New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24
SUMMER ART SCHOOLo.
MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
FROM NATURE.
wErr-KNowN ARTISTS AND TEACHERS who

HAVE ESTABLISHED CLASSES IN THE NOO'>
SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR METHODS
rho ,nos. nroftable experience for the aspirah'
+, ~ eo,d NJ art study is to be gained, as ne 70
convinced through his work from nature u'a.' 81
irstructors This Is now the summer pr"heeo -
an nnumerable army OF students I"e ,
schools OF art and art classes on dlHereh' p'I
have been multiplied with surprising rap'u''y " ~
d,roctions with such extension an altogether re-
,.,I,lo o,ucatIonal system is shown. fitted 10 the
, -, oil GRADES and divisions Of students III
this department. 49,, -oot
one If the most advanced methods In this great
svs,ern is that Illustrated by the interesting al
rangerents OF a party OF the Art students Heaeu
established under the guidance OF Frapk ou 'io'i
az Crecy-en- I5rle. near Paris, ior the seoo
son These students FASTENED on their voyage oe
soro tho middle OF May, in order to be IN fatis
nrevlous 10 the closing Of the salons Inc reoi
ganlzatlon OF this summer class 10 remain III
for about five months was measure Vi e'
able Significance 10 the MEMBERS Inc so''
again Of Crecy en- Brie as the nome OF 'hlS S",,
ar, colony is determined by It's nearness to Paris
It's heathfulness and plcturesqueness IL s''ua
ton uniting many charms and conVeniehceS io
hand Of students devoted 10 hard work with que
admixture Of merrlment.
Next this school going abroad III the 'ens'" "
time snont in summer work. and first OF all sucn
organizations in the number OF students ehNs'eu'
IL ShtnneCOck
,ch,ch began a course on June l. 70 be continued
until October T. as In former seasons The arrange
nnents Of this school under the continued direction
OF William NJ Chase are essentially the same as
since its foundation In 1891. though It's chei IN
s.ructor Is aided by new assistant, MISS Aueaiue
Gllchrlsi who has the class OF beginners. Inc open
air study Of figures and OF outdoor life IL the main
work OF the students. AS at the Art Studeh's
League. Mr. Chase gives two days OF his time 70
this instruction
A rare companOnshlp with nature IL maintalheu
I'm this situation with the life OF study apparently
unmoved by any vibration from the winged pleas
ure Of adjacent Southampton. with Its modes OF
be guing thu lapse Of summer. The art life Is clearly
predominant at Shlnnecock HIS the beginning
and end OF daily activities in this region OF peculiar
repose and silence The residences Of the students
are grouped along Shnnecock Bay through range
OF about three miles. That OF Mr. Chase-planned
by Stanford White in return, as Is said for highly
esteemed portrait by the artlst-marks the western
limit OF the inhabited section. The Art VII
lagc.' comprising a studio built Of logs ana with
rock chimney, and group Of cottages built for
the use Of students IS at the other extremity and
about two miles from Southampton. One OF the
principal centres OF movement in this art colony
IS the large house OF the Art Club, situated IN
sight OF the home Of the master, near the bay.
This Is the residence OF about twenty girls ana the
house devoted - this by a friend Of the school
has the addition or StullO eEcCltl ny tue NiuD
The Impression that the school is exclusively for
women 10 Incorrect. The men students find homes
In the art cottages-sometmes accompanied by n
mother or a wife and keeping house-or In the
neghb0ring flrmhouses. as DO the g.rs VINO are not
members % the club. These students are all en-
thuslastic In their work. and the girls painting on
tn. roors with brown hands to gain the
sturllness OF grenadiers They have plenty OF ex-
ercise. though some Of the girls keep their own
turnout and the Art Club maintains stage for
the use ~ It's members. About 100 students are In
tho classes In the Of the season. on certain
davs vaen the director ~ the school accompanies
| a sketching- cllss many as hfty may be seen
grouped I'm the space OF hllf a mile with eases ana
umbrellas The Indian reservation and the beauti-
ful shores Of Peconic Bay are favorite haunts.
II originally discovered by a land improvement
| companv the charms OF the ShInnecock Hills
nevertheless appeal very strongly to the artist
temperament The atmosphere and the color on
tb. Mills are certainly in many effects though
the faculty OF seeing that every bush Is picture
is not shared equally by all observers
on one morning In each week the Work or the
s,uerts s arranged In the studio TO be criticised
/ by the Instructor. who apparently has no fear OF
.,he spirit being s,rangled IN the folds OF teen
| ri,ue' In he case Of the beginner The friends OF
this school regard It. not without some reason as
/ a basis Of a rational development
/ For two months. beginning with the LIST OF July
/ Herbert Donman will direct class Of students at
rssf HAMPTON l.. L. IN landscape and In ngur'
! u,ln,lng out-ofdoors The modes are 10 be 'ouhI
! among the country boys and girls and ola men
posed under different conditions Of sun 9 nj shado"
This is held to be very interesting practice atte
WORKING indoors al winter II is kind OF "or'
which his artist made a special feature OF th'
! course conducted by him last summer. Thougi
! working IN landscapes. he Is distnctVeIy Hsu''
p,lnter owing his training 10 Carolus Duran. wh'
/ was his Instructor for five years. Inc p"p's III
rect,d bv Mr. Denmnn In the Pratt Institute
urooklvu during the last winter have been dom.
serious work IN the he AMI portrait classes. ans
,hos. under his guidance at East Hampton prob
! ably Will bc Influenced in a similar direction.
Early I'm June Edward A. Bell forsook the neigh
borhood Of the Holbein studios for his completely
| furnished yacht. the Daphne IN when re asa'i
finds his summer home. His studio is on sole
/ cartE NJ Now-Suffok. Peconic Bay l.. l. wher'
! each sumner he receives a limited number o
/ nrnils This is a studio that built by the lat
Mr. Fitz the friend Of Mr. Bell ana his com
! paron for ten years In Munich. \ good class Il
/ her, unlor instruction. one Of the students Is
! woman who has just arrived from California t
2 study with Mr.. Bell. and who has since LETT IN
/ city to Join the class TWO OF the Ncw-fork pupil
: ~ th. New suffolk groun have also gone early &
| this attractive sketching ground. At the begin
ming the class comprises no more than half dozen
/ ana the artist willingly directs only small mum
| Der Of pupils In that region the students nm
good ana varied scenery, and frequently extend III
| range OF these diversified views by making cat
boat journeys to the Shnnecock Hills, about eigh
miles distant
The Silver Lake Art School. near Perry. Wyo
ming County. y. Y. opens the Goth OF June an
c.oscs the 18th OF August. The instructors ar
l. NJ WEes and Irving h. WEes. large amour
/ Of attention IL given by the classes 70 sketchin
out OF doors. and there are other courses IN sill
IKE AMI In work from the draped model and cast
RE school building Is well equipped with every
thing which AN art school should have. and II con
tnins two large studios c,ass rooms for wor
! on rainy days. ,.,--
The members OF the Riverside School OF Outdoo
Painting assembled June /, with Leonard Ocht
man as the head. This school a mile ana ma
from the station at Riverside Conn. Is up IN
Miamus River, by the Sheep Hill road. in situa
ton for many reasons to be desired. -
The classes 10 be under the direction OF william
J Baer FOR the second year in the Chau
tououa Summer School OF Art, are 10 be IN
usually fun. as sgnlhed by the numer4u