Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-13
AT THE ART GALLERY.


Guests began to arrive at the E. B.
Croker Art Gallery as early as $50. Here
there was no feasting of body, but feast
ing of intelligence and taste aud love of the
beautiful and of the interest in scientific
research. Over the entrance hung beau
tiful floral piece contributed by Mrs.
Crocker. Over this was canopy
of tri-color and the pendant flag
of the California Museum Association,
in charge of the gallery and School
of Design, bearing the word Welcome"
The Master of Ceremonies was James l.
Felter. The committee of ladies was Mrs.
Z. B. Crocker. Mrs. D. Lubin, Mrs. VIM.
NJ. Lyon, Miss Carrie Goodhue, Miss Leo
nora Klebitz, Mrs. Jas. l. Felter, Mrs. ]. f.
Mills, Miss Emma Felter, Miss Fanny Ply
burn. The President and several Directors
and the employees OF the Museum Associa-
ton assisted in every possible way. Soon
after opening the doors, Mr.. Felter had
transported from the Marguerite Home the
life-sized portrait of Mrs. Crocker, and
placed it on an easel in the vestibule, with
a card briefly recounting the history of her
gift to the city. The Eastern visitors were
especially Interested in this portrait, so
many having heard of its original. The
entire building was thrown open. Several
hundred of the 1900 studies and
rare prints in the library were dis
posed on long tables in the library
chamber as examples of the splendid col
lection in the locked cabinets. Here also
were placed a number of the rare volumes
of art treasures. In his studio Instructor
Carlson worked upon a portrait all day,
and during the whole day he was sur
rounded by large crowd interested in o.
serving. Works from his brush and pencil,
and from those of Instructor Jackson (now
absent on vacaion), were shown in the art
rooms, and the new picture by the latter,
Sh oshone Falls had a constant crowd
of critics and admirers about it. In the
School of Design room everything was
placed Just as it is when the school is in
session, the work of the pupils being ex-
posed with the study beside each piece or
close by, that judgment might be formed of
the skill attained. A visit to this room was
made by every one of the several thousand
guests of the day, and the expressions of
surprise and delight were uniform. MANY
critical judges were unwilling to believe
that such progress could be made by
pupils in six months = the age of
the school-and it was the unanimons YER
dict that no art school on the continent
has such a superb workroom or such in
spring immediate surroundings. Scores
of SacramentanS VINO visited the room as
tonished the committee by expressing sur
prise, and stating that they had no idea
such a school doing such work had an
existence in their town." Their concep-
ton of the school had been wholly different.
The 5000 exhibits of the Museum Asso-
citation, while not yet properly arranged,
and not very numerous-as museum ex-
hibits go-s.ill had the attention of all, and
many were deeply interested. Indeed, one
Pennsylvania was so pleased that he
promised to send to the association on bis re-
turn home collection of fossils in coal, he
being related to an association that gathers
such exhibits. The lecture-room and cab
inets of the association were visited also by
large numbers OF the guests. Close calcu-
lation and purposeiul observation puts the
number OF people who visited the gallery
during the day at about !, 500. At onetime
it was so crowded that it was very difficult
to move about. 1t was stream of coming
and going guests all day. Eastern
visitors were warm in their ex-
pressions of pleasure over the 700
paintings in the superb gallery and
one and all congratulated Sacramento on