New-York tribune., 1905-06-04

TIE Nex-yors artist can fight as weA a
.s.nt- The present controversy within the -.
r,o-si Academy II Design as 70 whether j s''--1
ar,v i-self With Columbia University IS o 70
r,asns IFS first. Indeed. the institution owes i'S
ve-v beginning 10 E fight and is career i'sS .
marked bv disputes which ~ the time "eie .
Iieved 20 threaten its existence Alao He. -
vars in tie past have. as Tuie, eeen q s'e.'
go, - -. development Of American art
So a,,,-s,s .bev have resulted II broadening
z,s ifbe-slizfns ar1 standards and in peE1'''N'is
.hs ~. student Of The city and country 10 Ees40"
,,,,e- ss.s5s Those thai have occurred WITHIN
- academy stse'f have only strengthened Il ana
-,s5a :. sttn greater power in the comm ~--''
,.,f-,- -xbo II would seem has always oeVI
. h.1rs,asa factor Of Nev--Yo-k life pTecs''9's-
.sA rs, ze-ious fight among the artists g -
- 80 :, zzss This first fgh, which led 10 'hs
<,.,-sa-;or o< the National Academy :" '-s
,ae- 1ze5 the city possessed an aTi ae@1e-is' -
zs.ch Colonel John TrurabUil. the statelE t@-li's
~ Revolutionary war scenes vas preSl0si-'- a.
Y,ss Rors-s 2 Revolutionary veteran, Vas 9@i'-
- 80 - t,,a4 study type which brooks
=, Interference with personal liberty 1ra-.1'-11
- .s,-ss hattie scenes rrl;il he seemed in
49, With tne5- marital spirit and though Pre-
.s-.7- ev7e--3allv cslsr and oourtly dignity L
e--.s- within Rogers was : 1ghteT oll
sn5 IN. Al any ard al times He vas SAID 70
-. ---ss-5 -nn The fce from New c-A 70
go, 7s,s,7s IN he memorable ~irte-, and ms
,-s-ss~,a v-z< said = have frozen 12 What -i'-
sle Kindness nature had originally given nm
---a academy IN zS35 vas situated II ne u
De- part q large public building k2eF1 IS
ne -old zl-lShouse. f0- IS saoA i hAo 1o1-
r,4-57 bee7 rzesz. i s,ood CT ne sol-th s-oe @
s-as-.lzrS-s1 uae-= Ehe County Courthouse Iao"
s-srss The institution vas known - The
- e-G EO2StSZ O
hang ,zeatv-th-se years cd and of having
s-,o-z is charter officers SpCh eminent men as
gaaerr P Livingston. president, John IrzI1on--,
1-,-s-,-zs5sent- Ds wlt1 Clinton. Dr- David
Eassck John p Murray William Cutting ana
f~Ae-ses wilkes directors Within its Walls
-e-s = collection q casts. copies q rhe Elgin
marbles which Nj. Livingston. while Minister
u France. had received Is gift from hat
country. few pieces q more modern st2tu2ry
and some paintings. many @ vhica were by
The b-ush Of T-1nbUll
The art students Of the town q course
varte6 access 70 the acadsuny- 10 draw from
he casts but they we're 1rezte6 n wsy which
made their Young b1ood boil ~ one time ad-
mission was refused -heu and later. when some
or the directors thought that tie waning poQu-
la-ity Of the institution might be revived By
letting them in they were told they would 2e
admitted provided they came between the hours
Of and II the morning. This concession
might have pacihed The rising Ire OF the stu
dents had not the 5snito- blocked them; for
wfae4. they routed themselves out Of bed before
Daylight IL order reach ths academy time
ther found the 6oo-z 1ocke6- This happened
-no-Ilng after morning. and The xoU1g students
ofrsz ha5 q wait untl near 9 before they
coBld get II. when they would hardly beg3u
painting before the 5aaito- drove them out