The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-15

large throughout the United States.
"As q usual thing a new design or
pattern in textiles is absolutely de-
pendent for its success on the opinion
of fifteen or twenty buyers for the
larger retailing establishments In our
more important cities. Any changes
in our general method of decorative
design must first receive the approval
of the large distributors Of household
furnishings"
What promises to become factor
in stimulating closer relationship be-
tween the artists and art lovers OF
the United States and Canada Is the
Canadian and American Art Exchange
recently established in New York city.
Many examples Of the work of well
known Canadian and American artists
are on exhibition already, and the en-
courgement given to the enterprise
bids fair to make the little gallery a
gathering place OF increasing attrac-
tiveness to art lovers.
The Yale Art School announces q
! new course in fine arts history and
criticism leading to the degree OF NJ.
A. for undergraduate seniors and grad
uate school first year men. The pur-
pose of the course is to give instruc-
ton to those who intend to specialize
as critics, collectors or art museum
experts, as well as to those who de-
sire a general knowledge Of the sub
ject.
The trustees of the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art in Washington announce
that the seventh exhibition of con-
temporary American paintings in oil
will open to the public on Sunday,
December 81, 1919, continuing through
January 25, 1920. Former Senator
| William A. Clark, a member OF the
board of trustees of the gallery, has
again offered the sum OF $4,000 for
prizes. The last day for receiving
works submitted will be November Fl
at agencies in New York, Boston
and Philadelphia and December l In
Washington.
A little nude, copied by James Nc
Neil Whistler from an Ingres canvas
| in the Louvre, portraying the rescue
| of Andromeda by Perseus, has just
been unearthed. Whistler preferred to
eliminate the approaching monster and
leave the deliverance to ones imagina-
ton, and SO it is that the canvas now
shows the frantic maiden distinctly
paler after forty years in an attic.
| The house OF Frank Partridge of
London with a branch in Fifth ave-
l Ig,,i, t. Il 1fN in
art works for interior decoration, has
quite recently been incorporated at
Albany and has since purchased an
entire building in the Plaza sector for
immediate occupancy. Alexander F.
Otto long associated with A. A. Van
tine & Co. and w. l.. Crow in the past,
remains the managing director of the
New York establishment.
A course in drawing from nature
and still life will be offered by the Col
lege OF the City of New York during
this summer by Prof J. Redding Kelly,
professor of art, it was announced.
The class will meet outdoors as
well as indoors, and ample opportunity
will be given for work in charcoal
pastels water color and oil.
About two years ago Charles NJ
Schott, Jr.. well known amateur Of
this city, presented to the Metropoli-
| ian Museum the choicest objects in
his collection of ancient firearms. The
gift was accepted, and the trustees
willingly agreed that the objects
should remain in Mr. Schott's custody
| ~ n, I~,hr
II of this year the death Of Mr.
Schott occurred. and the collection
has now been transferred to the Mu-
scum. 1t will shortly he placed on
exhibition in Gallery HI.
It consists of over a hundred OBJ
| jects, the remaining ones, including
about seven hundred numbers, hav-
ing been disposed OF at public sale
several months ago. The present col
lection consists mainly of a series of
pistols OF rare models and admirable
workmanship. dating from 1850 to
1920 a period in which the series Of
the Museum has been practically I'M
represented,
Mr.. Schott was a close student OF
a particular type OF pistol known as
"fiintlock" and which in turn was SUI
perseded by the percussion lock-" II
appeared during a short interval
(about ten years) beginning about
1907. The present collection is said
to be the most complete in this re-
stricted field.
The Schott collection should also
be mentioned for its series of early
primers and powder horns; beautiful
in design and execution.
Tho second annual exhibition of
graphic arts Is being held by the
American Institute of Graphic Arts in
cooperation with the Art Alliance of
America in the New York galleries OF
the latter organization.
The exhibition has been planned 10
call attention to some OF the problems
OF tho graphic arts and to aid in eluci-
dating these problems to those who are
working along these lines or preparing
to enter any OF the many industries in
which this knowledge will he of ser
vice
The catalogue contains series OF
articles by the chairman Of each divi
sion. Heyworth Campbell, art editor
of Vogue and OF Vanity Fair, in the
section devoted to reproductions states
that: "Fifty-two millions were spent