The Newtown bee., 1893-11-17
THE FINE ART EXHIBIT.

THE FINE ART EXHIBIT
 The Columbian fair is closed, and the work of disintegration has commenced; but some things are to grow out of it which will not be ephemeral. The Art Gallery prospectively is to be a perma- nent structure, and to be tthe receptacle of one of the finest museums of the world. Marshall Field of Chicago has offered to give S1, ,O00, 900 for this pur- pose. A committee has been created, and while the great schools of the city have until recently, been soliciting for their students, they have ceased to do so and are now devoting all their results to the new museum. Two millions or more will be required, and no doubt, the money will be soon pledged to carry out the grand plan contemplated.
 THESE FEW WORDS
 are an introduction to the main thought of this paper, which is to show how the Art Gallery was equipped for the great exhibition. We will give an enumeration of one department: Paintings in oil, sculpture, paintings in water colors, en- cravings, etchings and prints, chalk, pas tel, pen and ink and water drawings, we must omit. Of oil paintings the United States furnished 105l, France 576, Great Britain 4G0, Germany 420, Holland ll9, Italy l9l, Spain Al, Denmark 157, Swe- den l25, Russia 1l0. Austria ll3, Norway 124, Brazil S7, Canada 1l9, Mexico Sl, New South Wales II, Japan 70, Society of Polish Artists 125, making in this one line of art, 401l paintings.
 HOW WERE THEY SECURED: | They did not drop down from the sky, nor fly on the wings of the wind from the respective countries. First con- mittee of organization was chosen in Chi cago. A chief of the art department was then selected, Halsey C. Ives of St Louis, who had attained recognized leadership in local and national art enterprises. He drafted a plan of fcampaign. Committees were established in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Paris, Munich, London and Rome. Special committees to secure retrospective exhibit of American art in -NC" l OI n. anu IOSIOA' forts were made to secure the best ex- amples of portraiture and figure work, showing the various stages of our artis- tic development from colonial times to , 1876, including as far as possible exam pies of Smybert, West, Coplay, the Peals, Stuart, Jouett, Trumbull, Alliston, Neagle, Sully, Nanderlyn, Hardina, Les 1io Glass, Wimar, Wright, Inman, Baler and | others, and so of sculpture, etc. l. FOREIGN AID IN COLLECTING
 was prodigious work. First the gov e ernments were to be interested in the |, Exposition. This was both difficult and = delicate business to accomplish. It ne 1T cessitated interviews with prominent per :. sonages, government officials, leading ar lists, owners and curators of museums and art collections. When the govern ments of England, France and Germany recognized the importance of the fair, and their sanction, then an immense a amount of work was still requisite to in- terest the coy, sensitive and uncertain
 
 l. of entry, and mischief makers had been L. at work sowing seeds of distrust, which Is were difficult to uproot, by the most sou ,u ave and enthusiastic advocate of et AMERICAN ART ENTERPRISE.
 We need not multiply words in this di- ,, rection. Suffice it to say, one by one Ill these barriers were demolished. and the object was accomplished. France made 's a great showing. Great Britain almost s' outdid herself. Germany had a magnif
 icent exhibit, and the other countries
 herein named and others not named, E were represented most crcditably for ," themselves and to the honor and perfec-
 tion of the exhibit itself. But when we
 bring in all the affiliated departments of eu the fine art exhibit, no one should be H. amazed at the results as shown in this
 the most imposing structure of the White
 City that was. As we have said, it is ~ reasonable to suppose that this edifiee, :, with its walls of brick and covered with
 staff, it's roof of iron, steel and glass,
 will remain fixture. Its order of archi- Is bhC AOhASs Ahc =. Erectheum of the Acropolis at Athens.
 The various galleries and courts foI
 paintings and sculptures, are of agree
 able proportions, admirably lighted and
 and practically fire proof.
 THE THREE GREAT SECTIONS,
 the central, east and west pavilions, con
 nected by galleries, aggreate in extrem,
 length 1152 feet, or about 70 rods, ant
 504 feet in depth, or over 30 rods
 Twenty-eight alcoves front on the eas
 and west courts of the pavilion on tn
 main floor, and GO alcoves on the gal Il. leries of the second, for the exhibl
 tion of architectural designs and CT
 cravings. However actively the wor !, of removing the present exhibits may g :, on, we will leave the building itself ur
 harmed, to await an exhibit more yarie int and wonderful than it has furnished t $. the millions of human eyes, who hay
 studied it's interior for the last si
 months, and retired unsatisfied becaus
 human endurance was not adequate nc ~ the day of sufficient length to satisf : be the amazing store of curiosity, wrappe
 up in fallen son of Adam.-TRev 4 cor; Gardner, Warren, Ct.
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