Show FRENCH industrial ARTS the application of higher training Tra luing to trade ie Is everywhere apparent consul goldschmidt of nantes contributes an extended article on indus trial art education in france prance and its influence upon french industries he ile bays says in part there are at present in france aside from the national art schools provincial and municipal schools of fine arts which are free to young men and women while leaving to each school the development of 0 the line of art suited to local needs the state gives direction by annual visits of inspectors of drawing the applina tion to trade Is practical and complete the administration of fine art arts se elects and sends the greater part of the models useful to instruction gives prizes scholarships purses and en coura gement to pupils who have dis themselves s during their course of studies the influence of ar training upon the industries Indu of france Is paramount and the ordinary observer Is struck at once when ex amiling an article in the french shops of home manufacture of its superiority over similar goods made in other countries if one visits an art gallery or a museum in france on sunday the great interest of the working people may be witnessed in the arts and sciences A conversation with these workers reveals a general interest of the masses in matters of art and its general application |