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INTERNATIONAL

STUDIO

VOL. XXXII. No. 126 Copyright, 1907, by John Lane Company . AUGUST 1907

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HE WORCESTER ART MUSEUM
BY LEILA MECHLIN

At a time when the woods and streams
are most winsome, when mountain and
sea exert their utmost charm, and the attraction of
indoor pleasures is greatly discounted, the Wor-
cester Art Museum has for ten successive years set
forth an exhibition of contemporary oil paintings
which has ranked with the best. It is, of course,
easier to obtain the loan of good paintings in the
summer when the art season is at lowest ebb, but it

is not for this reason alone that the directors of this
Museum have chosen the period from May to Sep-
tember to hold their most important show. Wor-
cester, Massachusetts, is on the direct route of
northern travel and in the heart of the district given
over to summer resorts. These months, therefore,
increase her radius of influence and afford unusual
opportunity for the diffusion of art knowledge.
But let it not be thought that the purpose of the
Worcester Art Museum is merely to attract wide
attention, or profit first the outside world, for it was
founded expressly for the benefit of the people of

NORTH FRONT WORCESTER ART MUSEUM

SHOWING MAIN ENTRANCE WORCESTER, MASS.

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