The Art Institute of Chicago-

Report of the Trustees-

Chicago, June 6, l89S

to t he Governing Members of the Art Institute of Chicago-a

At t he tille of the last Annual Report t he collections

and the s-chool were undisturbed in t he f0rmer building at t h e cor-

ner ot Michigan .Ave. and Van Bttren St . - Work had been begun

upo11 the new IIU&eua building, the pile foundations had been com-

pleted, and t he stone work u~ reached t he surface of t be ground -

Building operations haa. been ar restea since a; 31, 1932, byby en in-

junction issued by the Superior Court of Cook o. restraining the

city from ... r ecting building a upon t he Lake Front. . The Art. Insti-

tute, i n CQJ'ljunction with th3 Columbian .Expositi on , procured a re-

bearin.g of the case bef·ore a f'u.ll bench o! judges, and upon J me 25

the inJunction 1ras di.ssolved, upon t he ground Jeainly that t . e Legis-

lature of Illinois by an act in 1890 had authorized t h e city to per

llit the er ~tion of bu1ldings connect.ed wit.h the .olurubian Exposi-

tion upon the Lake Front and to retain some of them per~ently -

Work upon t he bullding was , immediate4 reSUiled a:nd~ithout inter•

~until its completion in MS3' - 1893The exhibitions have been .cch interruptedduring the past

year - PosattaSiOI'l of the old building was given to the Chicago

Club 011 .Tulyl- he vtork of oving t he large colleetiona or

3

\ \

(2)

eaats, pictures, antiquities and othe ob,iects into the Studebaker

Addition,. t.he next door sout , rmd be.s~ goin6 aa for some ic:.e d

In the three upper t'loora of tha Studc:)e.J:~:!' ~aditio.:1, sac t 27l 164

feet~ the collections were housed ""his s ring, tr.e pictures oe-

cupying the fourth noor, where thvy wore very well ex' ' bitad; t.h

metals, antiq- 1t1es, textile;; ar.1d u~olluuao:l:l col ... t:cUcms ~'-e third

noor, where they could be iaperfec ly ~Jesn; and th"" caat.s the se-

cond floor , w ere they were scarcely 1.·e t:t.an st,ored in .m1 orderly

manner-

exhibition was and contin. etl until the removal t o

t ' e present building in April -

The attendance et tt! - W BE;usu ha of ccu .... c 1 eeu comparat ively

saall The aggregate of visitors during the ye ~

The present membership '1 ~ fMk ~ ~ I '17 ; ~~741!,~~7.' ~ ~17/1-, ~7-el()~~

~~. It w .• s clearly impracticable to hold extensive exhibitions and

public r .ce:)tions in t - e t eJ»porRTy q1 s.!' .ere, and t he annU8l exhi-

bitio s of Aaerican 0Ll PaiL~ing and ,ater Color o were omitted-

Several valu ble less er exhibiti.:ns we:r13 made, 1 • ch will be da-

(S)

tailed 1n the report of the Director, o.nd more importance was given

to the lecture course than usual. -It was Bee&esaey hOW8'9'EW t o

~e 1n to'IH" ~laees lieia yea:_-

It was necessary to make special provision for the ·accommodation

of the school, and a lease from Sept. 1 was obtained of the upper

floor of the Giles• Building, 302 Wabash Avenue , a loft iO a ~SQ teet (,),

which had been used for Jl18l1Ufacturing purposes - This was fitted

up with ample sky-lights and convenient~ subdivided, and has an-

swered the purposes ver,y well, excepting that it bas been over-~~

cr owded - The school has increased in numbers about 11 , in

''fL'v~ r~ earnings about 1 f{i (# - The whole number of pupils has been -9M-,

t he earnings from tui t iona and fees 20, 254 . ~8 Since t he ~ World's Congress Auxiliary ret a ins possession of our..4 buil ding untU

November 1, we shall have to retain t he present school rooas f or the

opening of the next year -

Under all the adverse cir cumstances t he retention of almost our

whole membershi p and the steady growth of the school are j 1st oc-

casions of congratulation

Mr. Jaaes • Ellsworth's fine collection ·or Pictures end Oriental

Porcelains and other objects remained until July, when it was re-

aoved to the new private house of the owner - The Trustees

take this opportunity to express t heir hearty appreciation of t he

... al:1te ef tlhe long continued loan of this important collect ion -

llr . Albert A· 1. 15e ' 1' collection h continued a~ valuable fea-

ture of the exhibition. "f lias INBe\tll"' - It is wit.h great satis-

fact~on that the Trustees ha~~ notice of the intention . of ~

Vr~ Munger "to comait t he rell8.1.nder of his collection Ym:eaiate}:r t o

the keeping of t he museum - rne pictu1 es added will be

about thirty in nUIIlber, and will include exaaples of _ eJs.-

~~ soni er) an Marcke, Bouguereaux as well

as· aa.e &a.irable examples of the Belgian and Sp&ftish w French

schools -

The principal accessions t o t he collect i ons durin the last year

have beena

A Br onze Dust b,y Johannes Gelert, of John 1. oot, architect , presented

by friends of Ur . Root -

A Collection of Bronse Medallions by Chaplin and Roty , added t o the

Metal Collection by Martin A. Ryerson and Charles L. Hutchinson-

A Collection of .I%Y'Ptian Antiquities, con ... isti.ng of objects in

bronze, alabaster, terra-cot ta, enamel, &c , prese ted qy rr . H. Getty and

Charles L. Hutchinson -

Old penish Sedan Chair, presented by t he Chicago Society of Decor-

ative Art -

Casts of waiCteins~recent discover 'ea in the Heraion of Argos~

(4)

The Trustee s announce with great pleasure and pri de that within t he

last week t hey _a~e been ap}Jris ed of t he ge.-oerous i nt ent ion of "rs.

Henry Fi el d to commi t per manently t o t he Art Insti ute t he entir~

c.olleet ion of pai nt ing& which belongGd. to her hu&band , the l at e

Henry Fi eld,

collect ion ~H;,& ~~~~

- " ... his 11 t he be~

ru biz on school of French paint ers,

cont ining ?illet ' f ou s "Bringi ng Home vhe llew Bor-n altn, J ules

Breton's t:tSong of t:be Lark" , Tr oy.on 1 .- ttReturning from 'ar .. e t ", nnd ~

fine examples of Rous seuu, CO'-ot , Cazin, Dau bigns~ n ei aeay o+ AQM, ~ torty ttm' pictures 1n all - 'l'he collect i n is t o be placed. in

a. se arate r oom t o be known a s t J.e "Hen!'"'.f Fi eld Memor i al !looa", and

will be held in t rust by fiva r us t eea <ppoint ed by Yrs • .Fi el d hose

names are as follows& Br y an Lath..-op, Marshall ield, Owen • Aldis,

Albert A. S r ague and Martin A. cn·son - This i3 t he most t.-

porta.nt gif't ever made t o t.he Art I nst i t ute ~J( The aame generous b5ne:f'aet~r, !!rs Henr y Fi el d , had previouazy aut h-or-

ized the T:r-~ateea to order a t her axpense from r Edw· r d KG-.ueys, t he

f l an.ll;s of t, h gr eat ex e al e:nt a _ e 5t ai W.!V of t,hs n

mus e:.Jm The :> de has be.en give..:L t o Mr Kemeys , and he i ::s a t

vro k upon he models, for which .he pedestal s t and ready

A full list of gift s, purchases and loans accompanies t his report

An account was gi ven. in the repo:-t of l ast y ear of an ar-

rnngement with the Fr ench Gover nrcent t o eend to the Columbian Ex-

.(5)

position, as a part of the national exhibit, an extensive collection

of archi tectural. east , -re roducr _roa the collection in the 'I ro-

eadero in Paris, which should become at the end of the Fair a part

of t he pe1"1DB.nent collection or the Art Instit ute - This re-

llarkable collection, which is unsurpassed in its kind either in

quality or extent, is now installed in the Fine Arts Building at

Jackson Park and .u.l pass to the Art · Institute in November

Some or the works, reproductions ?f Ca-thedral door-ways , &c. are of

great size, and it will be necessary to make especial provision for

their reception in our .useua -

Another very iaportant accession which coaes through t he

generous cooperation of the French Commission of Fine Arts is a

collection of casts of sculpture by the most distinguished contea-

poraneous sculptors of France - These also will reJiain at the

Columbian Exposition until the close of the Fair - The,y represent ~~ _:;~~- p ,

Ba.rrias, Cain, Chapu, Rodin, De:l&p:le:nehe,. Idrac, f) Fremiet,

and are sufficient in number to form a gallery by t hemselves -

A collection of this character does not exist elsewhere in America -

It is our intention to add to these the best wor ks of Amer ican and

other llodern sculptors, and so supplement by modern exuples our

ertensive collection of casts of the s culpture of antiquity -

It is known that other important collections are coming

to us through the Columbian Exposition, of which it is not yet t ime

to speak-

(6)

(7)

Another accession, the educational importance of which can ardl,y

be over-rated, is the collection of large carbon phot ographs 5 common-

ly known as autotypes, published by raun & Co. of Pari.s - Ar -

rangeaenta have been made for the acquisition of t he co~lete pub-

lieations of this famous house , which include reproductions of th~

paintings 1 drawings and sculptures of all the well-known galleries

in Europe - The collection numbers 1 ,600 sheets, o~~~

4000 have already arrived, and the rest are expected -

oert in llUJDber will be framed and kept on exhibition, while t he

greater nuaber will be inst l l ed in casas nd placed under t . .he care

of the librari an , eas ily accessible o members and students -

Aaong the terms an condi tiona under w.nicb t e Columbian

Exposition IB8.de the appropriation of ..,.200,000. t o t he building, re

t he following& That the building should cost t least 500 000: t1: t

it~tain rooms and appliances suita ble for t be meeting~ o£

World's Congresses& and tn t it~ controll ed b,y t he Ezpoai-

tion for t e use o.r the Worl 's ongresses :t rom M y 1 until NovtJII-

ber 1, 1895 -

The building has cos about ')620 , 00, - Besides t e numerous ~.d

convenieut rooms of he permanent building two great temporary

halls,. each e.ccOillllodat ing 5000 people, have been built in he rear ,

and chairs and neceesary appliances f o · the congresses thrO'.Aghout

t he building have b en sup l ied -

r

{8)

~ili~'i ~Mr. Charles c . Bonney, Pre ident of t he Wor ld's Congr ess Auxi-

~~~~ liary, and the other authorities of the Exposi'f:ion A t o allow the col ..

lections of the Art I nstitut e to be placed in the building in such

a w~ as not to interfere with the Congresses - The pictures

and sculptured reliefs are accordinglY placed upon the walls,

while the statues and s ome other obj ects decorate t he camera of

rooms and the ample corridors - T •• e collect i ons of sntiqui t ies,

metal s, ausieal instruments , textiles , &c . are not on exhibition, but

are sa!el,y and acces s i bly stored in the building - Mr . Carpen-

t er , t he Sec r etary of the Art I s t itute, acts as manager of the

building f or the Wor ld's Congresses, and the Art Institute eaplays

guards ~J day and night t o take care of t he collections -

The officers of the World ' s Congresses wer e moved in soon

after Mey- 1 - Upon Friday , May 12, the members of the

Art Institti were invited to inspect the n ew buildi ng between 2

and 10 o·• clock p .m. Upon Monday , May 15, the World ' s Con-

grass es were opened , and the attendance for t he next week was prob-

ably 10,000 a day - Cer t nin work of finishing, both of t he in-

ter ior and exter ior of t he building, was done aft er this, but it is

now nearly completed , t he whole construction having occupied about

fifteen months -

'fhe OlfDership of t he building , according t o t he agreement with the

city· , is ves ted in t h.e City of Ch i cago, a.nd t he Mayor and Ccmtroller

become ex offici9 members of the oard of Trustees -

-whele val,Qe of the pP9pe:FtJao£ w:b icb t be A:vt IastittittJe now enjo; s ·

whele value of the pr operty of which t he Art Institute now enjoys

the use, land, building, and collections, is not auch short of two ail-

lions and a half of dollars - ~ ~ ,

The new building, now that it is completed, justifies the

expectations which were entertained of it , and it is believed that

there is no better building in existence for the exhibition of pie-

tures and fine art objects, as regards lighting, accessibility,

si.Jiplicity of arrangement and convenience of classification -~

Plans,{seetions and a descripti~n]o~ t he building acco.pany t his

report in t he hope t hat our exper ience d exaaple aay be of ser-

vice to sister institutions

The Trustees take this opportunity to r ecord their c011plete sat1s-

faction with t he eadnent firm of archi ects who have built the

building, Shepley 1 Rutan & oolidge 1 and especial~ their grateful

recogait 1on of the taste , skill and unflagging attention of Mr . Chas .

A. Coolidge, t he member of the firm who had especial charge of t he

work -

With t he possession of this safe, suitabl e and attractive

building the Art Institute enters upon a new era - Within this

first aonth of occupation collections ave been unexpected]Jr pro-

ffered us equal in value to at least one half the cost of the build-

ing -

(9)

(10)

In conclusion YCIUX Tr stees , sensible ot: tho r esponsibility

resting u;on t hem with regard t t he development of tho fine arts

in ~Jr city and having earnes~ly endeavored to discharge their

trust, subait to the Governing Jieabers t he result of their labors.

They promise to spare no effort in t he futtU'e a s in the past to

prOilOte t he objects for which t he 1. t Insti tute was founded , and \

appeal to the roverni:1g embers 1 th , AnnuB.l. Vaabers c · he citi~ene :\

of Chicago~~~ fort ei h arty sup ort

T"e lrt Institute is wholly unend~vd and is dependant pen cas-

ber ahips f or its current suppor t - There i s no way so eusy and \

direct for our f ellow citi~ens to he~ t he caMe in which we ar$

all inte~e.sted to j oin t he Governing or Annual Membership, which

not on]J is a service to t ho n t i tution but confers high benef · t s

upon the · olders d t hai f " · ic .. \

Char les L· Hutch1Dsoa

ames H. Dole

A. A. .Sprague

narles D. Raaill

J ohn .• · artin A. ~arson

T. • Harvey

Executive ommitt ee

Report ot t be Director.

Chicago ' June a, 1895.

To t he Board of Trustees of the Art Instit ute of Chicago:

The ye r has been a broken one in the museum All t e

permanent and loan collections have been moved twice, first t o the

"Studebaker Addition" in June , d secondly to t he new lllllseue in ~4~-J~~~~L-J~~-- ... :4. .. 1/.u.

April - Our cast collection is the second til extent in Aaer i ca ,

and the other collections large nd v uable

·For t he present and unt il the close of the ColWilbian Exposition,

Nov. 1, the IIUSeWD will plcy a part subordi nate t o t he Wor l d ' s "on-

grasses, all our galleries being used o~ meetings and conferences ,

wt>..ile our pictures and other objects occupy he walls and corri-

dors - he extensive corridors are at present of great value

to us as exhibition rooms - The plan of installat ion of

the cast collection has been determined, and the friezes ana

other reliefs _ave been put int o ~heir per liB.llent positions -~

The present cast collection, wi th the addi~ions assurea us, will ad-

equately occupy nearl y t he whole first f loor , excepting the space

1n the North wing assigned t o the library and lecture room -~

The pictures are~hung in the slcy-- · Led galleries of t he Fort

wing , t.lie Bl1teh eellwotioa. iza

!

leetiea will im·edhtelo" ~e i=ft~eFel'\aegea wit.a tl:ie J~ie1;'tH"es ill th-.. ~~ a 6 • . Jc

l8:1"'g&F reeta l 1 , l:leeauoe Ill- Munger 1uso Jegi,Qea .to eomm±t the 1 esb

"Of &i.1 v.W:.ble eell~j~o~~ ate ~!d re-

-eeited t.hie week - iQq •111 nc~r f\fdq -end fine:l er:ae e£.

~b~est gal:ierie& - The W'S:ll .::. of ftooa .3 v-: Q.:r& a.ow eeeupied: .>~~~~~~6---y

~the autotypes , whl.ls Jloeas. J a !iDEl ' -<! iB the South idg are-

~~~l.e(;h.~e Century snd t he .Arundel collec~ions - 'J. he ant i-

quities and metals are not open to t he public, but are stored, as if

for exhibition, 1n t he Nor th thi r -floo oorridor - he Sout h . ~ third-floor corridor is appropriated to the unfraaed autotypes of

which about 4000 have already arrived, and the agent . of Br aun & Co. ~~~kr~

Jlr·. Henry Geiner, .. s engaged 1a 8Jf'P~!:ftg t es - The base-

ment of the building is occupied by the offices &c. of the World's

Congresses , excepting two large st ore-rooms assigned to the Art

Institute - For the pres$nt the whole building is the congre-_e,

gating place of thousand of people ~ery day ,ifiTW'd 1 r +ce Art Ta.-

&tJ tut-e is :l.apd hnt xbolq t e posse-ss t:ee ee:Uaiftg, ~

e•e -J:eOo.p611oSe iA the ee~er~tieao ths:t the public -""'"+' '"'1' delilii'e~le habi t of f r equent tt" the llllaeua -

is f orming good

In spi t e of drawbacks the year has not been without int er es ing~-

exhie!tioaa *- The following is a det il of t he successive exhibi-

tions :

formOct. t o Nov. 21 , a sm;lll but very V"' luable collecti~ Dutch asters lent qy of aris, was exhibited wit h our

crrm D:ltcl 'ollection ia rr om VU Th e most iln ortant of chese

pictures wer by ~e randt , Rubens , Velasquez , nd de Hoogh 8nd at

this ti.Jae our gallery rea nted the r emarkable spectacle of eignt

fine portraits by Rembrandt hung together, na.m:el,y;

Portrait of' a Young Girl, Art Ins'ti tute Collect ion

tl " unknown w.un., lent by J ames W. E ~swo.rth

l! IJ J or1s de Coule:t•y, le.nt b.f Charla.<:~ T. Yerkes

n ll

" "The Accountant11 , lent by p. C. Hanford

n of Man, unnaMed , lent by Durand-,..:uel

" "

From sc . 1 t. Dec . 2:" tb- t 1 E.·-bi i tlon f t te r cago

P~lette -.·l ub l"ffiS r~e:lt1 i: Roo

An blports.nt L oJill E:Y.bihit io-.n of Pa.:tnted Fans, Laces, F.mbroi.dsri es, w--.A~

Miniatures ml Ol d ..... il ver" by t.he i c"'go So ~.ety f De ore. 1.ve Art

~~:e;&.._;.;J e. in Room Y.V I during th~ en days fr.om . De 15 t o Dec.. 26 -

Among t he conit.l~ib tor t o thi s e"Y ib_t i on c

s. J. J . r~l S~IA,e

S . u. fl. ._cars on

n J .. N. Jewett

era on

" c. L .. Hu chins on

n. Potter Prtlme··

tt F. JlacVee.gh

tt B. . Iohail

" c. J . Bl air

It Edward J.;y er

Mrs . Edmtmd BUrke

Lieut .. W. E. Safford

Mrs. E. J. !futehinson

c. Crane

" N. B. Judah

11 E.. A. Lancaster

tt B. P. Hutchinson

"' Alex. Stevenson.

" H. B .. E. ilt on

tf John B:utcbins on

ft fi. o. s·t.one

f! 'ik .taon 3~- r

" .S.ellu Waed Hor;ldn

ft J. Y. C!to ... l.tr.:cn ........ ..

" w. ,,. Kimball

" Dudley p . ltilkinson.

tl WUlill;IIl .t..r"!l.lou.r

:r. o. ( ' .,l , ' ~·. .1:~.- (~~

R' B. D. ~den

Madam Helena. l odj eska

lla.ny o.f t he obj ects exh.:.bite~ v· r y r . ~e nd l1~au · if'!. 1 -

Fro111 ~Tanuar-y 13 t o Feb. lo, "collec-tion o ,ps lul-i:ngs an.l t udies

by William H. . Howe, t he Alllerican cattle !linter liv-

A group of 57 water color studien of l.ndsc~ e -

Mexico by F. H. Lungr e w~re on ~X! i.b t l u in rt:J.om. i. . I · n~c mber

and January -

From arch 14 to 24 a collections ot Po.atel.,., ' ft t:.Eill i n numoor , aost

of them copies of well knolm

illustrations of t he lect ure

"Pastels, Past and Present " ..

or ks , :~re exr.q....it d iu R om XVIII , ~t'f

deliveredJ\,by Mr J. Wells Champney upon

The annual exhibition of the Cosmopolitan Club of Chicago w s held ' ~

in Roos XX From April_ to ApPil

The Annual Course of .Aft~rnoon Lectures for members ana st udents

has been successfully maintained al though t .e audience~ were un-

doubtedly diminished ~ t ne l eot res being hel d in

Atheuaeue Hall, apart from both school and Galleries- ~

{5)

Oct. 25, 1892. A. Bart1ele~, Paris: 11T e ln.fluence of Museums on Art"

Nov . 8 • 1.1. R. F'rench1 nThe Conveutione.l. Element 1n Art , Illustrated.

ov. 22 , ·11\. • • Goodyee.r, Brooklyn; "The Lot us in the Jl.ythology d Art

of Egypt", Stereopticon

Dec. 6, Warsha11 S. Snow, St. Louis; , e Building o.f the Cathedrals 11 -

Dec. 20 alter Cranston Lam ji; Velasquez, S't.ereopt lcon

Jan'y . 3, 1895. Lorado Taft; flThe Worl 'e F -~;its Ar ist ic d De-

eorative Features", Stereopticon

~ican Paint ers",

stereopticon -

(6)

Jan. ' Y 5 ' • .F. Roun:l, Ccna. Ji'ou or -- s ,

A:rt -

14 0. P Glfford, Chi C·". ; "Tto 1ght .. o . .. r t tt

Feb. 21, a) F . Hopkins on S .in , ~e d

and lapres~ionism"

Feb. ~8 riss iU'1nie S. Peck, Providence Rh ode I land "A Trip in t · e

Peloponesus ", ~ t.ereopticon -

M.a.rch 7 {e~ra) Miss .:\nrl..ie S . P .ek, Providenc , Rhode Island;

"Excursions in Att ica, Marathon, Aeg.ina , Eleusis , &c. - St reopt i con •

March 14 J. Wells Chaapney, NewYorkJ "Pas·tJels, Past ru1d .Present".

With examples -

){~rch 28, William Gran t n Ll.lwton, Bryn Mawr ollege, Penn .;

*'A Hoaer1c Gir l", with Re adin. ,o from the Odyssey, Books V VI -

April ll, r~adweard Muyb!'idge, Phil cielphia; ttThe Science of

Animal l.ocoiBOtia.'l in its Re1at i cn t o Desi in Art".

Stereopticon and Zoo raxiscope -

Apr 15 (Extra, Thureday) Eadwenrd fuydri dge ; Same oubj >et continued -

An excellent courae o f i ve Ev nir.g Lectures by .Mr . Wm-. H. Goodyea r

of Brooklyn upon " gyptain Art :md Ci vilizat i on" was gi ~n •pen ov.

25 , 51 2 , 30 and Dec. 2 -

The Mdr ess at t he end of · !'le ~cr. . ye-~. June 10, 1892, was

aade by Pr of . Davi d Swing -

(N--(A..(_ The only i mport 1 .... P 1lc· t "ont3 d'l r ii:e t, 1e ye~r "- •

1. Anmla1 Re or t , 1 99 , J · 7 1892

2. School Cat alo5 e 1892- J e 13, 1 95

-

The School yea:r -f.1aa,...f}eeia- pr osperous although under some adverse

condition~ - 'l' e emp :::.~ y r om~ in Gile;:. building, if not luxu-~

rioue, -3. ~9-'~IR sa~isfactory in the s eential points of ll . ·c,

and convenient, an. .. ru gament -

The whole nwnbe.. of atuden ts in t he various department s i s shollm

by t he annexed. t ble )) ~ .ro -v ~ -r l'o ~ y () <{ -cr f &

y.,._-,1'~ "-1

BJ far t he greater number o student s ar e ~Hl 'YO

are ~ o come fro ~ other States he

of atudents enrollea at one t ime was 548 - Th-:- t i ian· re-

. 1 i ce pts . .. nc ~~

dL entr·" c fe a, re ,, 20 , 2 54 . 98 e..n -i r e -e

'b ye r of 2,808. 59 - The expen es c rg~1 o t

count exceed th

~~ yee.r includ

receip by t ·2, 7 ~. 89 - The expen e c ount ~1&,0

.,. ;11 75. f or r ent , and ~ f or movi.."'l.g Rnd ~~

ver

~-

fitting ne. room s o t hat the eartdngs av? p i -,ha t mr:.JY bQ c «llad ~ -~r----

the "operating exP n aes ~He e MPf:Ut ef ;,14:~ ~~ tA/'-q..A

The incre e 0 .1. tlJ sch o ov r ear11 l l per c n i n

number , and l o per cent in the aver a e ttendan.ce -

The staff of teacher has been str onger ~han eve:..• before , but

(7)

(8)

. last ye

students t pe:::ially in t.l 6

Dohn, will b t 1ce f .,..ther ~ ..:ie~ in .., r ope

Mi ss Enel la £ene ict , w o took ~h3 fi~ hono~s of t: e school in

1888 , has sin e st ·died ln Paris , and bs..s l ately t e ken the

first prize 1n t he Black a · M:.ite exh;1. i H,i n, 1.: appoint ·d ~ ··a.ch-

er for next year, and Mi s AJ.ice Ha., a former teacher in our sc.ool , ~~

is re appointed- 'iss Mary G. He s hes been appointoo sn

assistant in the depar ·men of Decor tl e Des;tgning

The deper~me:..:t c...: J....rc 1 itec Ut ' i s i.a · t s.r c t or)· t:o d1t.i.-U' ·· ::' o:.

been near~. ill le tile r r LASTYEAR AND THIS E THE T o YOUNG

MEN WHO REPRES . . .1' r the fL., '., i rl f.! ~~ .. ;.:J : 1 - ·eel v..,.

-i.J t . . ' . ~ '-.!

re ,. r e ill " wish to cont iw.' · tneir si-udies, a .:r.r e

ately be esta lished An EHTRANCE EXAMINATION in eri'thmetic ,

algebra , ge

Course MAINTAINED UNTI IL1890 in the MAAssachu e s I n INSTITUTETE cf

Technolo ... .. of s p,.!r .ly 1: t~r::-.:r;,· O.:."!.cl 1-

entific studie~, bile ret i.r.::t.ng most of he rchitec ure d e-

signing of the long cour e Ur til late l y mo t of t he stu ents

of t he Instit ute of Technology have taken onl,y the short course -

It is highly desirable t hat a full course of architectural stu&J,

including all t he requisite SCIENTIFIC d GENERAL studies, e.nd oc-

cupying at least four years , should be establi hed in the Art Insti-

tute ana. this perhaps may be accomplished a an early daj by an al-

liance with a scientific instit ut ion - The &Teat collec-

tion of architectural casts from the Trocadero will become the pro-

perty of the Art Institute in t he autumn will form a magnifi-

cent basis of architectural instruction -

The . principal c tges an . impro ements proposed in the school next

year are t he introduction of stated lectures upon t he history of

art and the forma ion in t e Designing class of e "room of up>li-

cation1' or shop, in wh ·h the students !nay ct ually ork out their

designs .1u ll os ic, fr scoi , wood carving or stained gl ass -

The lectures will be based upon he new collection of .Aut.o-

types and will be delivered the f i rst year by Mr . George .1..• Mchreiber

The Designing l ass is similar in e.im end scope t o t he sei:ools

of design at; he East excepting hat tt .tli't Inst it ·t.e does not

refuse to reeeive in them the few young men who present themselves,

while s veral of the gLeat Eastern institu ion advertise hem-

selves as Women' chools o -' esign or Tlooen 1 s Sc' ools of A~plied

Art In our Ol<n designing department .... he women have been in f act

about ten t imes as numerous as the men -

The work of om~ chool is brou ht iD.tu dir·ect co paris with

(9)

(10)

other art sc ools at the Columbian Expos ition, where the exhibit s

of the principal schools of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis,

Chica o and s ome othe '" cities ar laced Bide by ide in the Liber- ~~ ~~'if~~~~~"'-~ 1 al Arts B l d1ng - We ~a~~mpt to represent the work of ~

~ t he school f'ulJ.y, and have entered bout 550 works from the various ~

departments - G all t he deputraeut we conceive t at our show-

1ng is respectable in compari son .ith the be~t, ins de-- t -

aents, especitt.l.ly in th v ry important depar meu of ac, DEMIC DRAW

INSfrom antique , head an · l ife t e vera e pr ction of our sch ol

a s .regards r flnemen t. , and und r s ... nding is unsurpaosed in the e~ hi-

bitionJ - W.L 1

It is look to t he work of the next year

and of future years without enthuaias• and even excitement -

With a COLLECTIONand a school which ALREADY command the respect

of all ·«ell li .ormed persons., with a r ecent gift of p-ictures sur-

pa·seing in l!iW'lif ic . ce any w ich has preceded it , and w:i th a aneeua

building which we f • l:r believe to be as good f ol" it , purposes as

any ever built, stund ng ready ana r .cept1ve at the opport une MOMENT

when the It!OS v .rious and valuable collecti.ons are close at hand ,

our condH.ion and our opportunities are such as rarely present

themselves t o ~£y INSTITUTION - There is reason t o ap-

prehend that t e ne-w building, large a t i , will h rdly b l e.rge

enough £ r ou!' uses w t:: 1. w cnne into ul1 possession o · :it

Respectfully

French

Direct or