The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
In Art Circles

H. N. Gausta's attachment for the
locality of his lsrmer studio in the
old studio building on Hennepin aV-
enue is so strong that he will re-
turn to the spot at the earliest op-
portunity. The builder of the new
block going. up on the site has de-,
cided to finish off the attic story in
studios after the New York fashion
and Mr.. Gausta is to have his pick.
When he. has chosen, the builder will
put UP especially for his pleasure and
comfort wide brick fireplace much
like the one of which he was de-
prived in the razing of his old quar-
ters. The new fireplace will have an
artistic and suitable sculptured panel
by a fellow artist, Knute Okerberg,
The news that there will be studios
available in the new building will be
most welcome intelligence to the Min
neapolis artists who have been driven
from pillar to post and been obliged
to put up with incOnvenient and mad
equate quarters. There is little doubt
that the building will again be an art
center, for artists are gregarlous folk.
and all who can gather there will
doubtless try to do so.
Miss Nellie Trufant has made a
conspicuous success of her designs for
Christmas greetings. These were pre-
pared especially for the public school
pupils, the relocated initials and dec
orations were done in outline and the
pupils have Illuminated them in COLOR
Thousands of them have been deco
rated this month and they have been
used in st. Paul also. Miss Trufant
has been teaching classes Of public
school teachers this fall.
Miss Marguerite E. Hesser is set
1oJ Do o,,ic fn, fpy
living at the American Students club
in the heart of the Latin quarter, at
Rue de Chevreuse She is painting
mornings in Colarossi's famous cos
mopoltan school and spending her at
ternoons in individual study in the
| picture galleries, museums, libraries
| and churches.
Sogo Matsumoto, the collector Of
Japanese prints who has visited Min
neapolis several times, is having a
public loan exhibition of the prints
at the Educational Museum Of Teach
ers' college, Columbia university. He
is busily engaged in preparing illus
| trations for a teachers textbook OF
drawing and the results promise to be
very interesting.
The Society of ) Western Artists
opens it's annual exhibition at the
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This society includes in it's member
ship not only Chicago artists, but
prominent painters and sculptors IN
all the western cities, as we'll.
The School Of Industrial Art OF
the Pennsylvania Museum, Philadel-
phia. announces that it now includes
in it's work the making of pottery
Ground has been broken to erect 9
kiln and other buildings will follow
The Palace Of Peace, which Andrew
Carnegie is going to bestow on the
Court of Arbitration at The Hague
will owe three of it's most beautiful
ceilings to the brush of the grea
Liege. painter, Gerard de Lairesse
three works by this artist having beer
bought for the purpose.
A bronze bust Of George William
Curtis was unveiled last week a
LenoN library, under the auspices G
the Curtis memorial committee. Mayo
Low made brief address of presen
tation, and Carl Schurz delivered ;
memorial address. The bust is th'
work of j. @. A. Ward. "