The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-21
IN ART CIRCLES

Tonight the Minnesota State Art So
ciety viii hold its first annual meeting in
the senate chamber in the capitol. The
program will include music by Claude
Madden, talks on plans for finishing and
identifying the new capitol building by
Charming Seabury and Harry w. Jones,
and a review Of the beginnings and pur
pose of the art society by its president,
Robert Koehler.
In the few months Of its existence the
society has progressed rapidly in getting
under way the various activities set for it
in the law that established the society.
It has already secured an art lecturer for
the program of the Minnesota Educational
association and made partial arrange
ments for a group Of art lectures In the
normal schools of the state. The annual
exhibition will be held in st. Cloud in the
spring, and may also be sent to one or
more Of the larger cities of the state, il
this matter can be arranged. A small
exhibition that can be retained for several
months and kept travelling among the
smaller towns is under consideration.
Travelling collections Of pictures for
study purposes have been given a fair
trial by various private societies and Ii
braries and found very valuable in educa
tional work. The Minnesota society will
promptly enter this field and has already
arranged for several adequate collections
Of Braun photographs fsthe great paint
ings OF Europe. These will be sent out to
study clubs and will be ready at an early
date. ~
III. NJ Gausta, who has had his studio in
! the old studio building. has moved to the
Boston block Attic averse to change, Mr..
/. Gausta has been forced to make several
moves since opening a STUDIO in Minneapo-
lis. He was in the old Tribune building
at the time Of the fire, in which he! lost
all his effects. After that he became a
tenant in the Mackey block. where he re-
manned until 1t was remodeled for hotel.
and now his studio has again been pulled
down around his ears.
Robert Koehler of the exhibition COM
rittee Of the Fine Arts society has In his
hands within $25 of enough. morey to
purchase John Saxton S .aOak - one Of the
| pictures proposed for purchase this year.
Contributions to complete the fund would
be welcome.
The most interesting and important art
exhibition OF the year will be the Whistler
exhibition which has been secured for the
Copley society of Boston. This has caused
much disappointment in London, which
wished to have the first opportunity of col
| lecting his works together for exhibition.
The exhibition will be held In February
and will be very large and complete.
OF the nine medals given at the exhibit
ton OF the Berlin Royal academy two were
awarded to American artists; one to Mr..
, Sargent for portraits and one to Mr.. Alb
hey for his picture Of Hamlet.
The new cmservator of the Cluny mu-
scum at Paris Is M. Edmond Harancourt.
Orders have been issued to all the Paris
museums to allow students and others to
copy works of art in any manner they
please, the only restriction being that pho
| tographs shall not be reproduced without
permission Of the authorities.
j The Italian government Is to- erect a
monument to Petrarch in the town Of Ar
ezzo his birthplace, at a cost OF 900
| Invitations for the competition have been
/ To Italian s.11lrafoiS