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Show .kiuerliuii krl. A fair .ninmlng up of tho preaent e m dlUori i f Aim rieau art appear In Tli Century, from iho pen cf l'ranci I) Millet, vice praaluont of AmerloVa lead lug art organisation, tlio National Aeu 1 einy of Dalgn We at a woplt twcauie oonacloita of onrartlallo deflclerclea aflei thl'htlaloIphlieiualllonand nt en. i (ought to remedy theui. After the d.-x of that aummer of l-Juealloll lu 1870 art ardioula aiel art luuae-um began to l rln up through iut tlio country IWuro Hi. u many American arllata liad atudletl li Curop.-, aftr that thoy went acroaa t foreign art m-dooU looro than orir They have now come home In number an 1 the reault of their odueatlon an 1 o Uielr aubacqueut labora li to tomo ex tent ManlfMt ,To baglD, our American aa.latlkar provel opt Bcholare. They reprudil the teaching of their foreign inaeteri wllh cireful hbor anl ftdelltj Vltl inch caro and II Irllty, In leo.1, lint whv'c their picturoa are hung upou tho walli cf RAlItriea Willi fwelgn palnllniftthe) cannot bodU.tlngulalie.1 from tho foretgt work by au tMng In either aubjacto treatment Thla, .Mr. Millet tldnU, I. the chief criticism to Iw uada ononi native picture. American art li now It that atage of devclo) mtnt in whlcli It li able to "cxeeulo with dlatlngolahod iklll In tho mUhooU of othera." Hut for tha real wo lira "till In tho leading atrlngi of echoed tradition an I tho glorlfloatlon of tcchulqu " . Thcra li no aucli thing at an Aiucrl canacu.di.f art or Amerioau itjloiu tlto treatment ot n picture. Hat osi progreaa li full of liopo. Tho artlaU who have been educated abroad have devoted themielve faithfully to teach Ing thota begluuert who are at home H-) tho fandanieiital principle, luv lwn well groundwl Tbo rest will come. Tin, IMI muat uttractho Hull lit lmuiodlai;ly Mure tlie, American artlat 1 tint of portraiture. Solute a A natlimal tyin of frinlnluo bonulydU tinkulihod for tyiiunetry ruid rafln mantt wo hii)r a "rtrcncly accentuated matcullno type Tho typical American roco la nerruiii, Idgh strung an 1 keen, poaaeving groat eli-ine ota of beauty, la reproluct till f tco will lo ono ot the drat acldokruientt cf tho American school of art. Ilnally, In tho artlaitl tutlon which Jtr. Oirnegio luapreeenle.l tnl'itulmrg, vrlthlta income u!M,000 a year, we huo tho groatOAt and richest uttnsaouia In tho world. Tho foaturo of meat Intareat to the Amtrlcan art world 1j norooror tho fact that 69 per cent, ct tU money spent there for pi: tern most purchoio vrorkt ot art pro-flucod pro-flucod In thlt conntrr. |
