Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-12

ART
Passing up the broad stairways from the
vestibule, one enters the third, or Art Gal
lery vestibule. with its splendid glass
dome, a magnificent chamber opening upon
broad balcony. Here are two of Nails
greatest paintings and the portraits of Chief
Justice Chase and General Grant. Opening
out of the vestibule on either side are the
east and west galleries, each 10 feet in
length and - feet in width, and connecting
with the south gallery, which IS the full
width of the building. From the center Of
the vestibule opens southwark the main
gallery, 80 by 90 feet. These galleries are
all lighted from above, with three side
lights in the narrower galleries excepted.
The collection of paintings is variously
estimated in value at from $5G0,000 to
5000 900. No exact figure can be placed
upon them as to cost Mrs. Crocker herself
is unable to state how much was expended
in the years of their accumulation. There
are 70l paintings in the gallery and about
80 pictures il the lower rooms, which, with
the several thousand studies aud prints,
give a total Of upwards Of $500 pictures Of
all kinds possessed by the city in this
building. There are works
FROM TIE EAsEIs
OF Murillo, Leonardo dR Yiuci, TiutOretto,
Correggio. REM, Vandyck. Backhuysen
Leyden, Carracci, Baroccio, Salvatore
nard, Teniers, La Sueur, Canaletto,
Domenichino. HoIbein, Sir Peter Leiy,
MireYelt. Caravargio da Ponte, Hemskerk,
Vernet, Wife, and others, the works dating
In the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. OF modern painters
there are works by Shaw. notably the gal
lery of " Portraits Of Noted Californians :"
by Hill (hjs fimouS Yosemite, ~ Keith
Nahl Bush Denny. CgggSwell, Hahn,
Brooks, and others, well known in Cali
fornia, and OF artists Of other countries
and States; these being u few of the more
prominent represented Muraut. Heine,
Jacob Banning, ArtUeT. Van Ger, Diet
rich, Hal1l, Piloty, HEbner, Schultz, Barry,
Seydel, Muhlig, Robbie, Baer, Cranack,
Goune, Dahl, Both, Allen, Junker, ROuX,
and large number Of Others. The schools
represented are the Flemish, French, Dutch,
Italian, Venetian, German, English, Span
ish, BoIognese, Russian Rembrandt. Old
German, Florentiue, Neapoltan. Roman.
Italian (sixteenth century, and LON
bardese.
1t is not at all the intention to comment
upon the paintings in this place, The pur-
pose is to give only comprehensive &C
count of the building. its contents and re
lation they occupy to the city and the uses
to which they are put. 1t is supposed the
building cost Judge Croker and his wife
between 500, 600 ana $50, $50, but Just what
it cost it is Impossible to ascertain, so much
has been expended from time to time dur
ing so many years.
TIE SCHOOL OF DESIGN,
Occupying the gallery, seems especially
appropriate. 1t certainly is in direct line
with the purposes of the late Judge
Crocker. It conservesa broad and lofty pur-
pose, and should have tue cordial support
of the people of the State. Its object is to
fit men and women for better serviC in the
world. knowledge of drawing augments
the capacity of men and women in any
skilled vocation in life, and equips them
the better for the daily battle. Art study
qualities for designing increases the ca
pacity and enlarges the powers of obserYa-
ton 1t cUltivates and relineS the taste,
enlarges the capacity to enjoy, and its
practical illustrations are numberless. 1t
is sad mistake to speak Of art culture as
an accom- lishment only. In this practical
day and age skill and brain win where
Drawn goes 10 the wall. The trained eye
and hand and understanding are capital in
store for whoever acquires them. There
are very few indeed who have not sufi-
cient taste for the beautiful to be able to
make some progress III free-hand drawing
and early derive some benefit from 1t. It
was because of these considerations that the
school was founded, and that public
spirited men and women devote time and
means to its maintenance. It is not q
school, be 1t noted, where
DADBLING IN PAINTING
Is permitted. The pupils must begin at
the bottom round, or from the point of
capacity shown on trial. They are required
to learn to draw before touching brush.
1t is an infiexible rule that they must be
well grounded in charcoal and cTayon
drawing, etc, before color can be
touched Ii is the universal verdict of all
artists that this is the correct rule. They
know, if others do not, what serious error
it is, and how much there is of lost time,
talent and energy BY permitting pupils to
paint, as il is termed without first hay
ing thoroughly mastered free-hand figure
work and the elements of perspective.
These are inhexible essentials to preoede
all color work in the Sacramento
School of Design. When the rule
was applied at the outset it lost
the school some patronage, but
who is not now an ardent friend of the
in this school from study Of works in the
Art Gallery, feature few schools present.
THE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION,
Which has the custody, OF the Gallery.
originated and conducts the school, and IS
laboring to gather q museum collection and
to popularize research into the natural his
tory Of the coast, is differed as follows
President, d. Lubin Vice-President, Z. Z.
Ray; Secretary and Custodian, W. F. Jack
son; Treasurer, James l. Felter; Directors
Mrs. E. B. Crocker, Christopher Green
Joseph Steffens, D. Lubin, j. ". Arm
strong, C. f. Grunsky, F. f. Ray, George
Pyburn, ]. A. Woodson, The members
are:
Patrons-D. o. Mills, New York; Edgar
Mills, San Francisco; Miss Mary Anderson,
New York; NJ. H. De Young, San Fran
cisco; n. d. Rideout, Sacramento; Joseph
Steffens, Sacramento; Louis Sloss. San
Francisco; Daniel Meyer, San Francisco.
Life Membership Francisco-Mrs. r
Porter Ashe, Mrs. S. Bine, Moses Bauer.
N S. Bachman, Charles +. Croker, Mrs.
C. F. Crocker. Edward Carlson, T. j. Clu-
ME, A. G.. Davis. Henry Edwards, f. s.
Freeman, II. Goodkind, ]. Greenbaum, f.
G.. GUNNER, c. Hue J. 3. Held, L. L.
Heller, Mrs. c. &. Hooker, Moses Israel,
H. Kronthal, ]. n. Killip. Jules Neuber
ger, J. II. Neustadter, P. +. Nolan, 6. K.
Porter, S. D. Rosenbaum, Leopold
Reich, Moses Samuel, AdOlph
Shrek, VIM. Steinhart, Levi Strauss,
B. Schweitzer, J. D. Sullivan, l. Steinhardt,
Mayer We'll, Abraham We'll Mrs. NJ. P.
Walker, Mass; Mrs. Charles Croker, n.
Y; Mrs. J. S. Fassett, n. Y. Sacramento
Richard 2. Burr, DR.. W. A. Briggs. Mrs.
NJ. E. Croker, C. II. Cummings, VIM. 2.
Coleman, Mrs. S. ]. Deuel. VIM. Dillman,
Jas. l. Felter, w. R. Felter, E. P. Fig,
Mrs. W. r. s. Foye, G. f. Grunsky, Chris
topher Green, Albert Gallatin, Geo. ".
Hancock, Grove L. Johnson, D. Lubin,
Mrs. D. Lubin, VIM. NJ. Lyon, Jas: +.
Mills, Rev. W. c. Merrill, Otto Muser, Mrs.
Jas. McClatchy, Mrs. V s. McClatchy, Mrs.
C. K. McClatchy, Miss Emily E. McClatchy,
Miss Fannie McClatchy, John Mcneil, c.
r. Parsons, DR.. Geo. Pyburn, Miss Mary J.
Russell, c. W. Reed A. G. Sweetser, DR.. G.
L. Simmons Mrs. g. L. Simmons, ]. L.
Steffens, Hugh C. Trainor, Mrs. L: A. Up
son, H. Weinstock, Fred Y. Williams,
Chas. ]. Burnham, Albert Leonard, VIM.
NJ. Petrie; G. G. Blanchard, Placeryille;