The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-16
In Art Circles

no lecturer in the country whose ideas
MT into more appropriately the needs
of public school teachers, as the in
struction in drawing given in the best
public school systems of the country
is largely modelled upon and in
f1uenced by the methods of instruction
at Pratt Institute, where the course of
study was planned by Mr.. Fenollosa
| and is carried out in accordance with
his conception of art instruction. Mr..
Fenollosa also does much work in
lecturing at Teachers college, Column
bia university.
The lectures of the special course on
Japan and japanese Art will be
given Jan. 80, Feb. 2, 6, 9 and Is.
The place has not yet been decided
upon. In addition to this special
course, Mr.. Fenollosa will give two
lectures In the regular club course.
These will be at First Baptist church,
Jan. 26, on Japanese Scenery and
Life as the Natural Background of
| Japanese Art and Feb. 10, "The
Landscape Motive in Chinese Poetry
and Painting" Both lectures will be
slides, and the latter will also be illus
! trated simultaneously by translations
| Of the masterpieces of Chinese land
scape poetry.
The twin city building at the Louis
lana Purchase exposition is to be the
museum building of the Model City
scheme. Each Of the various typical
buildings are being provided by the
cities Of the country, Washington fur
n1sh1ng the library building, Atlanta
the railway station, another city the
town hall, etc. These public build
| 1ngs will be ranged conveniently and
art1stically around plaza and will
be on scale suitable for a city of
| 10000 Inhabitants.
The idea Of the Model City as
| splendid object lesson in municipal
Improvement originated with Albert
| Kelsey the young Philadelphia archi-
tect, who lectured in Minneapoli last
| winter, and Charles milford Robin
of whom are very active in the League
for Civic Improvement. The plan
was officially formulated and pre-
sented to the exposition managers by
| one of the influential municipal art
societies of New York. It was ac-
Mr.. Kelsey's direction. For this rea-
son Mr.. Kelsey will provide the plans
| for the exterior of the twin city build
| Ing and have general supervision of
the plans for the building in order to
| assure its carrying out the general
purpose of the exhibit.
| The twin city committee met to-
and to perfect their portion of the
work so far as possible. Mr.. Kelsey
| was invited to be present at the meet
ing and had accepted the invitation
but at late date sent word that he
would be unable to attend Mrs
Condo Hamlin has been in the east
for a few weeks and has been in con-
sultation with Mr.. Kelsey and was
expected to report on his wishes in
| regard to the building.
The exhibits will all be of a mu-
nicipal character, and so far as pos
sible they will combine the idea of
exhibits with decorative qualities. One
of the features that is being consid-
cred is plastic frieze around the
walls of the entrance hall, represent
| ing the typical industries Of the two
cities. It is proposed that this shall
| be done by Knute Okerberg, man
who has lived in Minnesota at inter-
| walls for a number of years. He is
competent to produce a piece of work
! of which the cities would be proud, as
he had careful training abroad and
after coming to this country he was
a pupil of ST. Gaudens. More recent
ly he has spent several years work.
ing and studying in Italy.
| Another project is a cyclorama of
the two cities, arranged in a semi
circular apartment opening into the
main exhibition hall, and across the
building from the entrance from
which there would be a good distant
view of it, which should strike the
eye on entering the building.
| AS an earnest Of it's "full sympathy
with the American movement toward
| civic improvement and the establish
ment of a higher, purer type of mu-
nicipal art" the Craftsman announces
in it's January number the formation
of a department devoted to this sub
Ject. To open the series of articles
proposed, John. De Witt Warner,
president of the art commission of
the city Of New York, has an article
on 1.-THE Importance Of Municipal I'm
provements' this is supplemented by
NJ. Charles Cans paper on 1.-The
Workingman's Dwellings in France"
This shows the progress of the idea
comfortable dwellings, but individual
homes capable Of exerting a positive
| moral influence upon their inhabi-
| tants. George Wharton James be-
! gins in this number a series Of ar
ticles on mission architecture, taking
up in this number the Franciscan
missions of California in a c>ssp and
sympathetic way. An article on 1.-THE
Silversmiths Art in the Sixteenth,
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Cen
.uries,' by Jean Schopger, will delight
he metal worker, and an article on
Sevres ceramics gives much fresh and
interesting information.
The Art Workers guild Of st. Paul
has arranged for a course of eight
lectures on italian art by Mrs. H. C.
! Burbank. These will be given at the
Central High school assembly hall on
alternate Monday afternoons, begin
ning next week.
The state art commission has re-
Gently received the offer of collec-
ton of paintings as a gift and has
appointed a committee to decide
whether they are worthy of accept
ance. 1t also has had the offer of
an interesting collection of art curios
and other objects Of art. Such of
these as are Of sufficient value will
be gladly accepted by the commission
and exhibited as soon as a place is
provided for a permanent collection
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