DOI Heft:
No. 257 (September 1914)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21210#0343
Studio- Talk
As the edifice became inadequate for the
increasing demands of the growing institution, the
building used by the Imperial Library came to
serve as class-rooms. In 1907 the Department of
Education decided to provide the school with a
group of new buildings, and the work was com-
menced in July. In January 1911 the old building
was destroyed by fire, and soon after a new one
was erected on its site, so that the school is now
equipped with brand-new buildings scattered among
the beautiful old trees in the park. The main
edifice is very beautiful, the style being a com-
bination of Japanese and European architecture,
indicating in a way the ultimate evolution of the
architectural style of Japan.
The Imperial School of Art, Tokyo, is now
equipped for the training of students in the follow-
ing seven courses: Japanese painting, European
style of painting, sculpture, design, metal work,
casting, and lacquer work, and it- also offers a
special course for the training of teachers of draw-
ing in Normal, Middle, and Girls' High Schools.
One of the striking developments in recent years
is the great increase in the number of applicants
for instruction in the European style of painting,
which has been accompanied by a corresponding
decrease of students for the course in Japanese
painting. The work done by the graduates in the
Japanese style of painting has, generally speaking,
been infused with an indefinable something that
comes from an effort to improve and to achieve
something new. There is invariably something in
it which is foreign to the traditional quality, though
not necessarily betraying European influence. And
in the sculpture also a glance is sufficient to dis-
tinguish the work of those who have been trained in
the art school. There is something solid and precise
in the modelling, and the realistic touch is apparent.
A brief survey of the principles by which the
school is guided in training the young artists will
ATE] IB K OF JAPANESE PAINTING SECTION, IMPERIAL SCHOOL OK ART, TOKYO
323
As the edifice became inadequate for the
increasing demands of the growing institution, the
building used by the Imperial Library came to
serve as class-rooms. In 1907 the Department of
Education decided to provide the school with a
group of new buildings, and the work was com-
menced in July. In January 1911 the old building
was destroyed by fire, and soon after a new one
was erected on its site, so that the school is now
equipped with brand-new buildings scattered among
the beautiful old trees in the park. The main
edifice is very beautiful, the style being a com-
bination of Japanese and European architecture,
indicating in a way the ultimate evolution of the
architectural style of Japan.
The Imperial School of Art, Tokyo, is now
equipped for the training of students in the follow-
ing seven courses: Japanese painting, European
style of painting, sculpture, design, metal work,
casting, and lacquer work, and it- also offers a
special course for the training of teachers of draw-
ing in Normal, Middle, and Girls' High Schools.
One of the striking developments in recent years
is the great increase in the number of applicants
for instruction in the European style of painting,
which has been accompanied by a corresponding
decrease of students for the course in Japanese
painting. The work done by the graduates in the
Japanese style of painting has, generally speaking,
been infused with an indefinable something that
comes from an effort to improve and to achieve
something new. There is invariably something in
it which is foreign to the traditional quality, though
not necessarily betraying European influence. And
in the sculpture also a glance is sufficient to dis-
tinguish the work of those who have been trained in
the art school. There is something solid and precise
in the modelling, and the realistic touch is apparent.
A brief survey of the principles by which the
school is guided in training the young artists will
ATE] IB K OF JAPANESE PAINTING SECTION, IMPERIAL SCHOOL OK ART, TOKYO
323