New-York tribune., 1874-04-27
THE ACADEMY or DESIGN.

THE WORK AND THE WANTS or A NATIONAL SCHOOL
OF ART-FAcrs AND FIGUREs-InE SYSTEM OF
DRAWING EXPLAINED.
The National Academy of Design, the forty
ninth annual exhibition OF which il in progress
derives from the Suydam fund.- according to the state
ment OF Mr.. Addison Richards, the Secretary an an
nual income of $500, out OF which nearly all the
penses are betrayed. The amount realized from the
exhibition is too Insignificant demand much consd
Grafton In this estimate The repairs the building
and the support OF the schools large share Of
this revenue and by far tho most urgent want Of the
Academy at this time is endowment Such pro-
vision would support its schools more literally than
they maintained aud would enlarge their
fulness the excellent system OF instruction they already
possess being confined within too narrow limits.
Lectures on anatomy and perspective especially
needed. About two years ago DIR. Rmmer gave
course OF lectures anatomy and the human figure to
the students and Mr.. Brevoort another perspective
Illustrating II from point TO point and requiring dia
grams carefully designed by the pupils to show their
understanding OF the principles he had set FORTH Mr.
Page, at that time President OF the Academy, gave
ALSO to the students and to his fellowartiss
ehiaooseo and linear drawing and color, illustrat
ing his subjects by pictures by Rembrandt Raphael Paul
Yeronese ana others.
class might pro6tably be established in which
painting could be taught This should be day life
class remaining in session at least five hours daily.
The present day life class for men Is in session from 10
until II O'clock and there about Is pupils in attend
ance. The evening life class for men, held from TO 3
o'clock contains &c students Art scholarships to assist
poor but talented young people to study, would
be not unacceptable. library is also among the
wants Of the Institution. At present the Academy
commodities all the students 1t well hold, the space
for comfortable study being too small in both the
tque and the life class II the lower part of the build
ing rented for business purposes. the income OBJ
taned from such could be very adyantageOusy
used securing for the schools the features which they
cannot very conveniently do without.
The women have life class from until o'clock three
times week. Including both sexes there are now about
65 class students in regular attendance at the Academy
The experiment OF mngling the two sexes in the work
OF the antique school has been entirely successful.
1t is only about five since women were admitted
and at first very few avaed themselves Of the privilege
but since Prof. Wmarth has been superintendent, the
number has rapidly increased The pupils, as rule,
stay in the school several years; some leave after few
months to go into studios schools abroad and many
after WHILE give only few hours to study, busying
themselves with teaching or designing when not at the
Academy. The School for the Antique opens at g. m
and closes at p. Mr.. Richards furnishes the follow
ing figures respecting the average attendance OF pupils
from the occupation OF the present Academy building
in 1865 10 this time: