Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-20
ART NOTES.

An exhibition Of Volkmar pottery Is
now open at the Pratt Art gallery
Brooklyn. and vii remain open until
oct g. Volkmar pottery is that made
by Charles Volkmar at Corona, L. l.
Mr., Nolkmar as a young man made a
thorough study Of the Limoges under
glaze painting and Of composition OF
glazes in Paris pottery, Returning to
America 1878, he built kilns success
siyely at Greenpoint l.. l., and Ire
mont. where for some years he made
decorative tiles and art pottery, and
which from the beginning attracted at
tention from their fine artistic quality
His process Is different from that gem
orally in vogue, In that he applies his
colors TO the thoroughly dried surface
Of the unbaked ware instead Of the
moist or green clay, by which method
hc claims that he obtains better results
and avoids unequal shrnkage Of the
body, with the securing Of greater brill
liancy OF effect. He produces fine form,
varied ana subtle color effects, and SUI
periOr glaze,
The annual exhibition OF the National
Academy Of Design win be held at the
Fine Arts Galleries in New York, De-
Cember % To- February 3. 1901. The Ar
chitectural League win hold It's exhibi.
ton In the same galleries from Febru-
AIRY 10 March 49, 1901, and the Society
OF American Artists viii give It's annual
display there from March 20 TO May 8.
II Is possible that the plaster models OF
he Il. %
for the Pan-American exposition al
Buffalo next year win be shown IN this
city, either In connection with the ex-
hibition OF the Architectural League IN
February, or as a special display in the
spring.
The Pennsylvania Academy OF Fine
Arts Will hold its seventeen annual ex-
hibition In Philadelphia from Monday.
January II. TO Saturday, February %.
1901, Inclusive. Works intended for eX-
hibition must arrive al the academy
before Thursday December q, 1900.
A loan exhibition OF old paintings was
opened In the Mark Hopkins Institute
OF Art, San Francisco. on Monday. Oc-
tober Is Paintings by well-known mas
tiers and paintings by unknown artists
OF the sixteenth, seventeenth and cieh-
teenth centuries are included in the
display. a great deal OF interest has
been shown 10 this project and large
number OF valuable pictures have been
offered for the occasion, including the
much-talked-ot .o.tmann portraits,
Ellis T. Clarke Ia the October Brush
ana Pencil protests against the 'alien
o L.. O. L.
lean paintings at the Paris exposition
discloses it lie regrets that the Ameu-
can galleries 90 Paris do not contain
more representative American coli
lection. ana contrasts IL with the sharp
ly defined exhibitions Of English. Dutch
and French paintings In the Grand
Palais He further says; 1.-THE AmerI-
can eNhibl, of 1909 Is letter as whole
than that OF 1889 but 10 Is no less un-
American. no less untrue 20 Uau0nal
ideals and National temperament on
the painters. atchers and sculptors upon
whom the present exposition has con-
ferred medals. eight are self-cOnfessed
cXiles-Sargent. Whistler. Abbey, Alex
ander. Peuncl ST. Gaudens. MacM0u-
MES and Brooks Of the gross number
OF artists exhibiting IN the American
section. seventy-hve have taken up
European residence. and for indefinite
periods or for good have become alien
10 home and home inspiration"
There Is now on exhibition al the gal
leries OF what Is called the Venice Art
Association. 40 1872 Broadway, a sem
sational painting by Glacomo Crosse.
an Italian artist. entitled THE Last
Meeting The painting, which is shown
with the accomplishments OF draped
curtains. q darkened room, and cleyerly
devised lights. was painted for the exc
hlbitiou al Venice In 1895 IL made q
sensation. and was at first excluded
from the display The mayor Of Venice.
who possibly was not influenced by adj
vertising considerations. summoned a
Jury of literary men 10 decide whether
n was or was not an immoral work As
might have been expected. they un-
animously decided that It WAS not I'M
moral. and accordingly the picture was |
admitted and hung, proved the best
drawing card Of the exhibition, and OBJ |
tanned large majority OF the votes cast !
IN a contest FOR the most popular paint |
ing. Crosse, the artist. Is g Pledmon.
tese. born IN 1850 He early recognized |
the value, from financial standpoint, |