The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-10
Bellevue Art Training
Centre of the A. E. F.

The school was opened on March and
1t soon contained $50 students, but
many of them could remain but short
time
In addition to the faculty, as noted
above, the cooperation OF French
savants was sought and obtained by the
director, and lectures were given in
English by ten notable authorities on
such subjects as French architecture.
painting. sculpture, interior decoration
and applied arty Among the French
lecturers were J. J. Hanfner, Saiomon
Reinach, Louis Dinner, l.. Hourticq,
Marquet de Vasselot, Fritsch- Estrangin,
Glraldon, Denote, ]. c. N. Forester,
and others.
Mr.. Warren says that no undertaking
could have received more loyal, devoted
and able collaboration than the members
OF the faculty and the staff OF instructors
brought to bear on this work. From the
beginning they showed keen desire to put
their best abilities and energies at the
service Of the men in khaki. Tho same
sincere interest,"" he adds, II encountered
In all my relations with the French art
lists and savants whose cooperation
asked" On the part Of the students a
corresponding appreciation. intelligence
and application to study made the task
OF the faculty easy. So. on the whole,
| the director thinks the results obtained
were most satisfactory.
Capt. Peixotto's report OF the depart
ment Of painting is particularly interest
ing. In March, through the cooperation
Of the French Homes and OF ". Jean
Rene Carriere. sculptor. son OF the cele-
brated artist. Eugene Carriere, a series
OF visits to the studios OF the most noted
French artists was begun, these visits
continuing every Wednesday afternoon.
This was a privilege that no students In
Paris had ever before enjoyed. Two or
three studios were visited each week,
about thirty students, accompanied by
NJ. Carriere and Capt Peixotto. spend
ing an hour or two with each OF the
great painters. sculptors and draughts-
men, hearing them talk OF their art and
their work. seeing that work In its va
rious stages OF completion, visualizing
the personality and surroundings of each
man.
In turn. they were taken to the studios
OF conservatives and radicals in art, and
were thus enabled to form their own
ideas as to which OF the theories OF pres
ent day art was best suited to their own
| opinions and temperaments. The studios
visited included those OF Bonnat, Bes-
nard. Roll. Cormon. Cottet, Blanche Cor
guet, Rene Menard. Van Dongen. Paul
, SnaDds' Nile. Du1au, Leandre, Stelnlen,
! Willette. Devambez, Jonas. Batnloms
Dsmft. Bouchard Bourdelle. Sicard and
Desbois
Toward the end OF the term the stu
dents of the painting departments made
two excursions to famous French land
scape sketching grounds. One party went
into Normandy. visiting Vetheuil and
Gverny, where they saw the homo OF
Monet. then on to Andelys and the lower
valley OF the Seine. The other party
went to the painters hsunts around Fon.
tainebleau. visiting Barb'zon, where they
, saw the homes OF Millet, Rousseau
Diaz. Barge and Jacques, spending sht
night In the FAX - Of Fontainebleay
itself. and visiting the next day Marlotte
Montigny. Moret and Samois.
The report OF the school forms a good
sized brochure OF ia pages. with numer
Gus illustrations. 1t was printed In
Paris on the Frazier Soye presses and II
in all respects very interesting and
creditab'e record Of a unique educatio- a
experiment. says W. II. d. In the Boston
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