The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-06-02

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|8 AMERICAN I'M
HIS By Frederi
a ssHs1so1scs1ne1e1e1r Heoss1sssze1crsoe1a
! The United States IS Just now be
e ing awakened TO a realization OF the
II dependence Of many lines OF industry
gown woman wears, Of the furnt-
ture that fills her house, the china
j upon her table, rests largely upon the
artistic ability that was the basis OF
IT'S creation a piece of clay may
have been worth a penny Shaped
with certain degree of skill into
dish 1t took on a value Of twenty
i've cents. In the hands OF better
artist it may have become vase
worth five dollars. With the design
| of the master back Of it and the skin
tof the welI-trained workmen in its
execution. it may have taken on a
\ value hundred times as great Inc
| increase in value has. In each case
depended upon art. It has demon
strated the dollars and cents value Q.
art as basis for certain industries
\ II is lII-ue OF Tue Cu1IS0 SA4s-S
in certain OF the industries that re-
quire the greatest amount Of artistic
l appreciation combined with nechan-
| zeal skin. it has leaned heavily upon
the older countries OF Europe The
making Of pottery, for instance. re-
| ouires rare combination OF art and
skill The designer must be an artist
and more He must know all the pro
cesses Of pottery manufacture that
y tao in NC
\ design. He and the skilled potter
must supplement- each other. They
must have grown into an effective
working team through long assoc1a-
ton.
Along the border of Germany and
France. in the region now devastated
by war. have dweIt a people many OF
! whom have been makers Of pottery
4 for centuries. The art and craft OF 1t
have been handled down from one
generation to another. There is a
complete understanding between de-
signer and workman. The result IS
very superior product which it is diff
| dcult for the same industry in new
4 country to equal. Similar conditions
| exist in many other industries
4 In the face of this situation
Il American manufacturers have quite
\ generally depended on Europe, par
\ ticularly for their designs The
A value Of textiles depends materially
upon the artistic merits of their pat
! terms. American textile manufacture
ers have, instead of making their own
u designs. sent men abroad to select
h from those that might be purchased
from European Industrial artists.
II The opportunity to- get satisfactory
results In this way has interfereo
with the development of competent
i Cff
claimed that the American designer,
while he may be artistica1ly compe-
tent. does not know enough of the
mechanical end of manufacture TO
make himself effective.
The present condition of chaos in
Europe has interfered with the ac
tivities of It's industrial artists
: America IS being thrown on its own
4 resources. While the situation e1
lists. the American Federation of Art
lis making the most of 1T to emphasize
the need Of a greater development OF
industrial art training and at the
same time to show that worthwhile
work is already being done indepen-
IDENTIFY in America. The annual con
4 vention of this association held In
May was largely given over to dis
cussion of Industrial art As re
suit of the activity OF the ASlericar
4 teOSraL1Ou OIL .AII, du imposing CALI
bttion of the products of American
firms has been placed on display Al
the National Museum in Washing
tom
AS a result of the discussion thai
has been called forth by the indus
trial art situation. it is Interesting
to note that figures have been com
, piled which show the relative atten.
ton that is given to Industrial ar
and academic art respectively in this
country. and the relative results thai
are derived from each 1t Is shown
j that there are 100 schools of academ-
ic art in the United States. with an
enrolment OF more than 5000 pu-
pills, the object OF which is to train
them to be painters, sculptors and
Illustrators From figures furnished
by the directors of those schools Il
was estimated that not more than one
per cent OF these students followed
are as profession after leaving
school
There are very few industrial ard
schools in the United States. the big
gest Of all these being located IN
Philadelphia. Figures from this
school show that seventy-hve PEI
&tcent of its graduates during the last
teus years have found lucrative EN-
ployment along the lines OF thet1
training. There is one night school
In the United States that teaches IN
dustrial art. and this is the only pub
lie school that has such a course
In the public schools of Europe a
vast amount Of attention Is given &c
industrial art training. France has
lilong had her industrial art schools
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