The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-24

schools of the Metropolitan Museum, he
Metropolitan school was formed by stu
dents of that institution on the same gen.
eral plan as the Art Students League
Tho instructors are H. Siddous Now bray
for the life class, j. Carroll Beckwith for
painting and drawing from still life and
portrait, Herbert A. Levy for antique, B.
West Cllnedinst advanced antique, George
NJ. Reers evening and advanced antique
and special class in illustrations and
compositions i'll charge of the well-known
illustrator, Charles S. Remnant.
The oldest school in New York is the
Academy of Designs. On the 8th OF No.
vember 1895. d number of young artists
and students established the New York
Drawing Association, and soon after, on
the 10th of January, 1926, they resolved
themselves into a new organization to be
known as the National Academy of the
Arts OF Design. They thereupon chose
from their number fifteen artists who were
directed to choose fifteen others-the thirty
thus selected to constitute the new society.
OF this body of founders the last sur
vlvor, Thomas S. Cummings, n. A., who
was for many years the treasurer and at
one time the vice president of the academy,
died September %, 1894. There are but
few familiar names among these thirty
founders-alas, for the mutability of fame
Rembrandt Pea!e, John Vanderlyn,
Thomas Cole, Henry Suman. In the list
OF students OF the National Academy for
the last sixty years we may find the names
OF many OF the most eminent artists of
America.
The antique classes are in charge of
Francis G. Jones, n. A., and Edgar NJ.
Ward. n. a. The day life classes are in
charge of Charles Y. Turner. The night
life class and the portrait painting classes
are in charge of Edgar NJ Ward. n. A.
The still life class is in charge of Francis
Y. Jones, n. A. James D. Smillie gives
instruction in etching and Olive L. Warner
in mod cling.
The National Academy has occupied TO r
many years the fine old building on the
corner of Twenty-third street and Fourth
avenue, but in the spring it is to follow
the movement uptown and there will be
one landmark the less, for the historic
building is to be torn down.
One of the most interesting of the New
York schools is that of Applied Design for
Women at 200 West Twenty-third street.
The School of Applied Design for Women
was organized by Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins.
who IS at present in London assisting in
the attempt to found a similar school
there. Its purpose was to afford instruc-
,ion Wnlch VIII enable women to earn
livelihood by the employment of their
taste and manual dexterity in the appIi-
cation OF ornamental design to manufac-
ture and the arts. An extensive field lies
open for the employment of women who
qualify themselves to enter upon it. in
making designs for carpets, wallpapers,
oilcloths, silks, cretonnes, chintzes, furni.
ture, book-covers, illustrations, and for
many other branches of manufacture In
volVlDg the use OF ornamental designs.
This gives the manufacturers the oppor-
tunity for securing good designs from a
practical training school. The oceupa-
ton of capable designer is continuous
mn n nd %
women are especially adapted. Akin to
this is the work of the architects draughts-
man, which position women fill, with
practical training, fully as we'll as men.
The instructors are practical men and
women actually employed in manufac-
tories or architects Offices.
The elementary department consists of
course in object drawing, in perspective,
in geometrical design, course in the con-
struction OF curves, the conventionaliza-
ton of natural forms, cast drawing, etc.
The historic ornament consists in the