The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-03
ART INTERESTS

crafts was taken when the Minneapo
lis School Of Fine Arts opened de,
partment of design which was welcomed
at once and has grown wonderfully.
The art school has not felt IN po-
stion to take the next stan step II It's
tion in the mechanical processes Of the
this has been great and has resulted in
the establishment Of the Handicraft
Guild Of which, which Miss Grace aon Margaret
ton Cheney, president Of the Arts and
Crafts society, Mines, W. H. Dunwoody,
G. A. Bovey. E. j. Phelps, j.. C. Hall,
Thomas s. Roberts, Perry Harrison, DO
seph Bookwalter, George II. Christian,
Misses Emma Roberts and Miss
Florence Wales. ~
There has been for a good many years
a demand among the, public school
teachers for special Instruction in art,
and this has been met in various ,pri-
vate classes, but thes have only includ-
ed design, drawing and painting; the
constructive work has been lacking.
This the teachers are now securing thru
the guilds classes in clay modelling,
leather work and needlework. There
have been numerous requests for class
in metal work and as soon as the. pres
ent work is fully established new classes
Will be organized. -" 1
is The From ef Red Pe Wgs used r th peee aai ea
form a terra Gotta of agreeable color.
Experiments in glazing and decorating
the articles made are contemplated. This
is a step in charging the very limited
use Of the good materials for pottery
found in Minnesota and any worthy
result will undoubtedly be adopted by
commercial concerns.
i1l1,cfroto tho scone and NuHiltv
Of handicraft work now being done in
various parts TO the country, the ex-
hibit rooms have collection of the Be-
rea college textiles, carved and painted
leather, brass and copper, articles, hand
wrought pottery by the best makers in
this country, as well as line specimens
Of antique work. - - -
In order that the woodworkers and
cabinet makers may have longer time
for the inspection Of the special exhibit
ton Of illustrated books on their craft,
the art book room will be open tomor,
row. afternoon, and the, exhibition will
hold over part of next week.
This exhibition is a large. and fine
one, as the special books on the subject
are numbered by the score. One great
table is piled high with the books and
portfolios illustrating English and colo
na fu af Among these i The re-
Makers and Upholsterers'' Guide" pub
lished in 1894. Heaton s two great
folio volumes are made up almost en-
tirely Of plates prepared by the greatest
furniture makers Of the eighteenth cen
fury in England, the golden era in do
mestic furniture: The plates show
feature, and dimensions and other data
accompany them. -ssg an
Among the German books are a set of
the Chippendale plates with a German
text. Among the French books is the
four volume dictionary of furniture and
decoration by Havard. The work of
each nationality is shown on different
tables and on the walls are hung sample
plates.
A determined movement has been be-
gun in Switzerland to check the de-
struction Of it's native style of archi-
lecture, that is seriously threatened by
commercialism, whose devastations are
more sure and deadly than those Of war,
for it corrupts the taste of the people.
Robert Mobbs tells Of this movement
in an article on "Swiss Architecture
and the work of Edmond Fatio' in the
November international Studio. It
habits rise among the best Swiss archi-
tects and their watchword is Swiss
Houses for Switzerland. '':fs They are
seeking to revive the models left them
by their ancestors, and to adapt them
to modern exigencies. These models
are in harmony with natural conditions
For this reason the movement interests
all travellers, who feel that they have
:, proprietary interest in retaining the
picturesque character of Swiss scenery,
and all interested in similar problems
IN their ow, environment.
The International Studio notes That
Mrs Caroline Thurber has built j
studio at Bristol, r. l., her usual sum.
mer home. The studio adioins her
house, and on one side is almost entire.
lily Of glass. I. Last summer Mrs. Thur.
Der painted portraits of Mrs. Parker
of Washington and Miss Judge of New
York
Mrs. Thurber was Miss Nettietou
anc spent many years of her life in
Minneapolis. Her serious art study be-
gan after she left here's She studied in
Paris under Benjamin Constant and
Jean Paul Laurens and has spent the
greater part Of the last ten years
abroad. She has had many important
commissions, painting portraits OF
many eminent people.
! The monument Of Baron Won Steuber
to be erected in Washington will be
modelled by Augustus st. Gaulen
An innovation at the Art Students
league in New York is group poses, fol
the afternoon class = in ILLUSTRATION
working under Henry Reuterdahl.
/ The annual exhibition of the Societ,
of Western Artists will be shown at tn.
Art Institute in Chicago Dec. to Dec