The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-19
ART NOTES.
Ers,Ditisu or sehssirooni Pictures at KePpers
GALLERY.


GALLERY.
The Public Education Association is composed
NJ women interested in educational matters, and
includes many teachers. II IL assisted hy an
advisory board Of wcll.knovn men ond women
of practical experience in some department ot
its work, Its chief aim is 10 further the welfare
and progress OF the public schools Of the borough
OF Manhattan. The on Art OF tho
association Is charged with the work OF making
the interiors OF our public schools attractive 10
the eyes OF teachers and pupils, and las: season
placed pictures and casts in the assembly rooms
and some OF the classrooms in the school
buildings In Wooster street and at thu
corner OF Hudson and Grove streets. a lady.
one OF the officers of the association. having de-
tcrmined to furnish one OF the schools on the
east slide with pictures. and having selected the
works and brought them tO=etho-. conceived
the idea Of first exhibiting them in some acces-
sible uptown gallery where the plan and scops
OF the Art Committees work mieht be seen to
advantage. and Mr.. Frcderick Keppei offered
his gallery in East Sixteenth street for the pur.
pose. The exhibition of his selection OF pictures
and reproductions from the antique IN plaster
was opened yesterday and will continue ill tbs
9th OF the month. 1t is interesting in itself
and most instructive as showing what can he
done on the lines laid down By the committee
and it's advisory board without excessive cost
lutEC ~ - N-AsSiN -" ~ H-N
OF which are solar prints OF enlarged EcpFoduc-
lions from standard photographs. The colleo
ton. q few numbers excepted. is TO be placed in
Grammar School No. 20. in Chrystic street.
some Of the pictures have cost more than 9th.
ere. as, for instance. a large photograph Of .
knight in amor was more expensive than .
collar print from q photograph of medium size OF
the st. Gaudens memorial tn Col. Shaw. but the
latter is quite as affective as Q schoolrocn pc-
,r-e a = rho fOrrnn- In other instances en-
lareemcn:s from photographs of buildings,
scenery and statusry display a fre pic
torial quality that could be obtained in
no other way than By the solar pria; process
The pictures and casts in the collection are d.
yided IN groups IN the catalogue. and the cias
siication will be adhered to in the schoolrooms.
Under the head Of American History are pho
tozrarure portraits OF Lincoln. Joha Jay. and
Alexander Hamilton. and a solar print portraits
OF Benjamin Franklin. There IS already a por-
trait OF Washington in every schoo.house in
the ci;y. placed there before the Public Edu-
cationAl Society began its good WORK. Other
pictures in the division OF American his
tory are large views OF Independence Hall,
Philadelphia; Faneuil Hall. Mount Vernon,
Washinsion's Headquarters at Sewburg.
the State Capito! a. Richmond. the White
House. and the frigate Constitution Under the
head Of American Scenery are views in the Colo
rado Cabon. the Natural Bridge OF Virginia,
domestic landscapes in New England. and a fns
series OF views OF Niagara Falls From Europe
there are pictures OF Venice. Naples, Nouns
ST. Michel. Switzerland. The Rhine. q river in
Surrey. England. aad the statue OF Jeanned'Arc
by Paul Dubois From Africa and Asia are tbs
Pyramids and the Sphinx and views IN Alsie-s.
Toxic. and other interesting places. Besides
these there are some notable reproductions os
portraits by Titan, Velasquez. and Van Dyke
There arc no religious compositions. as the rules
Of the Board OF Education exclude them
Under the head Of Creek and Roman art the
Psrtkenon. the Erech,he-n az Athens, tho
Colosseum at Rome. and the Pantheon. TIE Lion
o: the PirRus, Apollo Beiye1ere. and The Diana
Of the Louvre are especially remarkable In
MEDIEVAL and renaissance art are Sot-e Dame
Of Paris, Durham Cathedral. the villa .AlS1ai
a. Rome. and the statue o. Coileoai BY VerTo-
chic a. Venice In he Literature group arc
portraits Of Shakespeare and LouEtellov. ard
views o. the homes OF Hawthorne. Holmes. and
Whittier. Among the plasters are busis of
the young Augustus. Napoleon Dante.
and Milton. Doaa,ello's ST. John. the horses
Of the Parthenou, Luea della Robbia's Boys
Singing" and some excellent mo-
tivea It In plain to be seen that the selections
have been made with excellent taste and good
judgment and the exhibition Is quite well worth
seeing. apart from its interest as an educational
factor. The Public Education Association
hopes to be able 20 pus pictures in . large
number IL not al Of the schooIhouses in the
city. and Of course the presen. exhibition
has been arranged IN the hope that ;he as
sociation's plans will be approved By visitors
who see it, and that there will be 9 generous
response 10 the needs OF the work in the way OF
funds Checks may be sea: TO Miss Martha L
Draper, Treasurer. 19 East FortySeven:h street
or TO any member OF the AT Committee. The
ladies composing this are Mrs Ed
ward s Mead. Chairman: Mrs LorillA-t Spen'
Ger. Ms James W. Markoe. Mrs y.ctor
Sorcban. Mrs. Reginald de Koven, and Miss
Anna Murray Vail, with Mrs Schuyler Van
Rensselaer,. President Of the association, As c
member eX-osicio-