The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-23
IN ART CIRCLES

: If6 *CN1SI 8 local art event OI the
spring will be the exhibition under the
auspices Of the Minneapolis Society Of
Fine Arts of the exhibition shown at
st. Cloud as the first annual exhibit
tom Of the Minnesota Art Society.
There will be a private view Monday
evening for the members of the art
society and the exhibition will open
publicly Tuesday morning at the pub.
lie library gallery, remaining thru:
May g..
In the current Delineator is series
Of Illustrations by Anna Durham
Westerman, a former Duluth girl now
living in New York. She is a talented
young woman whose hard work is be-
ginning to tell in a recognition very
gratifying to her Duluth friends.
Other drawings in recent Delineators
have a Minnesota interest, altho per-
haps some of the artists friends may
not have identified Herbert Paus, the
illustrator Of Lille Hamilton French's
articles, with the precocious boy who
took up art study with such enthu-
siasm while still a Minneapolis school
boy, and who left Minneapolis before
the completion of his public school
days.
The Society Of Western Artists is
the main American topic in the April
International Studio, being treated by
j. H. Gest. This society. is eight years
old and its members are grouped
around the centers Of Chicago, Cinctn-
natl, Detroit, Indianapolis and st.
Louis. Annual exhibitions are held in
a circuit, including these and few
| other cities, where museums or local
| societies will assume the. expense. In
| the current exhibition Alexis ]. Four
| nier is represented by his Moonlight
| Daubigny's Home The exhibition. is
specially strong in landscape, a dis
| tinctive feature of which in the char
acteristic work Of the Hoosier group
Of painters who have devoted them.
selves to problems of light, more par.
/ ticularly those effects of light and
t color and atmosphere which are pecu.
/ liar to the early autumn and lndiar
summer Of Indiana.
j Modern Painting in Sweden" b,
Axel Thallberg, attributes much Of the
4 progress that has given Sweden an ar
| SO charming in its vigor and youthful
4 strength that it surely can bear com
/ parison with the modern art Of an.
4 country to the violent struggles caused
4 by, the opposition of b the L Roya
i Academy to- the demands of TIL
4 younger men. The article is profuse
i ly illustrated with the works Of TIL
4 notables of the day. Other valuabl
1 illustrations are a series of drawing
!; of Cambridge colleges by Vernon Is
Il Bailey and Carl lTreIle &SKeLCNSSs an
paintings Of Hamburg dock subjects.
The Craftsman, in its serious pur
l pose OF improving the art Of the PEG
, Pile by. It's thoughtful, suggestive an
\ practical treatment Of subjects, fun
u damental to the progress Of ,civilize
t life, is doing an important work an
i filling a unique field. In the, Apr
t number Charles r. Lamb consider
: 1.-The City, Plan taking it up In
i practical way. He says "Municips
t art must have for its foundation prae
e ticability." He lays down the dictu,
that all rectilinear plans must be dis
; carded. In regard to a proper par
-I system, he says that it must gii
t breathing spots within short wa1kin
t distance of every portion Of a city.
I Sadakichi Hartmann presents alb
r the arguments in favor Of rankir
!, photography as a fine art, using II
. work Of 1.-THE Photo-secession'' ar
: It's platform to illustrate its poss
=, bilities. He ranks Alfred Stieglitz,
= purist who never oversteps the tecl
= nical limitations of his medium,
: the, foremost artistic Photographic
= Paris as Democratic City, is 6
interesting study Of the inf1uenc
that have shaped the development
the city and fits well with Mr.. Lamb
article. Country house planning al
70 decorative arts occupy much space.