The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-08
NEWS From
ART CIRCLES.

The art school reopened last week
after the usual holiday vacation, with
several new pupils, and the outlook is
the Encouragement of the quarters of
the school, which will follow the gain
of the additional space promised for
the future uses of the institution, the
design class will be temporarily granted
the use of the present Workroom OF the
library. This room occupies the CORE
spending location on the third floor as
that now used by the design class on
the fourth floor. The space left free
by this change will be at once utilized
for the accommodation of the other
classes.
A notable new feature of the art
school g work will be the advanced class
made up from artists of the city who
have long felt the need of such over
| sight and criticism as can be gained
! by classwork under competent dlrec-
| tor. Director Robert Koehler has been
asked to give what time he can to the
supervision of such class, which Will
! work from the model alone. Several
well known artists have already Joined,
and the number will, it is expected, be
increased soon.
The class will use the room used last
year for still-life work, and the offices
of the school will be moved into. the
anteroom of the beginning antique.
| The establishment of such class IS
another step toward the broadening out
of the school 8 work and will probably
call in advanced artists from other
cities as soon as the plan is better
known. 1t ought to be also means
for uniting the working members OF
the, State Art society in close relation ION
t1r,t 9th q
art crafts of the city with the art So
ciety's work, as the need Of such
class has long been felt.
In line with this plan comes the an
nouncement Of the opening OF the serles
of lectures to be given to the art stu
dents by various authorities on the
topics to be handled. These lectures
are also free to the members of the art
society, and will be given in the direc-
tors room of the library, the time and
place to be announced later. The first
will be by. DR.. Earle R. Hare, upon
"Anatomy.o Outsiders can be admit
ted to these lectures upon the payment
of small fee.
The Chicago Art institute held an
opening reception on Tuesday evening
of last week for the exhibition of the
paintings Of the s'Glasgow school. "
These paintings have been creating
considerable interest in the east and
are receiving good deal OF ATTENTION 70!
in Chicago. Four other special exhibi-
r lions were also opened on the same
occasion; they included the work of 3.
w. Freer, H. w. Faulkner and A. S;
Clark in painting, and the drawings OF
Miss Belle Silveira. Mr.. Faulkner, g ex'
hibit will come to Minneapolis later,
> and will be on exhibition at Glow IS art
| lost Of
4 Faulkner's work is almost entirely with
water colors. He is represented In the
:, Minneapolis art gallery by an oil '.Ihe
Il QUARREL which hangs on the left OF
the entrance door. This painting Is one
of the many loaned by T. B. Walker tc
;. the gallery.
: The Walker collection in the gallery
by the way, is likely to be largely aug
'' mented before long by the addition (, o.
l. a number of canvases from Mr.. Walk
/ er's private gallery. The rumor nov
r. is that the, present gallery may o.
l. abandoned for larger one IN the new
= annex. and that this change will Civ
s. the needed room for further loans. by
J." Mr.. Walker. In that case there is
y likelihood of some alterations in tn
Arrangement of the new quarters TO
the art school.
= Picture buying is still active. On
t of the latest purchases is one by f.
Re Brooks, who has just bought a water
" color by Cafferes. The painting IS
marine, and reproduction of it hang
in the ladies' parlor of the West hotel
,e Mr.. Brooks already has several exam
$, piles Of various artists methods in y wa "a
l. ter colors, among them some character
;" istic color bits by Richardson and -Four
w nier.
At The latter artist has just sent t
j. friends in the city some snapshots o
a himself and his surroundings at Eas
3. Aurora. An interesting result is on
,g showing Mr.. Fourier in painter
: blouse, with his palette in hand. Tn
ID walls are lined with paintings. an
among them a sharp eye can discove
good many of those left in MinneaI
81 oils homes since the artists last visi
a. here. It is said that Mr.. Fourier foun
" St. Paul less hospitable to the idea :!
~ picture buying than was Mlnneapoh
IN IN But his whole trip has been yer
- fortunate one.