DOI issue:
Nr. 169 (March, 1911)
DOI article:Oliver, Maude I. G.: The Chicago Society of etchers: it's first exhibition
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INTERNATIONAL
• STUDIO
VOL. XLIII. No. 169 Copyright, 1911, by John Lane Company MARCH, 1911
THE CHICAGO SOCIETY OF ETCH-
ERS—ITS FIRST EXHIBITION
BY MAUDE 1. G. OLIVER
So many artists’ associations there are,
already, that very little room remains, seemingly,
for additional ones in the field. Therefore, to in-
augurate in these days a new art society, to place it
upon an exhibiting basis, as has been done by the
small group of earnest workers in the Chicago Soci-
ety of Etchers, is an achievement. As further evi-
dence of its ability, this enterprising band has demon-
strated for the first time that a representative ex-
hibition of American etchings could be assembled
from the artists themselves, under strict jury regu-
lations. Moreover, the happy denouement of this
introduction has established a precedent which will
be an annual event in the exhibition calendar.
Numbering some twenty active members, the
Chicago Society of Etchers has existed virtually in
scattered form for upward of a quarter of a century.
United in a concerted body, they now are illus-
THE LOGGERS
BY RALPH M. PEARSON
XII
• STUDIO
VOL. XLIII. No. 169 Copyright, 1911, by John Lane Company MARCH, 1911
THE CHICAGO SOCIETY OF ETCH-
ERS—ITS FIRST EXHIBITION
BY MAUDE 1. G. OLIVER
So many artists’ associations there are,
already, that very little room remains, seemingly,
for additional ones in the field. Therefore, to in-
augurate in these days a new art society, to place it
upon an exhibiting basis, as has been done by the
small group of earnest workers in the Chicago Soci-
ety of Etchers, is an achievement. As further evi-
dence of its ability, this enterprising band has demon-
strated for the first time that a representative ex-
hibition of American etchings could be assembled
from the artists themselves, under strict jury regu-
lations. Moreover, the happy denouement of this
introduction has established a precedent which will
be an annual event in the exhibition calendar.
Numbering some twenty active members, the
Chicago Society of Etchers has existed virtually in
scattered form for upward of a quarter of a century.
United in a concerted body, they now are illus-
THE LOGGERS
BY RALPH M. PEARSON
XII