The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-06

De well worth visiting and would attract
persons who never think of attending the
small affairs
But even better than this would be
such an exhibition supplemented by the
WORKS OF the best American artists who
RESIDE abroad. and by a selection from
the pest works obainable from the stu
dlos of leading foreign artists This last
element Of the exhibition would not only
attract those alleged Americans who are
disposed to sheer at American art, while
knowing nothing about it, but il would
snow them how the best American work
can hang beside the best work of the
leading foreign artists without suffering
at all from the juxtaposition. An inter-
national art exhibition in New York, con-
Quoted on the right lines would increase
interest in art among all the people-.n-
GLIDING the artists themselves. 1t would
stimulate them in their work 1t would
give New York prestige in a new direc-
ton. An increased general interest in
art would mean much to American artists
in a material way.
It is only fair to state that some oppo-
sition has been manifested at the meetings
held to discuss the scheme. This opposi-
ton has come from the representatives of
several societies who have seemed to fear
that the success of the proposed internal
tional exhibitions even IL held two or three
years apart, would render the various To-
cal exhibitions Insignificant by comparison
and might lead to the virtual disSoid tion
of the existing art societies. But it IS
not thought that this opposition will pre-
vent the ultimate success of the project
Nearly all the artists, as individuals favor
it, and the International art exhibition will
be held, though as yet no permanent or
ganization has been effected, ard no date
has been fixed or place selected fer the
holding of the first exhibition. 1t is prob
able, however that the Madison Square
Garden will be selected as the place.
Progress of the Scheme.
To consider the plan and scope of such
an exhibition as has been outlined, com
mittee was appointed at a meeting re-
Gently held by artists and others at the
Fine Arts Building in F'ifty-Seventh street
This committee has investigated matters
with a considerable degree of thoroug hness
and is TO report to a general conferen1 e
committee which later will submit the
project at a meeting which members of the
various art societies will be invited to at
tend.
1t would be necessary to modify the in
terror of the Madison Square Garden con-
siderably in order to make II available for
art exhibition purposes, but careful pre-
liminary estimates seem to show that this
could be done at a fairly reasonable eX-
pense. AS planned the rearranged garden
lighted galleries, ranged about central
court (for sculpture) to provide for all the
desirable works usually to be found in the
periodical exhibitions of the National
Academy of Design, the Society of Amer
lean Artists, the American Water Color
Society, the New York Water Color Club,
the Society of American Landscape Point
ers. the Society of Ten American Painters.
the Womans Art Club, the Society of Min
iature Painters, the Society of Painters in
Pastel, the National Sculpture Society, the
Architectural League of New York, the
National Society of Mural Painters, tn a
New York Etching Club the Society of
Lithographers and the Decorative Art So
ciety-besides giving adequate space fer
the works of American artists residing
abroad and for those of repres5 ntative
foreign artists who might be invited to
contribute.
Such an exhibition, held at the proper
time of year and extending over sufii-
cient period, would command attention
not only in New York, but throughout the
country, exactly as the Paris salon exhi-
billions command attention throughout
France.
A Circuit of Exhibitions.
Out of this international art exhibition
held in New York. the half dozen other
cities holding art exhibitions in the United
States GOULD find much material ready at
hand for their annual collections, and, by
a careful arrangements of dates, many of
the same pictures could be sent TO the diff
ferent exhibition cities in rotation. In
such event. each institution so receiving
pictures might pay its pro rata share of
the expenses of bringing from abroad the
foreign and the foreign-American por-
tions of the exhibit. Such an arrange
ment has already been in effect to some
extent and has been carried out very sue
cessfully between. the exhibiting institu-
tons at Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cincin-
natl, Chicago and st. Louis.
The existing art tariff might hamper
the plan to some extent, but this difficulty
might be overcome in measure at least,
by treating the exhibition building as a
bonded warehouse and extending the same
facilities to the exhibition association as
are extended to the great international
exhibitions from time to time This could
probably be arranged without much diff
ficulty. Charles M. KurtZ.
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