DOI issue:
No. 90 (August, 1904)
DOI article:Current art events
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26962#0242
Current Art Events
New York Harbor in September, 1609, on his quest
for the Northwest Passage. In the course of the
summer, Mr. Edwards will work on preliminary
sketches for the remaining panels.
The Fine Arts Committee of the Carnegie
Institute of Pittsburg
has completed ar-
rangements by which
the annual exhibition
of paintings, which it
was feared would
have to be postponed
on account of altera-
tions going forward
in the building, will
be given as usual in
the autumn. The
committee has decid-
ed to erect a tempor-
ary building west of
the present structure.
It will be made en-
tirely fireproof, and
one story high, and
will be used to ac-
commodate the per-
manent collection of
paintings, statuary
and bronzes during
the time that the ad-
dition to the present
galleries is being
built. It is hoped to
have the building
ready for September
1. The jury of selec-
tion for the exhibition
in the fall will be
composed, as in
former years, of two
members from
Europe and eight
from America, to
meet in Pittsburg on bas-relief
October 13. The ex-
hibition will be opened on “Founder’s Day,” No-
vember 3.
Mr. Henry Reuterdahl has perfected a plan
at the Art Students’ League, embracing his ideas for
the training of “illustrators with the color sense,”
as he expresses it. The main work of the week of
this class he divides as follows: On Monday and
I uesday drawing from models; on Wednesday and
Thursday the classes are broken up into squads,
and two or three models pose at the pleasure of the
students; Friday the entire day is set aside f°r
composition, and sketching in brief poses a mov-
ing model, dressed in the costume of the period
chosen. Each alter-
nate Friday the com-
positions are executed
in full color. Satur-
day is given to draw-
ing from the mode ■
A series of lectures
bearing upon the su
ject of the reproduc-
tion of illustrations
will be given, and the
students will be en-
couraged to paint
their subjects instead
of drawing them- j
is planned to hold
such a class at t e
Art Students’ League
in this city this com-
ing season.
Axel E Olsson,
a well known sculptor
of Chicago, is repre-
sented at the St. Loui-
Exposition by a bas
relief called Psych*
which has received
favorable commen
In the Swedish Budd-
ing at the Exposition
he has another cX
hibit, entitled ? I,e
Whisper. Mr. Olsson
is a native of St01 '
holm, and studie
there in his early h'e
at the Fine Art Acad-
by axel e. olsson emy, going abro.u
later on. He has been
in this country since 1892. Among his works m
the exterior decorations of the Fort Wayne Com
House, and the sculpture decorations for the C
cago Athletic Club and for the Vanderbilt villas at
Newport.
1 he Rhode Island School of Design bn
received from Charles L. Pendleton, of Providence,
CCCXLII
New York Harbor in September, 1609, on his quest
for the Northwest Passage. In the course of the
summer, Mr. Edwards will work on preliminary
sketches for the remaining panels.
The Fine Arts Committee of the Carnegie
Institute of Pittsburg
has completed ar-
rangements by which
the annual exhibition
of paintings, which it
was feared would
have to be postponed
on account of altera-
tions going forward
in the building, will
be given as usual in
the autumn. The
committee has decid-
ed to erect a tempor-
ary building west of
the present structure.
It will be made en-
tirely fireproof, and
one story high, and
will be used to ac-
commodate the per-
manent collection of
paintings, statuary
and bronzes during
the time that the ad-
dition to the present
galleries is being
built. It is hoped to
have the building
ready for September
1. The jury of selec-
tion for the exhibition
in the fall will be
composed, as in
former years, of two
members from
Europe and eight
from America, to
meet in Pittsburg on bas-relief
October 13. The ex-
hibition will be opened on “Founder’s Day,” No-
vember 3.
Mr. Henry Reuterdahl has perfected a plan
at the Art Students’ League, embracing his ideas for
the training of “illustrators with the color sense,”
as he expresses it. The main work of the week of
this class he divides as follows: On Monday and
I uesday drawing from models; on Wednesday and
Thursday the classes are broken up into squads,
and two or three models pose at the pleasure of the
students; Friday the entire day is set aside f°r
composition, and sketching in brief poses a mov-
ing model, dressed in the costume of the period
chosen. Each alter-
nate Friday the com-
positions are executed
in full color. Satur-
day is given to draw-
ing from the mode ■
A series of lectures
bearing upon the su
ject of the reproduc-
tion of illustrations
will be given, and the
students will be en-
couraged to paint
their subjects instead
of drawing them- j
is planned to hold
such a class at t e
Art Students’ League
in this city this com-
ing season.
Axel E Olsson,
a well known sculptor
of Chicago, is repre-
sented at the St. Loui-
Exposition by a bas
relief called Psych*
which has received
favorable commen
In the Swedish Budd-
ing at the Exposition
he has another cX
hibit, entitled ? I,e
Whisper. Mr. Olsson
is a native of St01 '
holm, and studie
there in his early h'e
at the Fine Art Acad-
by axel e. olsson emy, going abro.u
later on. He has been
in this country since 1892. Among his works m
the exterior decorations of the Fort Wayne Com
House, and the sculpture decorations for the C
cago Athletic Club and for the Vanderbilt villas at
Newport.
1 he Rhode Island School of Design bn
received from Charles L. Pendleton, of Providence,
CCCXLII