The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-21
REVIEW OF ST. LOUIS
 PALACE OF FINE ARTS
BY MRS. !. M. DE CorTES
BY MISS MARY c. BAARCKn.

The Art Palace is located near the center of the Exposition, on Art Hill ninety feet above the level of the grounds. Even with its great simplic- ity of architecture, 1t Is one of the most imposing of the Worlds Fair buildings. The whole is comprised of four massive buildings, known as the Central, the East and West Pavflions, and the International Sculpture Court. The Central Building is to remain as a permanent Art Museum for the city of St. Louis. At each side of the main building is a seated figure, one repre- senting Sculpture and the other Paint ing There are, above the main DOT tico, six figures symbolizing the differ ent periods of art, as follows: Egyp- tian, Classic. Gothic. Oriental, Renais- sance and Modern. Other imposing fig- ures near the entrance of the Central Building are Inspiration, Truth and Nature.
 Twenty medallions in stone contain ing portraits of the great painters, sculptors and architects are placed in the frieze of the main building. The East and West Pavilions give. with the Central Building. a total length of S30 feet, and extend back 450 feet, inclos- ing a quadrangle in which is located the International Sculpture Court The architecture of this building Is more decorative than the others and sug- gests the Italian renaissance.
 The arrangement of the Art Palace differs from that of previous exposi- tions, since all the exhibits are on the main floor. The United States exhibit is installed in the Central Building, and the foreign exhibits in the East and West Pavilions. with the exception of Int WY to iy, hn tlr.tt tra Court.
 The art exhibit of 1904 advances the standard of other expositions and Is not only modern but recent, since the loyalty of American artists and the re- sponse of foreign countries have con- tributed to form contemporary col lection. This, in the retrospective di- vision, which includes work between 1903, the date of the Louisiana pur- chase. and 1893. and the famous loan collection tells the history of art viv- idly and consecutively.
 Among the famous works in the loan collection are Dupre's Pool" Corot's Evening" and La Danse de Amours," Sir Joshua Reynolds Duchess of Marl- borough, Opie's Lady Hamilton and Raeburn's portrait of Jean. Other fa- nous artists represented in this col lection are Rembert, Bonheur, Rous- seau, Turner, Diaz and Gainsborough.
 The exhibit in the United States de- partment demonstrates that we have a distinctive national art; after years of foreign study the artist returns home for his subject, and his interpre- tation is decidedly American. Figure paintings in oil, watercolor, and in miniature art exhibit the highest traits of modern art. Some of the most at- tractive work in this line Is "Ernesta, by Cecilia Beaux. Browns "A Yellow Journal Story" Blenner's "Repose," KendalTs The Green Gnome," and Beckwith's childhood" Among the miniatures were Ahrens Emily. Baer's Betty, and Mrs A. V. Churchill by Helen Turner. Portraits by prom were Master Otis Barton and his grand father, by Chase; MT John D. Rocke- feller by Johnson. Miss Marjorie Gould by Porter, Little Louise by Vonner, and portrait of the Misses Hunter by Sar- gent, The mural paintings show that we have entered upon a distinct era of mural work. Modern work of Ameri- can illustrators, engravers and archi- tects is fully shown.
 Applied art, for the first time at an international exposition in this coun- y,has been placed on a plane with the fine art. During the last fifteen years, the arts and crafts movement which is a protest against machine made things. has developed strongly in foreign countries and in the United States and has made a distinct place for itself. The beautiful exhibit of hand made things from glass. metal wood. leather and texiles is in cases