The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-12-02
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the meeting was largely taken up with
a discussion OF reports concerning re-
cent exhibition of paintings of world
war celebrities at the State Memorial
building. That exhibition opened No
vember and closed November 20.
a close tab was kept on the attend
ance during the entire time the ex-
h-bition was on and it was found that
the number of persons who called to
see the pictures was slightly more
than 5000.
The exhibition was shipped from
Topeka to Madison. Wis Much sat
1sfacton was expressed at the care. at
tention, and courtesy Of the American
Express company in their service to
the Art Guild in handling this val
liable shipment, and a vote of thanks
was rendered to Mr.. E. z. Brayman,
general agent for the American Ex-
press company in Topeka for his kind
ness in the matter.
At the conclusion OF the business
session, Miss V. Helen Anderson. of
the Washburn college art faculty, gave
an interesting talk on the work being
done in the art department of that
institution. She made a plea for the
interest and support of the Topeka
Art Guild in this work and told of the
plans projected for the near future.
Next year the study of art is to be
made a regular part of the college
curriculum, instead of continuing il
its present status as an extra study.
time he can spare from his other
studies.
BY special request. Miss Anderson
told OF her experiences as a pupil OF
Charles W. Hawthorne, the famous
American landscape painter, at his
summer art school in quaint old
Provincetown on Cape Cod, Mass.
Many people do not yet appear TO
understand the objects for which tho
Topeka Art Guild was formed, despite
many explanations that have been
made in this column and elsewhere
from time to time.
The Topeka Art Guild is a society
OF local artists and laymen who have
banded together for the purpose of
stimulating and promoting a public
interest in every form of art. They
desire not only to teach themselves
and those about them how to enjoy
pictures and sculpture. by bringing
exhibitions of good work to Topeka,
but to assist in the development of
public taste, to the end that we may
have a more beautiful city. happier
homes, and more refined personalities.
1t is becoming more fully realized
every day that art and its study are
not luxurious pastimes for the idle
rich. but that art in one form or an
other vitality effects the LIES happi-
ness of every one of US. 1t is this
fact that.the Topeka Art Guild is con-
tinuaiiy striving to emphasize.
While the Art Guild was originally
organized by people who are profess
sfonal or amateur artists, its member |
ship has by no means been confined +!
10 that class. indeed the majority of |
the members at present are not artists
Any sincerely Interested person is |
welcomed as a member
Extract from news letter by Muir |
dock Pemberton.)
Plans of a great undertaking, ma
tion-wide in its scope and expected |
effect on the cultural life of the
limited
mated in New York City. by the or
ganization of an association of promi- |
nent business men on one hand and /
artists and sculptors on the other, for |
the exhibition and sale Of paintings
and sculptures to the great portion of |
the American public who owing to |
the present inadequate system of ex-
hibition and distribution have round |
the buying of works of art productive. |
Briefly. the aim OF the new associa-
ton is to populariZe the knowledge |
and sale of the works of American |
artists.
What has been done is this, the en-
tire dome floor of the Grand Central |
railway station is being converted into |
an art gallery, where talented artists |
and sculptoys of the United States
of all expense to themselves. except |
that a small commission is taken when |
a sale is made.
The artists in becoming members of |
the society agree to donate one work
OF painting or sculpture to the society
every year for three years. These do
nations become the property of the lay |
members OF the association: once
every year the lay members will draw |
to determine his or her place in the
choice of the donated works of art
that is. the person drawing number |
one will have first choice of painting
or sculpture, the person drawing num- |
Der two. second choice. and so on /
Every lay member will receive one
work OF art in return for his support
OF the organization. The lay members
from the society. If the sale of pic |
lures becomes so large that a profit
accrueS, the commissions charged to |
artists thereafter will be reduced.
The lay members have contributed
sufficient funds for the establishment
OF the project There are 100 Law |
members on the list They viii have
active charge of the society with John
Singer Sargent and Daniel Chester |
French on the advisory board. The
sales gallery will be in charge OF two
experts, Irwin s. Barrie and Frank |
W. Purdy. Mr.. Barrie will have
charge of the picture section, and Mr.. |
Purdy Of the sculpture.
The lay members or financial back
ers include persons well known in the !,
art world as collectors and directors
of the art museums in different parts
OF the country. Among them are John
q. Agar. president National Arts
club; Felix Warburg; Paul Warburg:
cakes Ames. Of Boston: Irving T.
Bush; Mrs. Joseph II. Choate; Miss |
Mabel Choate; DR.. r. c. Cabot, Bos-
ton; Henry Phipps; J. S. Phipps; L. |
A. Osborne vice president. Westing- |
house company: John Hill Morgan |
trustee Brooklyn museum: DR.. Alex
ander c. Humphreys, president Stew
ems institute; Charles L Hutchinson |
president Art institute. Chicago; Will /
liam Goodman, trustee Art Institute /
Chicago: Martin Ryerson. vice presi- /
dent Art institute. Chicago; H & |
Thayer. president Bell Telephone COM