The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-09
FINE ARTS ANNUAL
"A Growth in Membership and Bal
ance in the Treasury Are
Reported.
Mr.. Koehler Outlines His Plans for
Introducing Industrial Work
in the Art School.

The Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts
held it's annual meeting last night at the
library building and elected the following
directors for three terms: Messrs.
T. B. Walker, w. Y. Chute, A. M. Keith,
P. ". Collins J. K. Hosmer. Mines. Josiah
Thompson. w. c. Whitney and Miss Bon
ME Snow; Mrs. Charles G. Bovey was
chosen to fill the unexpired term of Mrs.
Harrison. At meeting Of the board Of
directors, after the annual meeting, g.
nominating committee was named and a
meeting Of the board will be held on
Saturday to elect officers.
The secretary reported to the society an
being $50. The treasurer reported the
total receipts for the year s3,459.s3 and
the disbursements $2,913.81, leaving
$546.12 still on hand.
Robert Koehler, director Of the School
Of Fine Arts, reported steady and gratify-
Ing gains in the patronage Of the school;
the total attendance last year was 1872
and so pupils have entered this fall,
against 40 att this time last year. Mr..
Koehler outlined his plan for broadening
the school instruction along industrial
lines to include wood carving and similar
classes. In Mr.. Koehler's opinion the
field for painters is limited both by the
capabilities Of the pupils and the needs Of
the public, but the field Of applied art
is broad enough to include all and that
this training is very desirable from every
standpoint. -.~-.-. r....
vote Of thanks was extended to T. B.
Walker for his successful effort to have
the library board permit the art school
to remain in the library building and for
his kindness in permitting his valuable
pictures to be removed temporarily from
the gallery to give place for the current
annual exhibition.
Director Koehler of the art school is
also the active manager Of the annual
art exhibition and he presented a plan
for making the last day Of the exhibition
a special sale day and putting the pro-
ceeds Of the admissions into picture
purchase fund A group of ardent picture
lovers is so reluctant to see the exhibit
ton close without the public purchase Of
at least one picture that they have al
ready privately secured a nucleus for a
subscription fund for the purchase of
good picture, preferably one Of the Tar
bells. This choice Is influenced not only
by the popularity and Importance of this
artists pictures, but by the fact that it is
highly important to enlist the permanent
interest and support Of the splendid group
OF Boston artists for future exhibitions.
The purchase Of single work. particu-
larry, for the public gallery. would go a
very long way In accomplishing this end.
The addition Of an important up-to- date
figure picture would be a very great i'm
provement of the permanent gallery.
which has nothing in the nature Of por-
-traiture. The decision in regard to a
special sale day will be made on Saturday
at the directors meeting, and meantime
those interested in the purchase of the
Tarbell picture are bestirrng themselves
to add to the small sum already pledged
for they are determined not to let this
breezy. joyous picture leave town. In
case the Fine Arts society does not feel
like becoming responsible for it's purchase
by popular subscriptions and the private
subscription list grows too slowly, a
strong effort will be made by those appre-
Chatting the-importance of the matter to
secure a. private purchaser, for. one of the
Boston pictures.
The efforts Of the art enthusiasts will
not stop with pushing the subscription
| sale, but they are giving their energies to
placing the merits Of the pictures before
people who should be purchasers of pic
lures from this collection. There are be-
| ing some serious inquiries this week from
picture purchasers and both of Smillie's
pictures, Percy Moran's "W1nter'' and E.
A. Couse's charming little canvas, GO
Ing Home" are under. consideration fol
private purchase.
Should special purchase day be de.
clded upon, 1t will be held on Monday
Mr.. koehler ascertained in Chicago at thu
90 v -AotASASO IAdI ny SSuulnS Dy express.
the pictures ordered forwarded there
they could be retained in Minneapolis on,
day longer, and it is proposed to do thi
IN the way suggested. The annual exhi
bition at the institute is it's most i'm
portant show Of the year and a consid
cradle proportion of the Minneapolis exhi
bit1on Is to go there, while many of tn
others have already been shown at thi
as we'll as other important exhibitions
Those ordered by their owners to ha da
livered to the institute from here includ
Sewing" by Miss Ahrens; Miss Macon
ber's Hour Glass;" and all of the picture
by Otto Bacher, Frank w. Benson
Dwight Blaney, Elizabeth F. Bonsall, W
M. Chase, E. A. Couse, Elliott Danger
field, Charles H. Davis, Miss Lydia Fiel
Emmett, H. H. Gallison, Granville Smith
Charles Hopkinson, William H. How.
Sergeant Kendall, Will H. Low, Perc
Moran. Alice Mumford, E. c.. Tarbell, an
. Rhea D. Watson.