The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-15
AMERICAS ART OPPORTUNITY
JnJPH PENNELL SAYS IT -
NOW .ir HAND.
he lrse. tine widest Cooperation Go Sc
cure thur Hest Representatiea az ah~
e, "mins Exhibition I'm Rome Tells
unst % Means fer Is ns a People.

,r. has come over from England Tor n
.,,r, visit. saws that IL American artists
t.-.., -, together and make a creditable
.r.s.ug at the International Exhibition
# Az and History 10 be opened in Rome.
$40, March, the United States had better
,,,..rlp trying to pose as n world power
Al, Nj P.nnell adds. this forthcoming
.,bit,tl,n Is the first really great ART
,,brt.-,on at which American artists
have rad a chance since 1900. when the
,,,.,...,n artists made such an excellent
.,,Utu. M Paris. He says that il some
,,,us DE-, not done by next spring to sub
,,,rr.,re IN. assertions that are being
advanced for American art. our reputa-
t.on the field OF art will be gone.
NJ Pencil set forth these views
yesterday IN an interview. The casual.
irarr...S person who knows that MIR.
peru.u received word only yesterday
,ba, A medal had been awarded 10 him
=, he Buenos Ayrss exhibition. might
b. DISPOSED 10 think that personally MIR.
Pencil had nothing to fear from the
c,pparl-on Of American art with that
- ether countries. but Mr.. Pennel was
.ue.AluS for American art generally.
,-i nor for artists who have achieved
such d, degree Of reputation that in n
sens. hey are international.
/ know there il some reluctance among
,a.u-.rs 20 send their work TO Rome
because VI the damage suffered by works
of AZ. that went from this country to
Venice last wear "a was told in THE SYN"
.,i Mr. Pennell in fact l have been
,r.i II several Bue in spite of this
there are. very strong reasons why Amer
can artists should get together and send
4 Rome tn. very best exhibition that
San ne collected
In the first place, this Is the first time
Americans have had chance TO send
,ra rlg International show since the Paris
Exposition Of 1850. and the Italians are
..eu about IT, All the trouble that arose
about the return Of the American pictures
from Venice WAS due entirely to the fact
rnat no d.tnIt. arrangements had been
made regarding the route 10y which the
PICTURES should be returned.
was in London at the time and I ar
ran Sed for the sending Of the pictures
Of Americans from that city and from
par.- and | also arranged definitely
when ami how they should tie returned
f. D., no ioubt true Of lot OF pictu
sent from mere thar frames were found
smashed When the pictures were returned
and that the frame OF one WAS sawed.
II y, hard to con ceive how this happened.
u.r tho smashing often takes place in
New lors where customs officers open
the cases and then stun the pictures
back as II they were 40 much hardware.
The same thing may happen in other
custom houses.
When | was acting for the United
States Government at 81 Louis all the
pictures that came from London IN bond
we're received at st Louis all right and
On. Of the directors OF the exposition
told me that they were shipped back in
good condit ion SOtwit hist anding this
when they reached London | was sum
uon.d by my packers and told that
rnost OF rhe frames Of the pictures had
zen smashed in the Brit ish custom
house so IN the case Of the American
pictures Last year | believe whatever
injury was done them was caused during
their passage through the United States
customs
Now in regard TO the pictures that
will be sent from this country TO Rome
next year we have the assurance OF Har-
rison =. Morris. the American commits
sIoner- gen eral. that these pictures will
10 sent and returned by a definite route
and that he himself is going with them
All the property will he insured, not IN
Italy. but in the United States.
But the important matter IL that we
ought to make the best possib'' show.
Italy il banking on thus. Every nation
in Europe is goin 10 send its best things.
and IN le~s make the best possible
show we can I predict loss of all the
reputation that has been achieved by !
American art in Europe during the last !
eiayan years Everybody must buck !
uy and do things. for this will be the !
mo-, Impor-an show for years to come ?
Tn" show that Hugo Resin ger made in |
Bsrln last summer was very credItabla. !
hu' II was not complete. There were 1
no black and white works IN IL except |
som. II Whistlers and mine.
Here Wa are going 10 Try 20 make a |
com plot. exhibition We have got our
ovn building over there. and We have our F,
own jury. which consists OF j W. Alex /
ander " VI Chase and Alden Weir
AT extremely good selection While "a
certain number % artists ars invited to
send anybody can do so.
Now great and important point ~
thai y has been year and "a half since
vas asked by the Italian Government
20 AXE up this hing They happened
n know me. and there VAS absolutely
nobody else to ask. IL INK me nearly
year before anything could be accom-
r,shsd because the United States Govern
n"nr has absolutely no machinery dealing
VEN exhibitions Continental countries
'.ass their ministries Of fine arts. and
England Which used TO he as bad on as
~" United States in that respect. Of late
Years has adopted a system which makes
ne gathering Of an exhibition easy. The
british Government has made in tn.
BOARD Of Trade. which corresponds 10
oar Department Of Commerce and Labor.
an exhibitions branch with a permanent
tan and an appropriation. and whenever
NOR" IA an International exhibition the
GARD considers whether 10 is the proper
rfIng for England 30 he represented
hen the commissioner IL appointed
Who arranRes the whole business The
npard has all facts and details At fingers
ends. and thus England IL quite prepared
:" cope with any emergency in that line
~ any time.
practical example Of what can he
tone was furnished in the case Of IN.
b~2lan exhibition when the art section
vas r'Iinsd. The day after the fire Eng
a