Good morning from Minneapolis, where we'll compare our lovely and temperate summer for as long as it lasts.

Quite early Tuesday morning it's 62℉; a few clouds; light winds; visibility 10 miles at the airport.

- Cooler than average temperatures continue this week, then the pattern flips next week with a potentially prolonged period of hot and humid conditions into July.

Among the many valuable achievements of the Women's Auxiliary one deserves special mention. Mrs. H. F. Brown, one of the delegates at large, suggested a statue for the Woman's Building, to be the production of Minnesota's artistic conception and execution. The architect of the state building had disallowed this feature, and there was no public fund to meet the expense, which would be considerable. The ladies, however, decided to procure the statue, and rely on private subscription to defray the cost. Mrs. L. P. Hunt thought that sufficient funds might be raised from the school children of the state, through a penny subscription. Enough was raised, however, to secure a plaster cast of great beauty, representing Hiawatha carrying Minnehaha across a stream in his arms, illustrating the lines in Longfellow's poem:

"Over wide and rushing rivers
In his arms he bore the maiden."

This statue adorned the porch of the Minnesota building during the fair. It was designed and made by a very talented young Norwegian sculptor, then residing in Minneapolis—the late Jakob Fjelde. It is proposed to cast the statue in bronze and place it in Minnehaha park, Minneapolis, at some future day.

—Charles E. Flandrau, "The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier," 1900
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/25677/pg256

#mnwx #Hinterlandia #Minnehaha #sculpture #bronze

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#BRONZE ... hurrrraaaa ,,, nach radl zum See und eine Runde schwimmen

Rebeca Andrade volta a competir e ganha ouro no Pan de ginástica artística

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.brasildefato.com.br/2026/06/21/rebeca-andrade-volta-a-competir-e-ganha-ouro-no-pan-de-ginastica-artistica/

Taxi! is another of John Seward Johnson Jr.'s sculptures. Commissioned by The Chemical Bank Corp and cast in 1983, it was originally located in New York and moved to London in 2014, sited outside the JP Morgan Offices close to Blackfriars... in a pedestrian and cycle thoroughfare!
Like the Bromley statue, Taxi! was once painted in bright colours, now weathered so only traces remain.

#sculpture #bronze #statue #taxi #johnsewardjohnsonjr #JSewardJohnson #london #blackfriars #publicart

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https://www.pastpuzzle.de Doch noch #BRONZE bei solchen Fragen …

'Now What?' Sculpture in bronze by John Seward Johnson Jr. (1930-2020), Queen's Gardens, Bromley, sited by Sculpture Placement, Washington D.C.
Seward Johnson became famous for his life-size bronze figurative sculptures found around the world; 'Taxi', close to Blackfriars in Central London, is probably his best known work in the UK

#johnsewardjohnsonjr
#JSewardJohnson
#sculpture
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#bronze
#figurativesculpture
#nowwhat
#Bromley
#queensgardensbromley

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https://www.pastpuzzle.de Doch noch #BRONZE aber mit der Vorlage wars ja klar

Für dieses #Renaissance-Kunstwerk ließ Kaiser Maximilian I. seinen Künstler einsperren

In #Innsbruck stehen die #SchwarzenMander. #Bronzefiguren die als Trauergemeinde aus #Bronze am Grab von Maximilian I. dargestellt werden.
Dieser zwang einen #Künstler dazu, dieses Werk zu erschaffen, obwohl seine Qualifikationen eigentlich in einem ganz anderen Bereich lagen.

Er war es auch seinen Künstler sogar ins #Gefängnis sperrte:

https://www.miss-jones.de/2024/10/11/die-schwarzen-mander-gilg-sesselschreibers-schlimmster-auftrag/