The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-15

commissioners. one for the Rome exhibl-
| tion and the other for the Exposition 81
appiied Arts IN Rome neat year. and they
are not working togesher.
In Rome Carrers Hastings ar.
putting up gallery al our own. This,
Gov-rnment applied so late for space
that they were cut a it Of the architectural
composition. That n because We hay.
no exhibition machinery. But our pavilion
~ already finished
OF circular from the State DEPARTMENT
| similar tn one that was sent out nine
months ago by the British commissioner
received at that time an invitation from
the commissioner to exhibit i'm the British
section becaus. l live IN London and as
much as six weeks ago I got another
communication from the commissioner
reminding me that he had not hea rrl
from me- in regard TO his invitation and
asking me To contribute certain definite
works, Sargent and Abbey and every
other American painter IN London. you
/ may De sure. got similar invitations.
don't think one of va will exhibit in the
British section. but it all goes to show
how slowly we move in this country in
regard to anything OF this sort.
Now the Invitation to the State De-
partment was sent bet ween April and
June OF last year through the Italian
Amoassador In Washington Yet nothing
has been done until this fall The bill
Congress until near the close of the session
10 the summer. and then no commissioner
had been appointed. The British started
IN To work eighteen months ago That
goes Z" show how we Americans really
hustle-in the slowest sort OF fashion.
Ihat all American artists should make
srand together AT this time is i'm portant.
ana we should labor TO get a permanent
exhibition bureau or commission in the
Government because there Is AT least
one org exhibition every year This
! year IN addition In the Brussels show
here Were exhibitions in Argentina and
Chile The United States was entirely
,inrepresented in Brussels. except by "A
lot OF agents for typewriters and peanuts.
&c and II was disgraceful There was
and Chile extended invitations 10 the
tnifed states. In Argentina | was in
vlted TO show in the British section. but
sent over an individual exhibit as |
had been personally invited To show. |
wrOte To Mr.. Trask. direc,or Of the Ameri-
can section. AZ Buenos Ayres in August.
but he replied that We had no apportion-
ment for black and white, which is really
the biggest thing We have in art Some
people accuse Abbey and Sargent and
myself OF not being patriotic, and II We
were not the whole fault would be with
our country. which takes no interest in
art
As | said there are some who say they
are not gong To exhibit, but This attl
tude Is by no means general. II we don't
stand together this time the result will
IL 20 bust this country in art We haven't
mad. on. good show sInc. 1900 in Paris
Az the Venice show last year we had the
offer Of "A permanent pavilion for SIS GO
he United States Government. that IL
We showed no disposition TO tax" up the
Offer. bur the moment the English heard
about thus pavilion an tnglishman gob-
blec 1t up AT once and presented II 10 his
Government
IL our Government - going 30 he a
world power ~ has got 10 20 III for that
sort of thing | know there is enormous
encouragement for art here private
encouragement | mean hut the man
who makes a big reputation in Europ.
can by this means achieve much bigger
reputation AZ home
As for the report that the cholera
scare III Italy will affect the Rome exit
bition. that in my opinion. amounts 70
nothing az all Certainly whatever cholera
there is IN Italy a. the present time Will
all Pc over 10y 'h- spring