Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-08-19
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Loafs-Arxunssnt for Sunday openine.
Professor Halsey G. ives, director Of
the st. Louis Art museum and Of the
art department Of Washington unit
verxity OF the same city, was Ia
town the other day. Professor Ives
has devoted most af his time and n
fort fer she past dozen years % the ad-
vancenent Of art interest in *. Louis,
and as result the museum Ia the bea
arranged and most integligently con-
Quoted institution Of its kind In the
country. and the art school Il one Of
the most thorough. The al museum
il q handsome stone structure ct Lu-
cas- place and Nineteenth street.-The
fashionable residence center Of the
city Is one Of the few buildings
thoroughly adapted for its purpose,
While its collections thus far arc not
large, they are intelligently formed,
and every object shcws NOT only .
phase Of interesting historical devel-
opment. but Is the besz example obtain
able for showing this. The museum
has been chary in accepting na;sceIIar
neous gifts, and has purchased with
the greatest discrimination Tho art
school IS equipped with one Of the I'm
est collections OF casts In the country,
and from it have come q number 81
artists Of ability The school has sent
abroad several students, and has part
ly supported them there. Said Pro
fessor Ives.
I'VE have quita number a. collec-
tons Of fine pictures in ST. Louis, but
most OF them contain almost exclus.
lively works by foreign artists. hope,
by series Of exhibitions Of American
pictures, to interest our people more In
American art / think that the best
work OF the American painters Of
today IS equal to the best that Is pro
duced abroad in certain lines. think
that it only needs introduction to re-
cure appreciation and ! want to show
how sincere and strong much Of it in
Our art museum is now beginning to
be well appreciated Since we began
opening IT to the public on Sundays
our attendance has increased on all
days, and many persons have mani
tested interest in it who for years
passed the building every day without
having sufficient curiosity to look in
side. 1t is particularly gratifying to
me that many workingmen visit the
museum on Sundays Igenerally man
age to be there myself on Sunday
afternoons, and enjoy directing their
attention to those things which will
suggest improvement in the character
of the work tf.sy do. Some OF the men
who became interested In the iron
work from Nuremberg are now doing
very clever work in the same direc-
ton Others have studied the old car
wings, and have gained degree of
artistic appreciation that they have APP
piled in their workmanship to their
very decided advantage. But for the
Sunday opening many of these men
would have absolutely no opportunity
for visiting the museum, and from the
results that have become evident thus
far the wisdom of the plan has been
demonstrated to me very clearly.
really think it is public misfortune
that any such museum in the country
is kept closed on Sundays To the
great museums of France, so much re-
sorted to by the working people on
Sundays, is due much of that artistic
quality that you find in almost every
article of French production-even for
the commonest uses. The same op-
portunities opened for our own in
telligent, quick witted people would
very soon influence the character OF
the work produced here. New York
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