. The Pioneer.

Bourgeois, Jean Louis
(Architect) Born in Autun, France, 1876. Died February 26, 1915, in
France. Collaborated with Bakewell and Brown in Horticultural Building
design.

Boutier, Eugene Louis
(Sculptor) Frieze at Base of Spires on Horticultural Building.

Brangwyn, Frank
(Painter) London. Born in Bruges, Belgium, 1867. Mural paintings of the
Four Elements in the Court of Abundance.

Bufano, B.
(Sculptor) New York. Medallions on the arches in Court of the Universe.

Burditt, Thomas H.
(Architect) San Francisco. Born in Nellore, India, 1886. California
State Building.

Burroughs, Mrs. Edith Woodman
(Sculptor) Flushing, Long Island. Born in Riverdale-on-Hudson 1871.
Studied in Art Students League of few York and in Paris. Fountain of
Youth.

Calder, A. Stirling
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Philadelphia 1870. Studied in Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts and in Paris. Acting Chief of Sculpture. Fountain
of Energy; The Star in Court of the Universe; Flower Girl in Court of
Flowers; Nations of the East; Nations of the West, in collaboration with
F. Roth and Leo Lentelli.

Carrere and Hastings
(Architects) John M. Carrere, deceased. Thomas Hastings, New York. Born
New York, 1860. Studied in Beaux Arts, Paris. Tower of Jewels.

Cummings, M. Earl
(Sculptor) San Francisco. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1876. Studied in
San Francisco and Paris. Repeated figure in Portal of Vigor. Palace of
Food Products.

Denneville, Paul E.
(Architectural Sculptor) New York. Born in Ancy France, 1873. Studied
Cooper Institute New York, and abroad. Travertine finish of buildings.

Dodge, William De Leftwich
(Mural Painter) New York. Born in Liberty, Virginia, 1867. Studied in
Munich and Paris. Two Murals in Tower of Jewels.

Dumond, Frank V.
(Painter) New York. Born in Rochester New York, 1865. Studied in Paris.
Two Murals in arch of Setting Sun.

Ellerhusen, Ulric H.
(Sculptor) New York. Figures in attic of Rotunda and repeated frieze at
base of Fine Arts Building.

Farquhar, Robert David
(Architect) Los Angeles. Born in Brookline. Massachusetts, 1872. Studied
at Harvard and at Beaux Arts, Paris. Festival Hall.

Flanagan, John
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Newark, New Jersey, 1865. Studied in
Boston, New York and Paris. Figures on Tower of Jewels.

Fraser, James Earl
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Winona. Minnesota, 1876. Studied in Paris.
The End of the Trail.

French, Daniel Chester
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, 1850. Studied in
Boston, New York and Florence. Genius of Creation.

Fry, Sherry E.
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Creston, Iowa 1879. Studied in Art
Institute, Chicago, and in Paris. Figural decorations on Festival Hall.

Garnett, Porter
(Writer) Berkeley. Born in San Francisco, California, 1871. Selection of
inscriptions on monuments and arches.

Gerlach. Gustave
(Sculptor) Weehawken, New Jersey. Tympanum panels north and south
entrances Palace of Education.

Gruppe, Carl
(Sculptor) New York. Fairy figure on Italian towers.

Guerin, Jules
(Painter) New York. Born in St. Louis Missouri, 1866. Studied in America
and abroad. Director of color and decoration. Color scheme.

Harley, Charles R.
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1864. Studied
in Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and in Paris. "The Triumph of the
Field" and "Abundance," on west facade of main buildings.

Hassam, Childe
(Painter) New York. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, 1859. Studied in
Paris. Lunette, Fruits and Flowers, in Court of Palms.

Holloway, Charles
(Painter). Lunette, The Pursuit of Pleasure, in Court of Palms.

Hornbostel, Henry
(Architect) New York. Born in Brooklyn New York, 1867. Studied in New
York and Paris. Pennsylvania State Building.

Howard, John Galen
(Architect) Berkeley. Born in Chelmsford Massachusetts, 1864. Studied in
Boston and Beaux Arts, Paris. Exposition Auditorium in the Civic Center
in collaboration with Frederick Meyer and John Reid, Jr.

Jaegers, Albert
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Elberfeld, Germany, 1867. Studied abroad.
Figures of Harvest Rain and Sunshine, and Bulls in Court of Four
Seasons.

Jaegers, August
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Barmen, Germany, 1878. Studied in Paris.
Spandrels and attic figures in Court of Four Seasons.

Kelham, George W.
(Architect) San Francisco. Born in Manchester, Massachusetts, 1871.
Studied at Harvard. Director of Architecture. Courts of Palms and
Flowers.

Konti, Isidore
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Vienna, Austria, 1862. Studied in Imperial
Academy, Vienna. Frieze at base of Column of Progress.

Laessle, Albert
(Sculptor) Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 1877.
Studied in Philadelphia. Lions in Court of Flowers.

Lentelli, Leo
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Bologna, Italy, 1879. Figures on decorative
shafts in Court of Abundance; Nations of the East and Nations of the
West in collaboration with Stirling Calder and Frederick Roth.

Longman, Miss Evelyn Beatrice
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Winchester, Ohio, 1874. Studied in Chicago
and New York. Fountain of Ceres.

Lundborg, Florence
(Painter) San Francisco. Born in San Francisco. Studied in San Francisco
and in Paris. Mural decorations in Tea Room of the California Building.

McKim, Mead and White
(Architects) New York. Living members of the firm: William R. Mead. Born
in Battleboro, Vermont 1846. Studied at Amherst and in Europe. W. Symmes
Richardson. W. Mitchell Kendall. Court of the Universe.

McLaren, John
(Landscape Engineer) San Francisco. Born in Scotland. Horticultural
effects.

MacNeil, Hermon A.
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, 1866. Studied in
Boston and Paris. Adventurous Bowman and frieze of Toilers on Column of
Progress.

Manship, Paul
(Sculptor) New York. Groups in Court of Universe.

Markwart, Arthur
(Engineer) San Francisco. Born in Illinois, 1880. Studied at University
of California. Assistant Chief of Construction. Structural design of
Machinery Palace.

Mathews, Arthur F.
(Painter) San Francisco. Born in Wisconsin, 1860. Studied in Paris.
Lunette, the Victorious Spirit, in Court of Palms.

Maybeck, Bernard R.
(Architect) San Francisco. Born in New York, 1862. Studied in Beaux
Arts, Paris. Palace of Fine Arts.

Meyer, Frederick
(Architect) San Francisco. Born in San Francisco, California, 1875.
Studied in America. Exposition Auditorium in Civic Center in
collaboration with John Galen Howard and John Reid, Jr.

Mullgardt, Louis Christian
(Architect) San Francisco. Born in Washington, Missouri, 1866. Studied
at Harvard. Court of the Ages, also named Court of Abundance.

Nahl, Perham W.
(Painter) Berkeley. Born in San Francisco, California, 1869. Studied in
Hopkins Institute, San Francisco, and in Europe. Exposition Poster, "The
Thirteenth Labor of Hercules."

Newman, Allen G.
(Sculptor) New York. Born in New York, 1875. Pupil of J. Q. A. Ward.
Conquistador and Pirate on north facade main buildings.

Niehaus, Charles H.
(Sculptor) New Rochelle, New York. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1855.
Studied in Cincinnati and Munich. Cortez.

Patigian, Haig
(Sculptor) San Francisco. Born in Armenia 1876. Studied in Paris.
Decorations of Machinery Hall.

Piccirilli, Furio
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Massa, Italy, 1866. Pupil of Accademia San
Luca, Rome. Groups of Four Seasons in Court of the Four Seasons.

Polk, Willis
(Architect) San Francisco. Preliminary plans of Exposition.

Putnam, Arthur
(Sculptor) San Francisco. Born in New Orleans, 1874. Mermaid in South
Gardens.

Reid, John, Jr.
(Architect) San Francisco. Born in San Francisco 1880. Studied in the
University of California and the Beaux Arts, Paris. Exposition
Auditorium in Civic Center in collaboration with John Galen Howard and
Frederick Meyer.

Reid, Robert
(Painter) New York. Born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1862. Studied in
Boston, New York, and Paris. Decorations in Rotunda of Fine Arts Palace.

Rosse, Hermann
(Designer and decorator) Palo Alto. Born in The Hague, Holland, 1887.
Studied at The Hague, at Delft, Holland, and South Kensington, London.
Decorative color scheme and mural painting in Netherlands Building.

Roth, Frederick G. R.
(Sculptor) Englewood New Jersey. Born in Brooklyn, New York, 1872.
Studied in Vienna, Nations of the East and Nations of the West in
collaboration with Stirling Calder and Leo Lentelli.

Rumsey, Charles Cary
(Sculptor) New York. Pizarro.

Ryan, Walter. D'Arcy
(Electrical Engineer) San Francisco. Born in Kentville, Nova Scotia,
1870. Educated in Canada. Chief of Illumination. Lighting scheme.

Simmons, Edward
(Mural Painter) New York. Born in Concord, Massachusetts 1852. Studied
in Paris. Murals in Arch of the Rising Sun.

Stackpole, Ralph W.
(Sculptor) San Francisco. Born in Oregon, 1885. Studied in Paris.
Kneeling figure in front of Fine Arts rotunda. Figures on columns
flanking Portal of Thought and Portal of Vigor. Figures in doorway of
Palace of Varied Industries.

Tonetti, F. M. L.
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Paris, France, in 1863. Studied in Paris.
Armored horseman on Tower of Jewels.

Trumbull, Edward
(Painter) Pittsburgh. Born in Stonington, Connecticut, in 1884. Mural
decorations, Penn's Treaty and Pittsburgh Industries, in Pennsylvania
Building.

Ulrich, Louis
(Sculptor) New York. Winged Victory on gables of all palaces.

Walter, Edgar
(Sculptor) San Francisco. Born in San Francisco, in 1877. Studied in
Paris. Fountain of Beauty and the Beast in Court of Flowers.

Weinert, Albert
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Leipzig, Germany, in 1863. Studied in
Leipzig and Brussels. Spandrels in Court of Palms; Decorative finial
figure, in Court of Abundance repeated figure in Portal of Thought, etc.

Weinman, Adolph A.
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1870. Studied in Art
Students League, New York. Rising and Setting Sun.

Ward and Blohme
(Architects) Clarence R. Ward San Francisco. Born in Niles Michigan, in
1976. Studied in America. J. H. Blohme, San Francisco. Born in San
Francisco in 1878. Studied in America. Machinery Palace.

Whitney, Mrs. Harry Payne
(Sculptor) New York. Fountain of El Dorado

Young, Mahonri
(Sculptor) New York. Born in Salt Lake City Utah, in 1877. Studied in
New York and Paris. Frieze over main portals Manufacturers and Liberal
Arts Palaces.

Zimm, Bruno Louis
(Sculptor) New York. Frieze, Rotunda, Fine Arts Building.



The Art of the Exposition, by Eugen Neuhaus, published by Paul Elder and
Company, San Francisco, was printed at their Tomoye Press, under the
direction of John Swart, in May and reprinted in June and again in
August Nineteen Hundred and Fiftee

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