International studio (26.1905)

his paintings exhibited in igoi for the National
Gaiiery. This reproduction is the work of the
American Colortype Company. THE INTER-
NATIONAL STUDIO has arranged a series to follow by
this process, showing the work of various artists in
this country and abroad, in faithful colour repro-
ductions. Examples to follow presently will show
the work of Miss Ida Waugh, George H. Smillie
and Mrs. Mary Sigsbee Kerr, daughter of Admiral
Sigsbee.

excellent progress made by this institution. It must
certainly have been a satisfaction to him to see the
Fine Arts Academy, for which he worked faithfully
and intelligently, housed in its appropriate and
permanent home.
THE BRONZE DOOR of which we show an illustra-
tion has been put on exhibition at the Mark Hop-
kins Institute of Art, San Francisco, by the owner,
Mr. Andrew Rudgear, who recently bought it in

M

USEUM NOTES.

ENTRIES FOR THE tenth international
exhibition of oil paintings at the
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, must
be received there, the director announces, not later
than October 11. The jury of selection will be
composed as in former years of two members from
Europe and eight from America, elected by the con-
tributors, and will award three medals, carrying
with them respectively $1,500, $1,000 and $500.
Entry blanks may be secured from John W. Heatty,
Director of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pitts-
burgh, Pa.

A PERMANENT MUSEUM is one of the objects con-
templated by an association of artists and art lovers
recently formed in Atlanta, Ga., under the name of
The Atlanta Art Association. The membership'
already numbers more than two hundred. An
academy with an exhibition of the best work it is
possible to obtain each year is planned.

THE ALBRIGHT ART GALLERY, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
has received from the Dutch painter, Henry W.
Mesdag, his painting, entitled,
Mr. Mesdag, in addition to his standing as a marine
painter, is an interesting figure as an amateur. He
has formed a remarkably line collection of modern
paintings which he recently presented to the Dutch
government. He is interested in all artistic move-
ments in his own country and elsewhere, and it is a
pleasure to note that this interest has found expres-
sion in the presentation to Buffalo of this admirable
example of his own work.
Mr. Ralph Hudson Plumb, former president of
the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, who presided at
the recent dedication of the Gallery, has since died
suddenly. He had visited the Gallery only an hour
before his death. Mr. Plumb had been a member
of the Board of Directors without interruption from
his early manhood and had repeatedly served as
president. He was responsible for much of the


FLORENTINE BRONZE DOOR
MARK HOPKINS INSTITUTE

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