, 1872-11-25
THE STUDIOS.
No Place Like Home for Chi
cago Artis.:3.
The Wanderers Returning and Re-
sun1ing Their Places.
A Visit to the Studios---Somc of
the New Productions.

1AtIe Ao PlAce 4Ae uuue, L0puEQ 1lat uomt
be the burnt district, and though the members
Of the family be scattered to the four winds o.
heaven. Be it never 60 hon,ely, and be the pros
poets never so gloomy, Chicago offers to lei
SONS welcome which no other city can give
them. So we'll testify the artists whose studioE
were so remorsefully devoured, and whose works
Of art were not respected by the fiery tongues
which spared neither sandstone nor canvas.
palette nor Ehanty. Their experience
was not 8 cheerful one, nor one
calculated to ms ire them with that cosmopoli.
tan Indifference to their locality which true
artists should always be made to feel. Chicago,
ayea1 ago, was no place for the Imners and
sculptors, for the patrons Of art we're prostrated
in pocket, and the love Of beauty Was Of no i'm.
portance compared with domestic needs. With
their studios reduced to ashes, their materials
gone, their patrons shivering for the bare necos-
aities Of existence, the poor artists found
that Chicago was no place fol
,ert, and no home for them. They SEW No hope
Of subsistence here, and emigrated- Our sister
cities were willing, even anxious to do all they
could for the sufferers By the fire on the grounds
Of common humanity, but while whole-hearted
and generous, many Of them we're unapprecia-
tive of art. Thus the artists who tried Cincin-
natl, St. Louis, Baltimore, and Boston, fo nd
themselves isolated, their talents undis-
covered, their labors unrewarded.
Many Of them were driven hence without
dollar, and these poor fellows we're in sorry
plight. Conservative st. Louis had her own
fraternity Of artists, and those who were forced
to seek in that city bare subsistence, soon dis
covered that they we're regarded as intor1opers,
and that their genius, if they had any, we're not
Of an order to find sympathy with the lovers Of
the beautiful in the capital Of Missouri. There
we're several who tried their fortunes
there, but not one found q word
or IN order to encourage them.
They believed in Chicago, were of Chicago,
1onged for Chicago, as the Jews for JeruEalem
restored, and were unacceptable. The same
spirit WAS evinced IN the other cities and one by
one they drifted back again to the city Of their
adoption. Their welcome hare was warm,
warmer even than their fiery Dismissal. One OF
two Of them returned to find Ell impromptu
ovation awaiting them. One artist, .
portrait painter, who had passed a
dreary winter in st. Louis, OBJ
tanned half dozen orders within three days
after his return. Others met with varying sue
roau,," for here, il anywhere, they we're known,
and here, if anywhere, their efforts would meet
with appreciation.
The 6rat healthy symptom Of recovery in
the taste for art was observable IN
, Academy Of Design to re-establish
that shattered institution. A meeting
of the artists composing it Was held last Thurs
day, and 3 new impetus given to the work BY
the determination Of the members to base it in
few, but upon the material wealth and reputa-
ton OF the city. To this end they determined
to elect Board Of Trustees, composed OF citi-
zens distinguished for their wealth, their public
sPto, sR a9d i'd tass asncsj integrity E who saGga
and whose social status should be
guarantee Of the standing Of the Academy.
The Trustees we're elected upon certain condi-
tons. They were to be chosen from among
those who believed that Art Was more than q
general term, and that its beauties we're not
mere day dreams- They were to be men who
recognized the Rsthetic element in men and So
ciety, and we're anxious to encourage
its development: They we're to contribute but
By their influence. to encourage others to
ego and doIkeHise."
Their names we're to state to the public that
the Academy was q thing OF reality, for the en-
Of adTenturers, and that such substantial assist
ance as might be rendered would go toward the
development Of such aesthetic taste aa the city
possessed The Academy chose the following
1tr11E fThfrrA Walker
oatt M NieEersnn Pottar Palmer II
H1war5 N Z Foi7hanI Marx Sk;nner ~
Frenl1in n1cTearh' Henry " Kino and T, y
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