The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-12
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The opening Of the exhibition will
be an important feature of the next
Founders Day celebration, in April,
1920.
The most important event in the
history Of the museum in the Palace
Of Fine Arts in San Francisco since
the opening OF Mrs. Phoebe A.
Hearst's loan collection in the winter
of 1915 Is the Inauguration of the
Oriental department of the museum.
which was formally opened with pri-
vate view and reception on Friday aft
ernoon, Oct. 3. The opening was at
tended by the most prominent men and
women in artistic and social circles, and
was one OF the most brilliant of the
many events held in the Palace of
, Fine Arts during the last three years.
| The specially invited guests were re-
ceived by reception committee
headed by the president Of the San
Francisco Art Association, Arthur
| Brown, Jr.; his Honor the Mayor and
, Mrs. Rolph. Jr., together with Dr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, pres
ident emeritus of the University OF
J California;; DR.. Aurelia Henry Rein
{ hardt, the president of Mills College:
Samuel ]. Hume, the director or
the Greek Theatre; Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam NJ. Fitzhugh, Mrs. Eleanor Mar
tin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Templeton
| Croker, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Eyre.
Joseph d. Redding, Mrs. Joseph Fife,
John I. Walter, Mrs. George ]. Buck
nall, Miss Carlotta Mabury and Miss
Anna Beaver
Fourteen permanent new galleries
have been especially prepared by d.
rector Laurvik for the installation OF
six loan collections, which include
some of the finest specimens OF Orten-
tai art ever shown in this country
The collections total several thousand
specimens, comprising rare and choice
examples of ancient Chinese paintings
Japanese and Chinese brocades
lacquers, cloisonnes, bronzes, worries
porcelains. potteries, stone sculptures
and one of the finest collections of Japa-
nese prints by the great masters. The
collection of japanese priest robes
alone is pronounced by competent ex-
perts as the finest in this country. sur
passing by far anything in the pos
session of the Metropolitan or Boston
museum. Where these institutions
have three or four. or at most a score
of specimens, the collection in the
Palace of Fine Arts numbers severa
hundred of the choicest and rares'
items obtainable.
Another item of great interest ant
:, | af 2 for N al
the unusually complete and beautiful
collection OF Netsukes. which alone
comprises nearly a thousand examplei
, brought together over a long period o.
, years after infinite selection and rejec
ton of inferior specimens.
But perhaps even more interesting
than any of these is a collection of an
cient lamps from every corner Of thu
Orient and the Mediterranean coun
} tries. This collection includes beauti
J full specimens of quaint, curious
and artistic lamps from ancien
: Greece, Rome and Etruria-from Tur
key, Morocco, Arabia and Palestine, a
' we'll as from Corea, China and Japan
l 1t is the most complete collection o
3 its kind in this country.
= The presentation of all this varies
Y and interesting material sets stan
: dard of museum installation on tn
Pacific coast, which adds another bril-
a liant achievement to the many 80 ia
d recorded by the museum In the Palac
= of Fine Arts,
e England Is not the only countr
o which just at this time is boasting 1t
= child artist Italy has its Roman
n Dazzi, of whom Arts and Decoration
d has this to say:
}, mo less than 14S drawings of Ro
d mano Dazzi were recently exhibited 1
the Bragaglia Galleries in Rome. The
t were in black and. white and red chal
e sketches OF animals seen in tn
It geological garden of the Villa Boz
CHEESE. sketches of soldiers seen in III