TORRE GALLE, BY JOHN SINGER SARGENT, R. A., N. A. MASSACHUSETTS NORMAL ART SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. Grundmann Studios, 198 Clarendon Street, Boston, Mass. WILLIAM J. EDWARDS, President. MINNIE S. SEAVER, Vice-President. ELLEN F. O'CONNOR, Secretary and Treasurer, 42 Highland Avenue, Boston, Mass. Organized 1888. Annual meeting April. Other meetings January and June. About 300 members. Room open to members daily from 10 to 6. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. Huntington Avenue, Boston, Mass. GARDINER MARTIN LANE, President. FRANCIS LEE HIGGINSON, Treasurer. STAFF. ARTHUR FAIRBANKS, Director and Curator of Classical Art. BENJAMIN IVES GILMAN, Secretary. SIDNEY NORTON DEANE, Secretary to the Director and in charge of Educational Work. OKAKURA-KAKUZO, Advisor to the Department of Chinese and Japanese Art. EDWARD SYLVESTER MORSE, Keeper of Japanese Pottery. GEORGE A. REISNER, Curator of Egyptian Art. JEAN GUIFFREY, Curator of Paintings. FITZROY CARRINGTON, Curator of Prints. MORRIS CARTER, Librarian. WILLIAM W. MCLEAN, Superintendent of Building and Grounds. (For foundation see Vol. I, p. 94, and Vol. VIII, p. 118.) Open week days 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. (November to March, 4 p. m.); Sundays 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. Admission free Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays; other days, 25 cents. Guidance in the galleries free to visitors. Permanent exhibition of original works of the art of Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Orient and modern Europe and America, supplemented by reproductions of others. Incorporated 1870. Annual meeting in January. Chapter, American Federation of Arts. Bulletin published bi-monthly. Occasional special exhibitions. Art school maintained (see list of schools). The largest gift of the year was $1,500,000 from Francis P. Bartlett. In April the Evans memorial wing, to contain paintings, was begun. Among the important acquisitions were: "Portrait of a Lady," by Lucas Cranach, the Elder; "Portrait of John Eld," by Gainsborough; 145 water colors by John S. Sargent; 11 objects added to Ross Oriental Collection; Colonial silver; Flemish tapestries. Special exhibitions held include works by members of the "Société des Peintres et des Sculpteurs;" Colonial furniture; early wood-cuts, and recent acquisitions in Chinese and Japanese art. Α print department has been endowed and FitzRoy Carrington was appointed Curator; the "Print Collector's Quarterly" will hereafter be published by the Museum. PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. Boston, Mass. HORACE G. WADLIN, Librarian. Three exhibition rooms open on week days 9 a. m. to 10 p. m.; Sundays 12 to 10 p. m., except from June 15 to September 15, when the Library closes at 9 p. m. Frequent special exhibitions. Over 20,000 books on art; over 30,000 photographs and process prints. Organized 1897. Annual meeting, the second Wednesday in February. Nine hundred members. Chapter, American Federation of Arts. Permanent salesroom and monthly exhibitions. STUART CLUB. 102 The Fenway, Boston, Mass. KATHERINE B. CHILD,. President. MRS. H. N. WHEELER, Secretary. MRS. E. F. WILLIAMS, Treasurer. 55 Garden Street, Cambridge, Mass. (For details see Vol. VI, p. 138.) A home for women students. OLD COLONY UNION. MRS. F. C. SMALL, Bourne, Mass.; P. O. Buzzards Bay, Mass. MRS. ROBERT J. RYDER, Vice-President. Secretary, Buzzards Bay, Mass. HELEN M. HILL, Director and Acting Secretary. Organized 1911. Annual meeting first Saturday in April; monthly executive committee meetings. Three hundred and forty-three members. Chapter, American Federation of Arts. Industrial school built in 1912; equipped with looms, carpenter shop, etc. Clubhouse and tea room operated by the older girls in the villages. Children in industrial school paid for their work, and their carfare from the adjacent villages is also paid. BRIDGEPORT ART LEAGUE. MRS. HERBERT M. KNAPP, President. First Vice-President. Bridgeport, Conn. MRS. WILLIAM M. RICHARDSON, HELEN HARRISON, MRS. JOHN CHAMBERLAIN, Treasurer. About 1,200 books on the fine and applied arts. Monthly exhibitions. WALKER ART BUILDING. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me. HENRY JOHNSON, Curator. (For foundation and description see Vol. V, p. 158.) Open, free, week days, 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.; Sundays and holidays, 1:30 to 4 p. m. Mural decorations by La Farge, Vedder, Thayer and Cox. Collections comprise paintings, Japanese and Chinese art objects, Cypriote antiquities, etc. BUFFALO CHAPTER, A. I. A. H. OSGOOD HOLLAND, . President. ELLICOTT R. COLSON, Secretary. 35 Dun Building, Buffalo, N. Y. Organized 1890. Forty-six members, of whom eighteen are Institute members. Chapter, American Federation of Arts. BUFFALO FINE ARTS ACADEMY. Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, N. Y. WILLIAM A. DOUGLAS, President. JOSEPH C. DUDLEY, GEORGE E. LAVERACK, Secretary. Treasurer. CORNELIA B. SAGE, Art Director. (For history see Vol. VI, p. 160.) Open daily 10 a. m. to 5:30 p. m., except Sundays and Mondays, when the hours are 1 to 5:30 p. m. Admission free Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays; other days (to non-members) 25 cents. Galleries of paintings and sculpture. Incorporated 1862. Annual meeting first Wednesday after the first Tuesday in January. Permanent funds, $289,439.57, of which about $144,000 is for maintenance, and $145,000 consists of special picture funds. About seven hundred members; a new membership at $5 called "The Friends of the Albright Art Gallery" was established in the spring of 1912, the income being devoted to the purchase of works of art for the permanent collection; the first picture acquired was Charles W. Hawthorne's "The Family." An art school is maintained (see school reports). "Academy Notes," published quarterly; $1 a year, free to members. Chapter, American Federation of Arts. In November, 1912, the fiftieth year of its incorporation was celebrated by a Greek pageant in the sculpture court of the Albright Art Gallery. Attendance in 1912 was 167,723, with twelve special exhibitions including December 16 to December 26, paintings by members of the Société des Peintres et des Sculpteurs of Paris. Twenty-four works were sold. Two public lectures. BUFFALO GUILD OF ALLIED ARTS. 623A Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Organized 1912. Permanent sales room opened January 16, 1912. About two hundred members. Chapter, American Federation of Arts. Exhibitions; lectures; tea served Monday and Friday. |