, 1859-05-10

chicago, both Us means and as an end. As q
means, because we were aware that even in our
young, busy city, amid all the din and hustle of
building and pulling down, Of grading of all
kinds, except (as city, degrading, and retro
grading. Of eager speculation md keen money
making, We had commenced and were well un-
] der way with those private collections of art,
| the possession Of which only wealth can com
pass, md the educated taste only appreciate.
VIC do not mean to be understood that vi who
have really fine pictures duly prize them; that
all who hade brought os souvenirs from over the
sea, sundry e1panses Of oils and pigments, have
really with their liberal outlay secured their
raunted equivalent. There probably are about
| as many dishonest picture venders in the world
Of lost traders ns Of any other Of the buy-and-
sell*to-get-gain class, aud some Of the Eases are
especially and notably yirulent. But VIC knew
NC wcre beginning to collect as the adornnent
Of many Of our Chicago homes art gems Of
value, many Of them Of note, that the products
of some Of the worlds best living artists both
Cis-Atlantic and TranE- Atlantic, were lending
their influence here to that humauizing and re-
6ning which is their mission.
But pictures in drnwing- room, md in the
parlor, amid gay furniture and gay upholstery,
lose half their art value, especially by the amia
bic rules Of the beau. monde confessed and
obcyed by Mrs. Potiphar and Mrs Gunnybags,
who, Of course, do nothing SO rude and out of
the way ms to admire anything belonging to the
other. The rule savage!y cuts of and cruelty
snubbs tile claims Of art. We doubt whether
the Potiphars would dare to spend even three
minutes in the enjoyment Of a "real Raphael"
in tue Gunnybags domici, the property Of old
Gunnybags, "not for worlds" Of course.
"Deautiful, isn't that frame exquisite" and
then the chat goes over upon millinery. Thisis
an cxaggeration, of course, of a reality which
has undeniab1e force in the enjoyment Of fine
work Of art in private residence.
Again the lights and positions Of works Of art
in the citizens homes nrc and must be dsadvan-
tageous, save in the more notable and rare in
stances of private galleries. Pictures arc hung
in accordance with tho general plan OF tho
apartment, to balance each other, to fill up
spaces between each other, and between doors
and windows, and thus in cross.lights, or dim
lights the latter out Of respect to dust and flies
tile finest creation of the pencil loses half its
value and il reduced to tue grade of the solemn
mud pricyisl painting of YOUR maternal grand
father. done by travelling artist. and nov
adoruins YOUR darkcucd front chamber.
For the reasons referred to. the VII adnirayi
which Shuts down on your di,nosit;on ia admire
and study what vou can see. and the common
domestic ccouonomics which greatly restrict
YOUR sccin. at all, the great gallery Of the Yer.
sa;lIe, nirht bc d;spersed p;ectmcal THROUGH
our city. and be well nigh lost in its scattered
and diminished influences Having a confidence
in the existence of works of art in ch;coco
well worthy the careful study of the mr., ]ortr
We hailed with welcome the plan of an EXPOSE
tiou by which these gems might be brought to-
gether in a gallery vel! chosen, aud themselves
well arranged.
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ally, the e1Mbitlon Is now open, and nc nre
proud Of it as indicative of the progress Of
'as'e 'or .Art, una us grauhcaaon IN our set
tiement. Nc believe 1t to be ncthat will sur
prise our citizens BIZ its richness and raluc, and
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anu s'aas invites 1ne catalogues are IN
been fitted un to secure the comfort of The v;s;.
tor and we b.sneak for II, contents hnurs of
study, comparison, and apprecintiye endowment
mt on single occasion merely. but u1u;u md
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