The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-04


special class Of works.
s Sir Casper will not come to America
until September, as he has work at
South Kensington to finish up. There are
now being made under his direction at
the South Kensington museum two large
colored photographs of the famous
stolen Ascoi cope which j.. Pierpont
Morgan bought and, on learning its his
tory, offered, to return to the town of
Morgan intends to place in the Metro
politan museum and the other IN South
Kensington., Every stitch of the cope
is being carefully painted in by skilful
iartists. E-."E-a
In the plan for the splendid cathedral
Of ST. John the Divine, slowly rising on
Morningside Heights in New York. the
to be known as the chapels of the
tongues and each is to be associated
with race identified with the develop
ment of North American civilization:
The central chapel, that of the oriental
rite. is also the Belmont memorial
chapel. and this is nearly completed. 1t
is expected that all will be erected as
memorials and last week arrangements
were made for the erection Of the chapel
adjoining the Belmont chapel as me
mortal TO Miss Mary LIE RoT Klng; TINS
is the Scots or British rite chapel, dedi-
Gated at st. Columbia.
/ &. Okabura -Kakuzo of the; Imperial Ar
i&&nh eoIoeical commission OF Japan mas
been enga ged for months in the. study
OF the Japanese and Chinese paintings
in the Boston museum. In the curfeite
Museum Bulletin he presents his concln-
s;ons in regard to the collections. He
says: :, 80
NThe Importance of the collection or
.Japanese and Chinese paintings IN the
museum has been recognized Tor many
years bv students of oriental art: FER
senally I have had opportunities an the
past to know certain OF Its great treas
,lres, but it is only upon examining 1t
its pre- eminent place among the orlen-
tai coll tions in the world: do not
now hesitate to say that in point OF
size it is unique, and that in quality at
Is only inferior to the japanese lmpe.,
rial museums; while for the schools OF
Tokugawa painting it is unrlvaIled any
where. In face of these facts | wonder
that the collection has not hitherto re-
ceiyed more general attention, or be
come the object of the serious consld-
GRAFTON that it warrants.
He Doints' out that there are gaps IN
the collection and that it's classification
and cataloging viii require much effort,
while the preservation of the objects
under the special climatic conditions
of this country needs vast amount OF
care. He desires to see the public lend
more serious attention and criticism to
the collection. a. z5s..5 FIJI
The Whistler Memorial exhibition,
which opens in London on Feb. ~,
promises to be the greatest Testimonial
ever given to the memory OF tins "a
NOUS artist. Among the pictures which
will be shown are the portrait OF
Thomas CARLYLE, owned in Glasgow; the
artists portrait Of Sarasate, from
Pittsburg, and Whistler Is portrait of
NMy Mother from Luxembourg,
Paris. "The White Girl,'' owned by
Mr.. Whittamore of New Haven. Conn,
which was rejected by the salon in 1868,
| will also be included in the exhibition.
Several fine productions of the artist
are expected. to be sent to London from
Boston and Chicago. King Edward
will contribute $50 etchings to this
Whistler memorial. 49,, -
memorial exhibition of Lenbach Is
paintings. Ienbach's villa, which is
one of the finest in the city, has been
opened to the public since his death.
The cost of keeping it up had much to
do with the financial straits in which
the painter was often involved.
An important exhibition of 200 OK
amples of Claude Monet, the famous i'm
pressionist, will be held in Copley Hall,
Boston, early in March. Many of the
pictures will be loaned. for this exhibi-
tion from private collections.