Show I STORIES ABOUT UTAH ARTISTS I I Department Conducted Cond by the thc Ogden Art Society XI NATIO ATlO AL ART AIST Ry G RY Senator Bert M aI Ie rna It of MaIne chairman o of f the senate committee on public buildings and j I grounds Is a 0 siron strong belle believer er In the thede Ides Ide of ot Wa the IheI national capital capital-as capital as the Iho most moat beau brau- beautiful brau I city cit elt In this country rind And In trio no world Ho Is la strongly backing the proposal of ot President Coolidge that i congress authorIze an 11 la- la laI Don la-Don I pion of to be bo expended I Washington for tor public buildings 0 oser er a period of ot ten ear car car- And Senator Fernald belicH's also that the building program should include In- In In Include clude elude a a home fOr tor the tho National Gal Gal- Gallery Gal Gallery lery of Art now so inadequately houed od In the th Natural history HI tor building of the Smithsonian group A concrete proposal tor for the gov- gov government's government's gov government's building plan In Wash Wash- Washington Washington ington Is la contained In a bill recent recent- recently recently recently ly Introduced Jn in the senate by Sen- Sen Senator Senator Sen Senator ator Smoot of o Utah chairman ot of the public buildings commission ThIs bill has been referred by b the tho buildings and ond grounds com com- committee com committee to a subcommittee conflating om I ing of Senators Ke es of Nest Ne Hampshire of ot Minnesota ta to and Ma 10 d d of ot Te Texas cas The Tho I supporters of ot the project tor for a building for tor the national gallery golIer ot of otI oart I art may undertake to bring about J J an amendment of ot the Smoot bill so BOas as to make moke specific mention of a gallery galery building It has been esti- esti estimated estimated esti estimated mated by of officials cia Is connected Ith the national gallery galler thit th It IL would be possible to construct a building possibly a w weng ng ncr of ot the I home homo of the for or Such Sucha a structure would be bo a tremendous I step forward toward the prOper housing ot- ot of the of-the the national gallery galle y al- al alI already ready al-ready ready containing paintings s and ob- ob objects ob objects of art at I As AJ soon as the architects architect's plans for tor the building for lor the national gallery hale ha e been completed cOlI as I proposed ed by the national gallery commission lon at Its last annual meet meet- meeting In ing It wll II be possible to make mako ling definite estimates for tor the ture uc- uc ture and to take toke the matter up with Ith the proper of chIs Including the budget bureau It is planned to tg seek legislation at the present pre congress authorizing the Hie erection or of tho the national gallery galery building either through the thEl Smoot bill or orI through a te e I ARCHITECT lA ID eI I Charles A Plait of New York Iraq hM been ben selected b by the board boud pf f regents of ot the Institution institution Institution as the tho architect architect to d the proposed national aller gallery of art building Th The selection of this idely kno known n leader in his profession profession sion slon to make the plans for tor this structure which Is to stand tand through the ages as a home homo of art ort In the national capital ha has hag been ben generally applauded Sir Mr Platt d designed the rrell gallery galery building donates by bv bythe the late Charles L L freer Iner of De- De DetI De tI olt Midi Ditch to house hO the splendid collection of art ail t giver b bhIm him b hIm to the nation He lie has ed dese od ed also the gallon gallery 1 which I k 1 to tu bo be constructed d In VIII Wilkes Barre Barre s-Barre PaThe Pi Pa The preparation of oC the al design tor for the proposed national na- na national na national gallery bull building lIng has peen t een made possible th through ough the 1 1 button of or funds bi by b private 1 indo uala Id-I Id uala interested in the project and ond accepted I accepted by the In- In institution In Institution which Is custodian of ot the national gallery of ot now art art now hous housed d j I i I I J j in the natural history building or of orI I the he Smithsonian group IOUp Tho The site toi fOI the building hai hac ha already been set asido by net act o of oC f Io congress congress lo located caged In that great greit parkway stretching south of oC o pennsy anla n from th the tho capitol to the th Washington monument the monument the MallIt Mall It remains now nosy to secure funds for fOI the tho erection ot or the building It- It itself it itself self In order to In acquaint himself with I the tho latest latet de In tho the ex- ex I of or art works in the tho great cities of Europe and to view again I the splendid galleries of ot Rome Florence Paris London and othel foreign cities Mr Platt will go to In alai Mai 10 and spend two month in study there HOUSED iv PALACES p p SLACKS Many of the galleries In the tho tu- tu Eu European countries are housed In an- an ancient ancient an ancient and beautiful pal palaces-pal- palaces pal palace aces ace that In themselves are ore Inter Inter- Interesting Interesting esting irrespective of oC the paintings that hung there Some of these palaces designed originally for tor en entirely en- en entirely entirely different purposes do not prove the most moat e e I halls for tor the masterpieces masterpiece thy they r hold 1 MINUS US US A POl pOSIE IThe The Tho national gallery building will be minus a dome If it Mr Ir Platts Platt's Ideas are arc followed Any dOne dome no ne ss would be dwarfed darted when hen compared to that of the national capitol and It Is far better not to attempt to dispute the glory of ot the capitol building I Further urther urther a dome would not add to the effectiveness ot of the building as a gallery Mr Platt feels that tho the COI correct la layout out for a gallery of oC art should lead the visitors on from Crom object to ob- ob object object ob object and from floor to floor with Ith without out gh Ing them the Impression that they are arc climbing the Alps for ex- ex example example ex example ample for l or that reason he hI has bas advanced the Idea of ot a basement a first and a Ond end floor which will tie bO e the tho top and contain lie he most Interesting part of the exhibit Americans Americana who collect master master- masterpieces masterpieces masterpieces pieces of art rt and who nho ho nisi Is to make dIsposition of ot them for the benefit of the whole people will natural natural- naturally naturally naturally ly select the national golIer gallery of art artIn artin artIn In the capital of the nation I Mr Platt said hald during his hia sisal to Washington He lie pointed out that thu the Metropolitan Iu Museum pum In New NewYork NewYork York and the Art Institute In Chi Chi- Chicago Chi Chicago cago cago for tor e could be bo expect expect- expected expected Chi I ed to draw the e exhibits princIpally principally principally pally and perhaps entirely from the residents of New York and lili- lili Illinois Illi Illinois nois only On the other hand the Washington gallery as it already has don done may ma b be expected to draw from the entire nation The national gallery galleri of art as It ItIs Itis Is constituted today is valued at 5 But nut bequests and gifts to the gallery galler hate hiie come practical practical- 1 Iseno ly practically to a standstill because there Ise 11 no adequate place at ha hand nd for tor fur fur- further fur further ther objects object of art It is 11 essential fur I therefore that a beginning on the new gallery building building- be made at atthe atthe atthe the earliest possible date dite For that reason air Mr Ir Platt hold holds that If it the moneY Is h not a 10 to com corn complete complete the he entire entile structure now a apOl apoi portion pOl of oC the Money could be use J to lay the foundations ot of o the he build building ing and complete a wing lag In such the Metropolitan l Museum In New York was begun and Is I 11 gradually being completed over aJ a period of ot years lars cars aI I |