The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-09
APPRECIATED IN PARIS.
LETTER FROM SAN FRANCISCO YOUNG LADY
Art STUDENT.

AEEnEC1ATEO In fAh4S.
LETTER FROM A SAN FRANCISCO YOUNG LADY
Art STUDENT.
To the Editor Of the CdlI-DEAR SIR: i have
read with much interest the articles on the
progress of art in San Francisco, published In
your paper during the past few months. Inc
article headed "Joullin's Pupils Promise wen
has led me to give expression to my thousnts
on the subject
not only indorse that statement, but ADD,
Mathews pupils promise well. In Iact, the
Hopkins Institute of Art may well De PROUD oi
her representatives in this great school, Enere
hundreds of students are gathered togethef
with one purpose, one aim, TO WORK for art
alone.
A visit to the different ateliers-where almost
every State in the American Union Is repre-
sented-win soon show to the inteingens oO-
server that California's representatives nave
had the proper foundation Tor the wolk, anu
none have come better prepared Tor afiun sp-
probation of the great privileges Afforded the
art student in Paris.
Ask a student what he now thinks of the
school he LETT in San Francisco-he Will reply:
.I realize as never before the advantages
which the Hopkins Institute provides Joulhn,
Mathews and Yelland are strong men ana
should be appreciated"
To the ambitious student OF san FRANCISCO
would say. Do not be overanxious to get 10
Paris. Be earnest and loysl to your present
advantages, and success Will the more reaoliy
come when it is your great privilege TO
be here Many students are discouraged ana
unhappy because they have accomplished so
little in two years study abroad. 1t can readlly
be seen why they have done so lttle' SIMPLY
because they were not prepared lot the great
opportunities which came like the opening
of a foodgate upon them. They IscAen
s,os In,
sentiment and feeling in color-au OF Whleh
come only with study. Many perhaps had
copied few pictures. had painted on fabrics
and china and thought themselves prepared
for Paris, where the wonderful "art atmos-
phere" existed, so salubrious, SO full OF prom
Use to talent the most mediocre.
Now, with sigh--money all gone, talents
yet undeveloped-they will say: "I am going
home to study and appreciate the training l
might have had before coming here"
Come here if you can, but do not neglect the
preliminary training which can be got in the
"art atmosphere" of your own City. San Fran
cisco has advantages and many talented and
earnest workers, and their ambitious aspira-
tons should be fostered by just and kindly
influence from their masters and the art-loving
people of our glorious country in the Golden
West.
A knowledge of the French language is an
Our best masters are FIench-their criticisms
are of course given in French, and he who does
not understand cannot get the whole spirit OF
the criticism. He not only loses part Of his
own personal criticism, but the advantage
gained by hearing the criticisms on the work
about him. The atmosphere OF the classroom
If full OF French sounds, and it is sore trial to
the ambitious American student to hear and
not to comprehend the words which mean to
IT., vary nou~fsh ant of the art life within
him.
tits the universal impression that the art
students life in Paris must necessarily be the
most Bohemian; that 1t cannot be otherwise ii
he locate himself in the "Latin quarter"-in
the genuine cart atmosphere" find that life
in this quarter Is much like life with the frugal
American in any city. We live and move with
the freedom of an American, receiving only
ciyility and politeness from all with whom we
have any dealings.
This quarter though it has not the air of lux
urious Rue de Rivoi, nor the gayety of Champs
Elysees, has many things which appeal directly
to the student of art. He lives and moves in
surroundings which stimulate his art sense.
Here you find the ateliers CT Collorssi and Dele
cluse, the Montparnasse Academy where Colon
and Anne Jean give their criticisms so gen.
erously; and not far away, the famous Julian
Academy and the Beaux Arts. The Luxem-
bourg and the Louvre are like two great mag
nets drawing the anxious student to their
shrines and permeating his whole system with
q current of inspiration.
Volumes may be'read as you walk In the gar
dens, along the avenues and boulevards and
look upon the fountains, arches and pillars;
wherever the eye rests there Is outlines OF lace
and form of men great in the annals OF the
nation-a population of statues.
Paris, Just now. is infinitely beautiful. The
great streets are perfect bowers of verdure,
fragrant with spring blossoms. From every
nook comes the scent of hlacs and violets.
Every window-box is radiant with crimson
flowers.
The salons are open, and students may be
seen from the earliest till the latest hour scrut-
inizing, criticizing, and, with emphatic ges-
ture, declaring their opinions, all going out