The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-03-03
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| as supervisor continued until 1919
when she gave it UP, planning to make
her home in Tennessee. In 1912 the an
] nual exhibit under the supervision of
Miss Chandler was shown at the Es-
| Gambia county fair, where thousands
! saw the work of the school children from
/ the first grade through high school and
/ from space II feet by 10 feet the ex-
| hibit grew until a space 50x50 feet was
assigned to the schools at the last fair
/ in 1916, and the exhibit was pronounced
! equal to those shown in much larger
| cities.
| In the summer of 1916 Miss Chandler
was instructor in drawing in the sum
mer schools for teachers of Tallahassee
| and Gainesville.
| The carnival association called on
Miss Chandler to design floats, costumes
and invitations for the Mardi Gras car
| nival of. 1902, the subject being Mother
! Goose" For two other Carnivals Miss
Chandler designed the floats, choosing
her own subjects. High Days and Holt
days" and Tales of Long Ago"
In 1905 the school board appointed Miss
Emily Maniey to teach drawing in the
grammar schools, a position she held
until her marriage, five years later. Miss
Manley followed the course which was
taught throughout the county in the
public schools. The idea of this course
was not to make artists of the pupils.
beautiful. Color, form, observation.
landscape and designing were carefully
studied, also studies from nature adapted
70 this climate, and in this way the pu-
pills became thoroughly acquainted with
the trees, flowers and birds of their
native state. Two exhibitions were Civ
en- in the court house. one of these com
bined with the Horace X. Turner ex-
hibits.
Miss Reese, principal of the grammar
school, in 1918, had an exhibition of the
Elsom pictures similar to the Turner
pictures, in a store building on Palafox-
ST. and with the money obtained, pic
lures were bought for the grammar
school.
Mr. p K. Yonge gave a beautiful pic
ture Murillas-'Children of the Shell"
We believe the CIubbs grammar school
also raised money for pictures, ETC., by
taking the Isis for a day. Mrs. Craw-
ford, principal of the Jockey school, has
had two exhibits of the Elson pictures.
the last was held in the community
building and the school is richer by
many pictures. Several friends of the
school have also given pictures.
Another Pensacolian who has done
much by stimulating art in this city is |
Mr.. Runyan, who, after studying with |
Miss Chandler for some time, left Pen |
sacola in 1898, going to New York City |
with the expectation of taking course !
in the Art Students league. A month /
later he entered the Chase School OF
Art, where he studied diligently, return |
ing to Pensacola with a spontaneous
letter of recommendation from Mr.. |
Chase Mr.. Runyan had two exhibits
of his work one combined with other |
talent at Cutters music house IN 1917
and 1918. The next exhibit was given
in the Business Woman's club rooms a.
year later. |
During this exhibition he was instru- |
mental in organizing the Pensacola Art |
club, Dec. 4, 1919, and elected president. |
This club is affiliated with the 'Ameri- |
can Federation of Arts 1t has the |
privilege of exhibiting pictures of the |
old and new masters as well as receiving
Illustrated lectures. The Sketchers
class was formed and splendid work has
been accomplished by those working. The
Pensacola School of Art, organized and |
directed by Mr.. Runyan, is equipped to
teach almost every branch of art that
any good school might offer
Another fine studio in Pensacola is
that of the Sacred Heart Academy. Here
one finds a splendid room, well adapted |
for the exhibition of paintings, and many
nice pictures adorn the walls, the work
Of pupils and teacher. The sister in !
charge is we'll qualified TO instruct and
Pensacola is proud to have students
come to the city and attend such splen-
did studios. The Sacred Heart studio
opened in 1914 and teaches water color,
oil charcoal, pastel, etc.
All Pensacolians remember the beau
tiful china studio conducted by Miss
Janet Harris. Many pupils received in
and beautiful work was ac-
She gave several eXhIbi-
tions at the different fairs and won many
premiums on the pretty china exhibited. |
on the completion of the San Carlos
hotel, a Scotch artist by the name of
Roussie came to put on the finishing
touches and his beautiful work can be
seen in the rotunda of the hotel, scenes
the history of Pensacola, and
we We're indeed fortunate in having Mr.
Roussie.
It is needless to state that the new
high school, planned by Mr. Walker
Willis, is a beautiful building and will
be a source of pride for every Pensa-
colian. With all our good fortune, how
ever, we have lost something that might
have brought fame and money to the
city. Years ago, on East Hill, we had
a pottery, owned by Mr.. Kohler, a quiet
man who turned his wheel and furnished
the town with jugs and flower pots. and
If a lady wanted a special design, he
cheerfully made it for her.
No one realized what an asset the pot
terry was, until Mr.. Iiohler stopped his
wheel filled up the clay pit and settled
down in a cottage in the shadow of
the old pottery. His son, however, re-
membered the fine clay there, and on
his return three years ago, he began
work with his wheel. He refined the
clay, and made dainty vases of cream or
pink terra Gotta.
Then. with supply of clay, he moved