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Nr. 175 (September, 1911)
DOI Artikel:W., F.: The Atlan Ceramic Art Club exhibit
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The A tian Ceramic Art Club Exhibit
The atlan ceramic art club
EXHIBIT
The seventeenth annual exhibition
of the Atlan Ceramic Club opened at
the Chicago Art Institute with a reception at
which fully two thousand persons were present.
Eighteen years ago the club was organized, the
constitution and by-laws being prepared by Mrs.
LeRoy T. Steward. Then and there a definite
plan was formed to change and raise the standard
■of decoration as applied to china surfaces. It
took Mrs. Steward many years to persuade the
members to discard naturalistic ornamentation
.and attempt conventional design. Since 1898,
however, they have taken up the study under the
guidance of the best critics, with the result that
they stand absolutely at the head of this branch
of art today.
During all these years the Atlan Club has been
.affiliated with the Art Institute of Chicago, and
permits only those who execute well to join its
ranks. In addition, the members are required to
submit their designs every month to the teacher
■employed by the organization.
The number of exhibiting members has been
limited to twenty-five up to the present date, but
this limit is to be extended. It is, however, inter-
•esting to note that the club has an auxiliary mem-
bership of about one hundred, sharing in all its
■educational advantages, and when some one of
this class is discovered to have talent, coupled with
^ambition, he is invited into the active membership.
So careful is this band of active members that
it requires a high standard in technique before it
will admit an addition, either from its associate
body or outside art aspirants.
The Atlan Club, under Mrs. Steward, has estab-
VASE BY MRS. LE ROY T. STEWARD
lished the use of conventional ornament on porce-
lains. Why not help to make its style of decora-
tion known as 11 American ? ” It is approved by
all the leading educators in the East and in
Europe. France, at its exposition in 1900, paid
it high compliments, and German art critics sent
to the St. Louis Exposition selected the Atlan Club
porcelains over all art objects, except the “art
glass” of Tiffany’s, as most worthy of note.
■CONVERSATIONAL SET (HISTORIC ORNAMENT) BY MRS. LE ROY T. STEWARD
LI
The atlan ceramic art club
EXHIBIT
The seventeenth annual exhibition
of the Atlan Ceramic Club opened at
the Chicago Art Institute with a reception at
which fully two thousand persons were present.
Eighteen years ago the club was organized, the
constitution and by-laws being prepared by Mrs.
LeRoy T. Steward. Then and there a definite
plan was formed to change and raise the standard
■of decoration as applied to china surfaces. It
took Mrs. Steward many years to persuade the
members to discard naturalistic ornamentation
.and attempt conventional design. Since 1898,
however, they have taken up the study under the
guidance of the best critics, with the result that
they stand absolutely at the head of this branch
of art today.
During all these years the Atlan Club has been
.affiliated with the Art Institute of Chicago, and
permits only those who execute well to join its
ranks. In addition, the members are required to
submit their designs every month to the teacher
■employed by the organization.
The number of exhibiting members has been
limited to twenty-five up to the present date, but
this limit is to be extended. It is, however, inter-
•esting to note that the club has an auxiliary mem-
bership of about one hundred, sharing in all its
■educational advantages, and when some one of
this class is discovered to have talent, coupled with
^ambition, he is invited into the active membership.
So careful is this band of active members that
it requires a high standard in technique before it
will admit an addition, either from its associate
body or outside art aspirants.
The Atlan Club, under Mrs. Steward, has estab-
VASE BY MRS. LE ROY T. STEWARD
lished the use of conventional ornament on porce-
lains. Why not help to make its style of decora-
tion known as 11 American ? ” It is approved by
all the leading educators in the East and in
Europe. France, at its exposition in 1900, paid
it high compliments, and German art critics sent
to the St. Louis Exposition selected the Atlan Club
porcelains over all art objects, except the “art
glass” of Tiffany’s, as most worthy of note.
■CONVERSATIONAL SET (HISTORIC ORNAMENT) BY MRS. LE ROY T. STEWARD
LI