Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-02
ALIEN ART STUDENTS
MANY PARTS oE-WORLD REPRE-
SCENTED IN PHILADELPHIA.
American Schools of Painting Gaining
in Popularity Among
Foreigners.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune
While Americas commercial supremacy
Is no longer questioned the artistic super
1ority OF the new world is not so readlly
admitted. Slowly, but surely, however, the
art schools of this country have been gam
ing in popularity among foreigners. When
Nahim Jossinovsky, Russian who learned
art from the rubin, ents up in an American
art school, returned to Europe to capture
prize for sculpture at the Beaux Arts In
Paris he showed that the new world was
about to compete with the old in an I'M
looked-for direction.
But 1T would have staggered the most en-
thusfastic believer in the ability of this
| country to outstrip all competitors in an
even race had it been asserted that some
day all nations would send their sons and
daughters to sit at the feet OF American
teachers OF art and learn the secret OIL
transforming insensible pigments into
vivid portrayals of picturesque subjects
Nevertheless many declare this very
| thing is coming to pass. On the roll of
the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia
are the names of Englishmen from York
shire. Scotchmen from Glasgow, Irishman
from Cork, Frenchmen from Paris, Italians
from the shadow of the Vatican, Germans
from Berlin, Dutchmen from Amsterdam,
Russians, Swedes, Australians and Cana
dams.
1aACSTS from 0pd1u
No student acknowledged Spain as his
fatherland until recently when Juan Car
zero arrived and got place in the classes.
On the very same day that Carrero's long
journey from Europe in search of an art
education brought him to the office OF
Curator Pierce of the Academy of Fine
Arts, there came to the same mecca all
olive-skinned, dark-eyed young girl from
Porto Rico. The two met in front of the
curator's desk-the bullet-headed Span1aId
bent on wrestling from the conquerors OF
his countrymen the knowledge that would
make him the peer of peninsula artists,
and the pretty Porto Rican girl glowing
with pride at the thought that in seeking
admission to the American art school she
was but taking her place among the daugh-
tiers of the nation that claimed her by
adoption.
She and the Spaniard were set to work
under the direction Of one of the sub-teach-
ers, an advanced student. to learn the 3
Of painttng-how to place the pigments on
the palette. how to hold the brush and now
to mix the colors 1t Is one of the pecu-
liarities Of this American school of art, and
one that may explain in part why this
country is attracting the students Of all
nations that no previous knowledge of art
is condition to admission to the classes
once 1t was necessary for an applicant to
have at least passed the rudimentary stage
before being enrolled a student at the
Academy Of Fine Arts. But 1t was found
when the teachers took the new student in
hand there were many errors in training to
be eliminated This proved SO tiresome to
the directors that 1t was voted less trouble
to teach the rediments in the school, and so
student can now enter who has no more
notion Of art than Hottentot. and be
taught painting or modelling from the be-
ginning. ~ Il
China and Porto Rico.
When Carrero and the Porto Rican girl
began work at the school they took up the
course>of study where two Chinese students
who attend the classes had begun their tedi-
Gus climb up the1 artistic ladder. These
Celestials were the first Cinnamon to enter
the school. They have made phenomenal
progress. No more striking instance OF the
way the fame Of American art schools has
spread abroad could be cited than this OF
Chinese youths coming to the United
States to acquire an art education.
The Chinese art students are brothers.
They had only sufficient money to pay their
way to this country and the fees for admis-
sion to the academy. They had to find some
way to live while learning to draw, and so
they opened laundry in the neighborhood
of the academy, and with the plodding per-
sistence Of the race washed and ironed
shirts and collars at all hours Of the day
and night, attending the classes regularly,
working as earnestly as the most ambitious
student at the academy and sleeping no one
knew when, for the lights were never out
at the laundry and no time was lost at the
school, William M. Chase. who is a men,
Der of the faculty and one of the instruct
ors, has been much interested in these
Celestials. Their life plan is to return to
China with the knowledge acquired here
and establish in the east new school based
on occidental principles.
This year there are five travelling scholar
ships to be awarded. Each Is valued at
81, 900. If one Of the Chinese students wins
scholarship the art schools of Europe will
be treated to the astonishing spectacle Of a
native Of the most backward country in the
orient travelling the old world with means
won in a modern art competition, held at
an American academy the competitors
being representatives of almost every civil
lied nation on earth.
Indians Foil Ghol1ls