The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-25
BRYANT PARK HOME FOR ART
,iU, az NATIONAL aCADFMy
~ DESIGN MANAGERS.

,.rripa small strip ef nry ant ParA
tor the siir W u New Buiidins
Alexander. the port raft painter e,
... .r.-.ld.nt Of the National Academy
... Lu gave yesterday some reasons
.,.. rn- opinion Of the acarieuicians
"A n. 81 great benefit to tn. city
o.. mo country il the National Acad-
.,.. l.rmitted to erect a building a;
,.-' md OF Bryant Park President
N.,.u'"r said he welcomed discussion
..- i~ujsct because disc,nssion would
70. Pc. My means Of putting hefor. tho
... he main idea in the minds NJ him
80. .rri his coworkerS thar the academy
as. - 'n make New York the ar. Capi, Al
.'.," United States. aS ii has been the
commercial. financial and dramatic capita
~ lrn"rtInnS.
-hould like 20 say AZ the outset
-ut Nr Alexander. that there are only
To, sites IN the whole city that could
pr--rhy be utilized by the academy for
q hulldnx. the arsenal in Central Park
and the vest end Of Bryant Park. Else
ur"rr the proximity Of tall buildings
nNuld cut of the light that such galleries
must have. We have not utterly given
~, nope ~ the arsenal. but circumstances
-eam To Indicate that the authorities
would favor an academy building in
R-vant Park rather than in Central Park
As matters stand permission by the
Cl'v is the one thing in the way OF making
Pryant Park the most beautiful and
impressive enclosure in the city The
academy can lay It's hands on s5NO 600 at
present and | may say that our backing
would he practically unlimited. Asso-
GATED with the artists in this NOV ement
are group Of unselfish men who have
done a great deal for the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art and other institutions of
which the city is justly proud. Whatever
Ne need in the way Of money we can get
In other words. We are ready to present
for that Is what il amounts to, TO the city
another splendid institution for the
benefit Of the whole people.
-rHE SuN outlined our plans this morn
ING need not go further into the scope
81 the project than to say that we hope
o. get from the city permission TO use
ABOUT is feet OF the west end Of Bryant
Park from Fortieth street tn Forty
second street for the erection Of galleries
that would mask the ugiiness Of the ele-
>s,-d structure and bring To complete
ness an architectural ideal Of which the
new Public Library was only part
To-day Bryant Park makes one think
of beautiful hand with black finger
nails The Fifth avenue front IL inspir-
ng The Sixth avenue front is depress-
ng Whether the public knows il or not.
there IL so much OF a grade at tfe west
end Of the park that about 100 feet Of IL Is
and even the tramps avoid II. IL IL this
unused. unattractive space that we desire
T. .au,ify for the city
Ia TIE SuN Of this morning there
w. On the editorial page an article en-
~ "i Art in Two Cities II described
~. exhibitions Of American paintings
'N,r are being held in Washington at
n. Corcorsn Galleries and in Phiiadel- |
INA Now that this discussion over |
the lite Of our academy building il up
.srge number OF the artst- Whose pictures |
ar. being exhibited at Philadelphia are |
members of the National Academy Of
Design | noted the names OF Edmund !
Frederick p vinton. " Sergean, Kendall. !
John sargent, " Elmer Schofeld.
frederick J. Waugh. Frank W. Benson.
u B; smell; Paul popgher,y Thoma. r
Anschutz, Carl Melchers. ". VI. Chase
Robert Mace ameron and many more
These artists are compelled to show
their pictures in Philadelphia. Washing |
ton. Pittsburg. Cincinnati anywhere but !
her. because there " no building in New |
Work where their pictures could be hung !
There are no galleries spacious enough |
mere is no place where Justice conln be
zone 10 THESE men maj arr inashe the |
nlied states respected ABROAD IN t&
~"rid OF arr. mere reasph surncieht
IN ltsei' ! tAke " lot lettlns Us nave
f"S feet OF ground AZ the unused END oil
park. tnat our greatest ar,s's nave 10 90
away from New YORK 10 hahs 'hsir PIC
lures
II the site IL granted us We could give the
l""ple exhibitions Of the WORK OF Amer,
lcan Illustrators Vur hiustrators Lead
mo World and New YORK snouid nave the
chance tn see what these men nave done
and To study the methods py Nhich they
have accomplished 30 mucn.
me national Academy Wouiu IKE 10
80" Justice done 10 that oid group OF paint.
or often rneeren AZ. VINO we're called
-nmetimsr the HUDSON Niver scnoof:
inc a., ~ our .rn.r;can oaint.rs ~ .tr;v.
TOR All - IN II,