Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-12
Exhibition of Drawing by French Chl. . drep

= The school committee of Norwich Q Red Cross chapter have secured Through courtesy of the Atlantic Di- vision collection of original draw r-ings by French children which will be tn exhibition in the Converse Gallery, |. Slater hall from Thursday, November Ta5. through Friday, November 21. r . The drawings are the work of the Elementary public school children of Paris, children from nine to sixteen . -ears old. Before the war exhibitions Lt their work were annually held in 4 Paris at the Hotel de Vile Since 2 Ihat time the custom has been discon- l. Jinued- The work. however. was still z Suspected by the members of the Fine --Arts commission. In 1918 they found 1t of such unusual merit that it was ~xhibited in the Musee Gallieraa It 2 1vas there seen by John Finley. presi- Q fent of New York university and com f inissioner of education for New York 2 state. He obtained permission to bring The present collection to America. It [ has been in great demand and has been exhibited at the Metropoitan ' Museum, in New York city. in Boston ' tn Denver and in many other of the : larger cities. We are very fortunate To secure it for Norwich.
 The collection includes designs for val papers. book cases, household fur tishings. and clothing. Flags, weapons drums, helmets interwoven with med als, croix de guerre and the Gailic cock , broclaiming victory are some of the decorative motifs used. The work Throughout shows remarkable tech hique.
 { Though the children who made these drawings often went to school hungry and cold there Is not the slightes Trace of rebellion or complaint in thu design Instead one forcibly realize! the heroic endurance. the marveloui patience and above all else the in. .domitable courage of the French. iE Indeed a test of a nation when thu Qualities are revealed in the work O its children.
 The Boston Transcript writes of tn, exhibit as follows:
 Proof in abundance is here given O the wonderful vitality of French art We have heard much of it's decadence uf the abolition of all good designs b, rubists and symbolists, but so long al The children of France continue to bas lheir work on such principles of equil fbrium. of elegance and the common sense, SO long as they possess tn Passionate love of color and the crea five imagination here revealed, ther need be little fear for the vitality Sanity and beauty of the art of France = The Rocky Mountain News of Den yer writes:
 - The exhibit is so well worth seeini EEain and again that the time mus not be allowed to pass without mak Ing every effort to visit the galler, As one enters there is a most delight 1ll and direct impression of color, an e variety and richness of desig Which fills one with immediate en lusiasm.
 . The exhibit will open in Norwich Thursday afternoon, November 13tf From four until six o'clock in tn Converse Gallery. Admission, includ 4Ed tea will be twenty-five cents O
 Gl other afternoons it will be ope ffom 2.30 to 4.sO with a ten cent ad mission. The exhibition is free to a
 school children every afternoon wit Inc exception of Thursday. Novembe
 18th. The admission fee changed tn
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