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I rh t e Ari rk D in the Wor Id Ed 4 Q I I G I 4 iTi 44 r V r t t 4 I 4 v s In 1 F General View of the Albright Art Gallery GaIe Buffalo fiaTo M ISS CORNELIA BENTLEY BELEY iV SAGE of ot Buffalo X Y i Is F th the only woman art toil toV In the world Her ller official of ot ot- ot M tl Ial title Is Is' director tor of ot t the thc Buffalo Fine Arts Aits Academy and Albright Art r u gallery arid and t the 1 heads of ot 7 very ry few tw great art Institutions are ar a as e personal and pervasive per per- e al n In managing these theseas a as 19 Is Miss Sa Sage Sag e-e e In n the ot of the dual Institution in her keeping keepings- She organizes exhibitions not only for tho the Albright Art which Is part ot r. r the academy but also for tor In- In like lIJe Boston St. St Louis I 1 Brooklyn and Toledo museums and the 1 Chicago Institute For Jn many man of or the veI very fine sho shows s sI I which she gets together I lh In America i J and Europe are booked by her with full from the he heads head d of th those e eother other Institutions for them as s well as asfor astal for Zor Buffalo Miss 8 Sa Sage gc s 's responsibility in the matter will wll be appreciated when It lt Is ts stated that every w work rk ot of art ut rt shown In these numerous exhibitions In the Albright Art gallery n and olse- olse where here Is whIch h means mc ns that once once she sho has ha set set the seal of ot her ap up- upon It the tho choice stands In other J words Miss 1 s Sago Sage Is Js 50 so trusted by byI I the officers of her own and other largo art arl Institutions tl ns that the works l' l she he RC- RC e leets as worthy to be shown publicly i n firo ae c to a Jury on admission as as Is 18 the ease case with niost exhibitions Moreover she she Is Is' ht her r ro o own on n hanging j I committee e deciding Just how ho tho pie plc- turNS ures and other art rt works exhibited varo arc nrc to o b be placed 4 Miss Sage I Isa a positive character and has has a l positive w way y of or expressing her- her elt Some of ot her most aggressive lve nrc nie d derived from Dr Charles M. M Kurtz whoso whose assistant she he Clarles wa was wall and k t y i whose e successor she she ii Is Dr K Kurtz havIng haying hav hay Ing b been en director of ot tho Buffalo Fine Arts Art academy when ho died in Ih 1 09 She She- Is strongly opposed to ih th Installing and takinG taking down down of ot exhibitions hi su h rapid succession that the they offer otter no noI mal advantage go and disappear pe x I the public has time to understand under under- stand or appreciate their Value al e. e Ono year she he said raid In speaking of ot this point two twenty o l' exhibitions were held at the Art gallery happened Before Detore a collection could be thoroughly advertised ad or or or- even properly properly prop prop prop- erl erly seen to sa say nothing of being studied It was gone gone Weeks after- after I I Detail DeaI t ot Court rt Art GaH ry j 1 ward ard visitors came camo to to Inquire after a particular picture or collection which by that time had almost made the thoi rounds of all galleries Recently I spent two tO days das at at an an Important t gallery and seeing H hand carts carts go-carts wh e e- e barrows r rushing hing through through one one set of ot men runn running n with pictures pI i under their theft arms to get them hung in time while another set was taking down pictures s antI and hurrying hu rin them out jut to ox- ox press s wagons l a ons I I Inquired What hat exhibitions are arc these Oh Oh Ah th said the director ot of t the e galleries I really relly do riot hot kno know knowl I I torget tor for for- get got You see see- sec wo v Wo 0 ha have hab so so man many I cannot can can- can can- not keep track of ot them thein I will look at at my What t a state tat of thin things tI in Ina a a big muse museum supposed to instruct and ed educate eduCato edu edu- cato cate the masses masses And what h t hanking In the tho haste hasto pictures thrown on the tho walls with rio no regard for sCh school period or or size workmen n- n being s- s allowed llo d to to squeeze q In Iii as many on the walls waIls a as physically lly possible Why riot ot long ago ag men men w were re seen seen in another r museum measuring t the e framed pictures and the wall space so that they could fit in tho es' es t together g and Md one nc picture actually was wed wedged ed in crosswise cross ross wise so that the child picture wa was WM on Its Hs back d during ln g the entire en- en nUre n- n tire tiro exhibition Besides Beside giving pictures appropriate backgrounds and much breathing and besides beide the now n n ne of oC hanging worthy orthy v. v Works oruro of or are arc In a single line Hue pictures should be studied with artistic o pol nc 1 and and intelligence according to tone The works of ot the various art the tho different schools the different differ eat ent methods of ot should bo be carefully studied and hung according to relative harmony and not only buly should the paintings of ot varIous schools bo be placed on separate walls wall but bilt if It possible the they should bo ho acc rJ d farent rooms So and sos sor iO only can justice be bedone done en each h. h painter pIntor ch school and satisfaction given tr to t the many great painters painters' who io think who wh lIe sec seo and work workout out their great groat i through di different ferent Nor Noc does Miss lIs Sage Sag believe bellevo that an nn Institution should bu buy pictures simply for ifor the of ot being able t to boi boOst boast st of ot possessing an example an-example an exam Je OC work of-work work bythIA or or noted painter she regards reg-ards It as far more creditable to form torm t- t l J lection of of or hl high h artistic JuRI ity It than a collection that would look b better In the tho pales pages of ot t ct catalogue logue than tharL r c 4 I l. l t I Mi t r I I 4 iJ o on tho a gallery This Thill woman art director also believes cs In fostering contemporary art There are certain young o ng painters painter both American arid anti foreign now lIving whose be best l work worl Is Ie worth worthy v of ot representation in an any museum In the world world- men of distinctive c In Individuality and In- In The American museums of or to today l which Invest In Important and characteristic works vork by ties these men inn certainly cor- cor will have no reason to re regret ret th their purchases purchases' In the tl future whether or financial Investments The advancement in technical abil abil- Jt ity among amoni artists has been w in the last few years and there are arc hundreds of ot of painters scattered over the world today who greatly surpass tile the painters of at tho the past excepting a few gre great masters of ot abil abil- fly ity Indeed d considering th the splendid examples of at contemporary art no now nobe belig be hi Ing produced in thIs country country- and and purchasable by art m museums at t prices p which they cars can al af at- at ford to layt t Is the height ht ity to neglect such works for tor the purchase pur pur- chase baso at extravagant prices of or works oC of- of Inferior quality b by d dead ad painters Important works b by distinguished d old masters are rare and of course should be had If It possible c. c but works should r Mi t I I I I I it- it 1 r h 7 I i i t t f c z I 1 f C Corneli lB Sage Director o of the Buffalo Buffal Fine Arts Aril Academy and bright Albright Art GatI y Ilot not be t p purchased r because the they are are old Jd neither should unimportant works of dr lr reaL YeaL artists be bought because of ot th the tho trenchant opinions recently Were l ll by Miss Sago Sage In iii Acad Academy em emy Totes otes Otes w which l h Is Is is' tile bulletin of ot tho Buffalo I Fine Arts Art academy my f has has has' recent recently hun hung tho the cJ eighth annual exhibition of or American paintings In the tho Albright ht art rt gallery aUery I H Her l' l selection and placing of ot the pie pic I tures has been e n highly praised Her Herrise Iise rise ir Ia the councils of oC the academy has been een most int interesting and Is ledue duo to her pluck and Initiative c coupled with knowledge Dr Char Charles s 1 M. M Kurtz Kurta lied died In 1900 1909 it seemed to the tho art committee corn com of ot the academy that the annual exhibition of American paintings s al always al- al ways the largest show of ot tho the year r In Buff Buffalo lo woul would 1 have havo to 1 be he abandoned for tor that season se For Por who could do as ash ashe ashe h he always hail had done go done Ro pro from studio to studio from froni gallery to gallery saUer and eVen oVon In the homes of ot private col collectors j cO-j Invite Pic- Pic lectors In many 8 to lures to this important exhibition Dr Dr Sa Sages Sage's had been Miss Sar Sage permission permission assistant promptly requested Receiving Receiving sion glon to altan arrange e the exhibition ing due authority lIh she threw herself er elt heart and n soul into tho the work and mado made such n. n success lie of f it that sho site was ns of officially ot- ot appointed assistant to the art artt office of or art dl- dl iii t l' l although h the tc rector Il It eH was as vacant Miss Iss S1 Sage e simply 1 had s sen n her opportunity and anti andrisen rl risen n to It lt As soon as ns slit she was au authorized authorized au- au to take up tip Dr Dl Kurtz's Kurtas work where his death had cut It short she hc started on a tour of r the thu stu studios los of ot dif dlf- cent cities Sho ho ho- hoJi Ji h herself r relf eH Is 19 an artist known n chiefly as a painter of or miniatures minia minla- tures turcs and sho Rho knew V to appeal to the artistic temperament Sh She had studied with Carroll Beckwith Robert flobert Reid field and C. C C. C Curran and thc they glad gladly No Xo doubt Rave gave e a her their co operation their lr aid and advice w were re re an Inspiration inspiration tion to tho the woman who ho had shouldered so much r at such sh shOrt rt notice but there thero Is la equally no doubt that would she would have havo put through the exhibition u undaunted and by herself if ifa a necessary ry She Sho visited studios In New ew York Philadelphia Boston and the tho west wesl se selected selected so- so the pictures sho she wanted for the exhibition and anti not o only J made mado all th the arrangements for tor their proper shipment shipment ship ship- ment mOnt to Buffalo but when tHc they were i ed hun hung them herself Not only was this exhibition a success artistically 13 ly butt but also aso l o in tho the number of ot pictures sold out of It Miss Sages Sage's work In con connection with this and exhibitions exhibition which she he arranged during tho the season that followed fol tol lowed was waR carefully watched b by th theart the theart art committee The inevitable result was that from assistant to the art Rrt director she was advanced ad to acting director and in Oc October ob r 1910 about a n. year and n. n a half after aCtor Dr Kurtz's death to the theoffice office of at director b becoming th the only woman art director in the world The Tho Buffalo newspapers rs are accustomed tomed to speak peak o of oc her as Dir Director Sa Sage e. e and so fe few people realize thata that thata a woman toman can be tho the director or of so Important Im Ira- an Institution as as the Buffalo Fine Arts Art academy that most mont of or the letters rl addressed to to ther begin bee Dear J Sir |