The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27
In Art Circles

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!. Miss Mary Moulton Cheney is busy
at present preparing asseries of~illus-
trative designs for the Edinburgh pub
fishers Messrs. oliver & Boyd, who
will Issue this year Arthur Upson's
poem drama, %The City, The char
acter of. Miss. Cheney's designs for
this work Is highly symbolical and in
PRODUCES an interpretatiye scheme
which runs turnout the poems in a
series of vignettes.
Mr.. Upson's new book Will be pref
aced with a historical introduction by
Francis, Count Luton, the Bohemian
scholar member Of the Royal So
ctety and lecturer in the University
of Oxford. The Lothrops Of Boston
have arranged to handle the book In
America.
The Arts and Crafts society will
hold it's monthly meeting Monday eve
ming at the studio OF Mrs. g. J. Back
U.s. w. P. Harmon will speak on The
Art Of Printing
Edward Simmons, who Is to exc
cute part of the frescoes for the
state capitol, is in Paris engaged In
the work. ..
Director Koehler Of the Minneapo-
lis School of Fine Arts has made APP
plication for another exhibit this year
from the Society of Illustrators, whose
exhibition last spring proved very pop
ular. Owing to the fact that many
Of the artists want their work to SEND
to ST. Louis; it is by no means sure
that it will come farther. west than
Detroit this year. If it should 1t will
undoubtedly come to Minneapolis.
The exhibition is now on in New YORK
and nearly all of the prominent illus
traitors are represented.
Thomas Eakins of Philadelphia,
who has bee ma regular exhibitor at
the Minneapolis art exhibitions re-
ceived this year the Temple gold med
al of the Pennsylvania Academy OF
Fine Arts, one Of the most desirable
awards in 4the American art world. 1t
was for his portrait of Archbishop
Elder Of Cincinnati The award gave
much satisfaction, as Mr.. Eaktns is
noteworthy for his sterling qualities
rather than snowy attractiveness. His
art will live much longer than that OF
} some other more popular men.
To-day the, Netherlands is cele-
brating with much rejoicing the S0th
birthday of the much-beloVed painter
Josef Israels, who lives in The Hague
The. painter has been showered with
honors in his own country, England
and France, and his work is much ap'
preciated and widely known In this
country. - : ( : g. - : =.
The New York legislature has beer
asked to appropriate S1,2OO,0O0 for al
extension to the Metropolitan mu
scum Of New York city, an: institution
established Jointly by the. city ant
state. r. The new addition will be 49,
feet long, making Fifth avenue from
of $50 feet The future building viii
completely enclose the original one
making 1t an interior court. Ultimate
ly. the museum will be the largest i
the world. The. proposed extensio!
will. make il larger than the Britis
Museum. 49,
The. great Whistler exhibition unde
the auspices Of the Copley soclet
opened in Boston this week. 1t is a
event of national Importance in whic
y the great artists executors and cOlleC
! tors have co-operated cordially. tn
preparation were very elaborate an
the setting for the pictures is beaut
full. The walls Of the exhibition hal
have been covered with gray grass
cloth, finished at the top with ban
of pink brocade. AS accents for tn
walls there are at intervals Japanes
$500. wood carvings gold-lacquered. Abol
the rooms are bay trees. The l1thC
graphs are shown in a background
yellow Japanese fiber paper and tf
etchings are framed according I'm
formly to Mr.. Whistler's known pre-
erence.
The decision of the German go'
ernmenti commission to exclude Worl
of the impressionistic school from tf
art exhibit at the ST. Louis fair W.
made the subject of a violent attac
on Emperor. William in the reichsta
Herr Singer (socialist), referring
the kaiser's comment that impre
sionism was gutter art" said TIL
American did not want the. opinion
one man, but wished to judge for i
self what the German. Impressions
were doing.