“‘Die Unbesiegbaren’ is a most powerful work, and stood out in the midst of the sculpture at Paris in 1900 with the prominence imparted by unusual power in the perception of the whole of a subject and the skill to render the perception so that others realize its full meaning.  There are four figures in this group—­men drawing a heavy freight boat along the shore by means of a towline passed round their bodies, on which they throw their weight in such a way that their legs, pressed together, lose their outline—­except in the case of the leader—­and are as a mass of power.  They also pull on the line with their hands.  The leader bends over the rope until he looks down; the man behind him raises his head and looks up with an appealing expression; the two others behind are exerting all their force in pulling on the rope, but have twisted the upper part of the body in order to look behind and watch the progress of their great burden.  There is not the least resemblance of one to the other, either in feature or expression, and to me it would seem that the woman who had conceived and executed this group might well be content to rest on her laurels.

“But an artistic creator who is really inspired with his art and not with himself is never satisfied; he presses on and on—­sometimes after he has expressed the best of his talent.  This is not yet reached, I believe, by Miss Ries, and we shall see still greater results of her inspiration.”

The Austrian Government commissioned this artist to execute the figure of a saint.  One may well prophesy that there will be nothing conventional in this work.  She has already produced a striking “Saint Barbara.”  Her portrait busts include those of Professor Wegr, Professor Hellmer, Mark Twain, Countess Kinsky, Countess Palffs, Baron Berger, and many others.

RIJUTINE, ELISA. A bronze and a gold medal at the Beatrice Exposition, Florence, 1890.  Born in Florence, where she resides and devotes herself to painting in imitation of old tapestries.  An excellent example of her work is in water-colors and is called “The Gardener’s Children.”  In 1888 and 1889 she exhibited “The Coronation of Esther” and a picture of “Oleanders.”

ROBERTS, ELIZABETH WENTWORTH.

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ROBINSON, MRS. IMOGENE MORRELL. Medals at the Mechanics’ Fair, Boston, and at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876.  Born in Attleborough, Massachusetts.  Pupil of Camphausen in Duesseldorf, and of Couture in Paris, where she resided several years.  Among her important works are “The First Battle between the Puritans and Indians” and “Washington and His Staff Welcoming a Provision Train,” both at Philadelphia.  Mrs. Morrell continued to sign her pictures with her maiden name, Imogene Robinson.