The sun., 1900-12-04
ANT SOTss.

There will he an exhibition ~ pictures by
W u. l. Dodge al the American Art Galleries
beginning Dec II, In connection with which
VIII he shown the collection ~ BUTTERFLIES nv
tho brntons ~ Wellesley. Mass To which
was awarded q gold medal NJ the rarIs Ei-
position this last summer
small collection of rccsn, paintings by
b"n Foster will he on exhibition Al tho Del
monco gallery from Dec 6 to Dec a.
The brookbn Society ~ Mineral Painters
VIII hold their annual exhibition on Tuesday
ana Wednesday OF this week. at the Pouch
mansion. @b Clinton avenue
Applicants Tor admission to the new claas
Tor free-hand etching. under Mr.. james ID.
smile must send In their applications. with
pen drawing. to the Academy of Design. Am
sterdam avenue and !no'h street this weak
IL has been decided to mike The class fres.
Mr Martini. the sculptor and designer Of
the Atlanta Exposition medal. and also Of
The Washington Celebration medal a few
years ago, has been made director OF the
School Of Medal Die cutting. soon 70 be opened
under the auspices of the Academy Of Design
and the American Nurni-matic and Archeo-
logical Society. There Ia a large amount Of
work done not only In the max In OF medals
but In the making of seals and stamps for
"
done In Europe or by foreigners In the EN-
ploy Of jewelry firms In this country. The
class will be free one. and II IL hoped that
women will be among the successful students.
Mr.. j. Carroll Beckwith reports that the
fund solicited for the maintenance Of the
Academy OF Design and It's schools now
amounts to s7s,O0O most Of II raised within
the last year by the Committee on Ways and
Means. OF which he s chairman. Speak
ing Yesterday of the needs Of the Academy
schools. Mr. Beckwith said: If We had a
little more money the Academy schools might
he made Of 40 much more value that I feel
that We artists ought to keep on talking until
every rich man In New York knows where he
can put surplus money where 1t will do a
world Of good The schools are now under
the guidance ~ men who have swept away
the antique and sleepy methods that pre-
vailed until few years ago. The standard
Of admission lie high. but we want only young
people who are ready TO work hard and expect
to make a life career. Already some Of the
classes are free. Our aim is o make them
all free. as at the Beaux-Arts In Paris. and II
some business men know could only be made
to understand what q commercial power lies
behind the ability to draw we'll and to design
correctly. We could get the money tomorrow
Five thousand dollars a year would enable
the Academy to make all ts classes free. We
have the rooms. the facilities and the appl-
cants and ali We need Ia sufficient money to
pay living salaries to the teachers. Just
now we are rather handicapped owing to
the distance pupils have To go from ths centre
Of the city. happen to know Of hve promis~
ing young me who gave up th Academy
school last year and went elsewhere because
they could not AFFORD the 10 cents day car
fare necessary to get up TO Cathedral HeiShts
Every year brings us more and more demands
for young men who can draw. There Ia not a
manufacturing concern in the country which
does not need designers Of some kind. Re-
Gently came across a capital illustration Of
the money value Of drawing lessons. A
young fellow Of II. after one term In the
Academy antique class. was called home to
Utica to make living. He found work at
once In an iron and stove foundry at 81 a |
week. making designs for stoves Within
n year he had a salary Of $1,000 The same
financial disaster that called him home
brought from Harvard youns man who had
recently been graduated. but who looked for |
a year before he obtained place a. clerk in q |
railway once"
While in Genoa this last summer /
Mr. Beckvth made copies Of two large
Rubens. one the portrait Of grave, sem
ri -looking person In Venetian garb. |
the other an allegorical group supposed to
represent Peace and War The first picture.
" hch is in the Blanco palace. impresses tho
amateur ne anything but a Rubens. and In
fact was attributed 10 van Dyck until 1880
About the allegory. there ia no doubt con-
,erning the painter although considerable
rs TO the subject. The Italian guide books
rall II Rubens and His Wife" tho French.