Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-30
FINE ART AT THE FAIR
Discussed at an Important Meeting
of Experts in This City.
COMPLIMENT TO LOCAL ARTISTS.
Pennsylvsnias Exhibit Expected to b One
Of the Best.
P1TTsBuRG SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE

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the Pennsylvania Worlds Fair managers
was held at the Monongahela House yester-
day. The subject under discussion was the
American exhibit OF: fine arts at Chicago
Halsey G. Ives, the chief of the fine art ex-
hibit for the Fair. was present He intends
to visit all the States, and Pennsylvania has
the honor Of being the first. From here he
goes to New York and Massachusetts, Mr.,
Ives is very enthusiastic, and he thinks the
home display will be magnificent He has
every reason to feel encouraged.
The State Commission was represented by
r. L. Brownfield, Chairman of Commit ee
X, from Philadelphia; ex-senator Lewis
Emery, JE. Captain William H Hasson, Oil
City, and A. q. Roenig. For the advisory
committee of expert artists appeared w.
Dalliba Dutton, Chairman; Clifford P.
Grayson, Henry Petit, Charles E. Dana,
Charles Crafty, Frank M. Day, all of Phil
adslphia, and Jos. R. MCDOWELL and John
w. Beatty, Pittsburg. Charles Henry Hart.
of the Quaker City. Chairman of the COM
mittee on retrospective art was also
| present
Ways and Means Discussed.
The meeting lasted for the greater part
| of the dav, and the best methods of secur-
| ing loan collections and the accumulation
of works of art were considered It was
decided that Pennsylvania artists could
| submit pictures that have been sold,
and the commission agrees TO try
to get them from the owners.
Some were afraid that this would be diff
cult task, but Mr.. Ives said it would be a
/ so{to ID he of
| at the Worlds Fair would greatly enhance
its value. Many of the State artists regard
| former works as their best, but the paint
ings having passed out of their possession,
this rule was adopted to cover such cases.
The Academy of Fine Arts, of Philadel-
phia, offers its building as depot for the
pictures. When they are submitted from
all parts of the State they will be publicly
exhibited. The advisory committee of e1-
pert artists constitutes the jury of selection,
and the members will dictate what
to Chicago. A high standard has been
established and will be strictly adhered to,
or there wouldn't be room enough in the
fair buildings to provide for all the pictures
The Advisory Committee will be the sole
| jury in Pennsylvania, and there is no ap-
| peal from its decision. The aim is to show
what has been accomplished by American
artists in painting, sculpture, architectural
designs in color, etchings, wood engravings
and drawings since the Centennial exhibi-
| tion in 1876; also Retrospective display of
| portraits and figure subjects covering the
period of American history from 1776 to
1876: 1t is desired that the very best and
most comprehensive representation Of Penn
sylvania art shall be had at Chicago, and
one which will do great credit to the State.
VIII Stimulate Amateurs.
To stimulate amateur art ex-senator
Emery suggested that as many of the
neglected pictures as possible should be
sylvania buildings. There are already 2G6
applications for pictures from Philadelphia
ard 35 from Pittsburg, also IL pieces Of
sculpture. This covers 100 artists from
Philadelphia and from 10 to 10 in this CITY.
The sculptors number from 6 to 8, two of
whom hail from Pittsburg. A number of
applications have been received, too, from
the interior of the State. The artists in
towns like Franklin, UnIontown and Read
ing have been heard from. Of course, the
bulk of the pictures will come from Pitts
burg and Philadelphia.
Mr. Ives said the applications for space
had This was the great difficulty. The
foreign exhibit, from Holland and France
in particular, will be very fine. From this
time out he will give his personal attention
to the home display, and he thinks it will
be creditaole to the country. He expects
considerable from the Eastern States He
has received letters from leading artists
that give him great encouragement They
have returned to their studios with good
ideas, and some meritorious paintings are
promised during the winter. Mr.. Ives said
the Government vessel Constellation has
been fitted out to collect the pictures
abroad. The ship sailed from Fortress
Monroe two weeks ago
Not the Largest In the World.
Henry Petit, who was the architect Of
the Centennial and Is one of the designers of
the State buildings, was present. He has
Just come from Chicago, where he made
study of the fair structures in detail. 'It
is ridiculous," he said, ''for the Chicago
people to claim that the buildings are the
largest in the world. That is pardonable
talk. There are larger buildings The
matter of fact it occupies about 80 The
Chicago people count in all the galleries
and make the building larger than it is.
The buildings were designed by ten leading
American architects, and their ideas have
been combined and harmonized. Hereto
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and artistic finish for which Europe is noted.
At present the builders are working on the
sculptural end, and later the mural paint
.;gns ora ve,p p h.antifni and .r. h.;na mad.
opt of stafts a m;xtnre If hor.e hair and
plaster of paris. When the artistic work is
finished, the buildings will exceed anything
ever constructed from TINS standpoint. Ihe