DOI Heft:
No. 96 (February, 1905)
DOI Artikel:Schools and institutions
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26963#0488
Schools and Institutions
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WOOD CARVING BY MISS FLORA A. HOBSON, STUDENT, 1904
ART ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI
closes again on Saturday, May 27. On May 31 the
Exhibition commences. The summer term of ten
weeks begins on June 19. Application for admis-
sion should be made to the director, Mr. J. H. Gest,
who will supply the necessary blanks, and any in-
formation required concerning the school. Classes
in every department of the arts are held, and lec-
tures delivered by thoroughly qualified instructors.
We show three specimens of the Cincinnati art stu-
dents’ work, turned out during 1904.
The Art Institute of Chicago has had on
view the Exhibition of the Society of Western
Artists, an exhibition of painting and sketches by
Charles Francis Browne, and the third annual
exhibition of “original designs for decorations and
examples of art crafts having distinct artistic merit.”
The paintings by Charles Francis Browne were in
part the result of a year recently spent in Scotland
and France. Mr. Browne was born in Massachu-
setts of old New England stock, and studied in Paris
under Gerome. He has lived in Chicago since 1891,
and has exhibited there and in Paris, Omaha,
Buffalo and St. Louis. For some years he was
editor of Brush and Pencil. In the Scottish paint-
ings exhibited he has made a special study of the
Isle of Arran at the mouth of the Clyde, and St.
Monans on the Fife coast. The French studies are
from the regions of Montigny and Seine-et-Marne.
Nine studies were shown of American subjects
from Eagle’s Nest Camp, Oregon, Ill.
The new Velasquez recently acquired by the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, which has been the
subject of some discussion as to its authenticity, is
in excellent state of preservation, the only evidence
of restoration being just below the right foot of the
full length figure, where there appears to have been
some repainting. The figure is life size, the canvas
measuring 82 by 34J inches. The subject, Philip
the Fourth, of Spain, is represented in his youth,
dressed in plain black and wearing the chain of the
Golden Fleece. The table at the side of which he
stands is covered with a red cloth and the back-
ground is of a greenish grey tone. The technique
suggests the early manner of Velasquez, with its
rich sense of colour and nice definition in drawing,
but without the breadth and freedom of his more
developed style.
Interesting work is being done by the Art
Department of Newcomb College, Tulane Univer-
sity, New Orleans, La., in stimulating the use of
local material and inspiration, especially in pottery
and embroidery. The pottery has attained a char-
acteristic style that has made it known already
amongst ceramic products, but the embroidery is a
more recent development. Home-spun material is
used for the most part, which lends itself to a robust
quality of design and texture. An exhibition of
PAINTED FROM LIFE BY V. B. FINLEY, STUDENT, 1904
ART ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI
XCVIII
—
WOOD CARVING BY MISS FLORA A. HOBSON, STUDENT, 1904
ART ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI
closes again on Saturday, May 27. On May 31 the
Exhibition commences. The summer term of ten
weeks begins on June 19. Application for admis-
sion should be made to the director, Mr. J. H. Gest,
who will supply the necessary blanks, and any in-
formation required concerning the school. Classes
in every department of the arts are held, and lec-
tures delivered by thoroughly qualified instructors.
We show three specimens of the Cincinnati art stu-
dents’ work, turned out during 1904.
The Art Institute of Chicago has had on
view the Exhibition of the Society of Western
Artists, an exhibition of painting and sketches by
Charles Francis Browne, and the third annual
exhibition of “original designs for decorations and
examples of art crafts having distinct artistic merit.”
The paintings by Charles Francis Browne were in
part the result of a year recently spent in Scotland
and France. Mr. Browne was born in Massachu-
setts of old New England stock, and studied in Paris
under Gerome. He has lived in Chicago since 1891,
and has exhibited there and in Paris, Omaha,
Buffalo and St. Louis. For some years he was
editor of Brush and Pencil. In the Scottish paint-
ings exhibited he has made a special study of the
Isle of Arran at the mouth of the Clyde, and St.
Monans on the Fife coast. The French studies are
from the regions of Montigny and Seine-et-Marne.
Nine studies were shown of American subjects
from Eagle’s Nest Camp, Oregon, Ill.
The new Velasquez recently acquired by the
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, which has been the
subject of some discussion as to its authenticity, is
in excellent state of preservation, the only evidence
of restoration being just below the right foot of the
full length figure, where there appears to have been
some repainting. The figure is life size, the canvas
measuring 82 by 34J inches. The subject, Philip
the Fourth, of Spain, is represented in his youth,
dressed in plain black and wearing the chain of the
Golden Fleece. The table at the side of which he
stands is covered with a red cloth and the back-
ground is of a greenish grey tone. The technique
suggests the early manner of Velasquez, with its
rich sense of colour and nice definition in drawing,
but without the breadth and freedom of his more
developed style.
Interesting work is being done by the Art
Department of Newcomb College, Tulane Univer-
sity, New Orleans, La., in stimulating the use of
local material and inspiration, especially in pottery
and embroidery. The pottery has attained a char-
acteristic style that has made it known already
amongst ceramic products, but the embroidery is a
more recent development. Home-spun material is
used for the most part, which lends itself to a robust
quality of design and texture. An exhibition of
PAINTED FROM LIFE BY V. B. FINLEY, STUDENT, 1904
ART ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI
XCVIII