The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-29
TIE HAsKIN LETTER
AMERICAS FUTURE IN ART
By Frederick ). HasIxin.

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/ OF Industrial Art being in the lead. It
lmusf not be assumeds however, that
! the additional pupils formally regtst-
Tered ia these schools are any criter-
lion by which to judge the number Of
\ studenfS studying art3tn this country
The most advanced work is not done
! In schools, but In the studios OF rec
ognized artists, who will give their
time and experience to help some
younger one secure the hopea[loT
ideal in art In sculpture especially,
beginners Of talent are frequently
taken into the studio Of master as
helpers and in this way gain the;
knowledge which enables them later
to produce their own IDEAS.
Tho number of art masters In
America will be materially increased
by the war, which has driven them
from Europe. Many prominent Amer,
lean artists who have been living
abroad for years, have been forced to
leave their studios, sometimes with
out being able to bing single picture
with them A number OF these have
already returned to their own land
and opened studios, while others are
likely to do so at any time. The num-
ber Of foreign artists who will be
driven here by the war is said to be
too small to have any effect upon our
ant development. The older men are
too patriotic to leave their own coun-
t9y while the number Of distinguished
young artists who already have been
sacrificed In the fighting forces is SUI
ticient materially to retard all the art
efforts of Europe for the next genera
ton, even II the war should end to-
morrow.
A strong movement towards secur-
ing a larger attendance at the art
museums and galleries upon the part
of the public is being forwarded In !
number of cities and will be intiuen-
tial in greatly elevating the art taste
of the nation. In New York, the
School Art League has been organ
izei for this purpose. The league pro-
vides a lecturers who goes each morn |
ing into some public school building. |
She takes with her color box ana
arouses the interest Of the children
by showing them how a painter paints |
his picture. In the afternoon she con-
ducts parties of teachers and children
to different.galleries and explains the
pictures to them The enthusiasm with
which this effort has been received
indicates that it Will soon be inau-
gurated in other cities. In Philadel-
phia, for several years, the pubic |
schools, have been able to attend !
special evenings or afternoons at tnei
Academy OF Fine Arts during the an
nual exhibitions. Lecturers to explain
the pictures upon sucn occasions
have been provided by the art de-
partment OF the Women's Civic Club. |
The opening of an art gallery or
museum in any city adds to its art
resources in proportion to the value
of it's collections and the manner IN
which they are made available to the !
public. Each year the art collec-
tons in this country become more
valuable because of their constant adj
ditions, while the efforts to give them
the broadest possible use is being
continually forwarded. One Of the
noteworthy additions to the art mus
Gums Of this country will be the
Minneapolis art institute, which will
be opened early in December Much
thought has been given to the ar
rangememt of this institute, which, II
is believed, will emioody the highest
ideals of modern art. Its exhibits are
lily accessible both to the casual VS.
itor and the art student.
One effect of the war in Europe up-
ON American art will be to give great
er opportunities for the exhibition OF
the work OF American artists because
of the lack of the usual number OF
pictures brought from Europe. A
large number of contemporary Euro-l
pean pictures, which were collected
in Munich last summer by the direc-
tor of the Chicago Art Institute foil
the opening exhibition now in prog
ress, could not be brought over be-
cause OF the difficulties of transpor-
tation. Most of the American artists
who have been driven from their
studios had to leave their pictures be-
hind them. The exhibitions this year
will be composed largely of pictures
painted in America and, so, will rep
resent purely American ideals in art
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