The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
EUROPEAN Art TALKS
EDWARD HOvEy ALLEN DELIVERS
THE FIRST LECTURE OF
SERIES
ARCHITECTURE COVERS ALL
Scenes in the Austrian Capital
Thrown on Canvas Add to tie
Interest-The Lecturer Says That
Art Began With the Cathedral
Buiiders-First Manifested Itself
In Objects of Strength

The Peoples church last evening was
well filed with an audience of art
lovers, who gathered there to hear
Edward Hovey Allen, Of Boston, lee
tGre on Vienna, It's Art and Archi-
lecture" 1t was the first of a series
OF lectures on European art, given IN
der the auspices Of the st. Paul Art
school The lecturer was introduced
by the Rev DR.. Dwight, who said that
the art school was to be congratuIa ted
upon having secured a lecturer with
SO interesting repertoire of subjects.
Art" said Mr.. Allen, lis the first
and most common thing in our lives
The first thing a child sees is a picture
the picture of its mothers face The
first thing its small hand reaches out
for is q thing of color. Form and color
are the two things which enter most
in our lives. They are the most abid-
ing in our memory. You cannot recall
thing without conjuring up a picture.
You can 10 more disassociate life from
art than from the permanent things
about you. Architecture comprehendS
all other arts. It addresses men So
cially. 1t began with the cathedral
builders. 1t first manifested itself in
objects of sheer strength like the pyra-
nlfds. Italy borrowed of Greece, art,
proved on ALL"
Mr. Allen then exhibited handsome
colored pictures of the Milan cathe
draI, and scenes in Vienna illustrating
the architecture of the Austrian CAPT.
tai. He showed the Ringstrasse and
told it's history, Macmillan plasse and
the church erected there by the peo-
pie of the empire in gratitude for the
escape of Francis Joseph from asSas
cir, hQ1. of
church is one of the handsomest struc-
lures of the kind in the world, and
the chimes which peal at vespers from
its spires are the most delicately
toned ever heard. The Hotel de France
was next shown. Adjoining this hand
some structure is a chapel erected on
the site of the old Ring tneater, which
was destroyed by fire number OF
years ago, and in which a great many
persons persisted. The emperor en-
lowed the chapel with funds sufficient
to maintain a perpetual mass for the
repose of the souls of the theater vic
tins. Mr.. Allen then passed to the
parliament buildings, to the hospital,
the university, each an architectural
triumph and the city hall, which Is
one of the most attractive public
buildings in the world. The mag Dift-
cent council chamber was also shown,
and the statue of Rudolph which. is
part of the weather vane on the DOME.
The cathedral church of st. Stephen,
which looms majestically above all It's
surroundings, made a fine picture. Mr..
Allen passed to the statue of the Trim
ity. which adorns the principal thor
oughfare of Vienna, and said 1t was
the worst piece of statuary in the
world. 1t was erected IN 1919 upon the
end Of a plague.
From examples of architecture Mr..
Allen passed to famous Austrian art
ists whose homes and regulations have
been made in Vienna. He devoted
much time to Hans Macaart, the most
sensual painter that ever lived. He
revealed in color. and though ms teen
nioue was poor, said Mr.. Allen, his
holiness and ingenuity in design right
fully placed him at the lead of Aus
trian art He showed a picture of Mac
kart's studio and told story or MS
experience in trying to make his ac-
uuair1taEce. He twice called upon the
artist with letter Of introduction from
the minister of fine arts, and each time
Mackart avoided him, because OF his
dislike for Americans.
Mr. Allen said he then told the minis
ter of fine arts that he propose to write
a book on artists, and that Austrian
artists would be reserved for the end Of
the volume The minister told Mac
kart, who Immediately sent for Mr.
Allen, and the two became friends, and
SO remained until Maclxart's death.
Mr. Allen said that in devisiIg such
vivid coIers for his canvas Mackart
was obliged to resort to pigments that
would not stand the wear and tear of
time, and that as consequence the
magic coloring Of his masterpieces was
rapidly fading and in a few years the
picture that 81 Europe ravtng will