International studio (50.1913)

An Exhibition of Art in Modern Industries

LIFE DRAWING
that the expression of art in any field is assured
when this condition exists. It seems the deter-
mined policy of the school to furnish stimulus and
encouragement and the facts of technique to


SKETCH FROM THE GENERAL MORNING
PAINTING CLASS


students of painting and scuplture, and at the
same time, to meet efficiently the increased de-
mand for more artistic expression in every form
of man’s rational activities.
Industry is the nation’s life, and industrial art
is the cornerstone of national art. With these
principles as a basis, the school has adapted its
life drawing as a necessary factor in the develop-
ment of illustration, commercial advertising,
costume design and interior decoration, retaining
with sufficient tenacity the idea of academic
truthfulness. Students are taught to see the
figure in its proportions, its structure and its
actions, not only as it relates to a picture, but
also in its relation to every form of decorative
art.
Beauty in decoration is seen as a power to
attract, interest and convince men of merit by
satisfying their normal, intuitive, aesthetic desires.
This is shown to be intimately related to the
teaching in illustration, advertising, costume
design and interior decoration. Realizing condi-
tions, determining social needs, developing the
best idea to express these needs, and finally, the
acquisition of an adequate technique to express
the idea, is the order followed in the development
of this type of work. That the method is suc-


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SKETCH FROM BOOK ILLUSTRATION CLASS