Report of the Art Museum 



A consistent effort to enlarge the service of the Art Museum and 

 interpret its collections by talks before various organizations has been 

 made during the past year. The museum can, and does, make itself 

 helpful in practical ways. Art is not a needless luxury, it is a friend- 

 ship, offering inspiration and sympathy. To increase the knowledge 

 and interest of the visitor contributes to a better appreciation of, and 

 love for, beauty. 



All of the high schools and many of the grammar schools, the 

 continuation school, the MacDuffle School, and the educational depart- 

 ment of the Y. M. C. A. have made use of the collections in connection 

 with their classes in civics, history, and design. The schools of Chico- 

 pee, Chicopee Falls, West Springfield, Ludlow, and Palmer have also 

 been received. 



The illustrated stories given by Miss Sargent in connection with 

 the history lessons of the sixth-grade pupils of the public schools were 

 continued. Some of the teachers and mothers of the children who 

 attended have taken pains to express their appreciation of the added 

 interest which the children have taken in history on account of these 

 talks. 



In an effort to make known the resources of the museum to those 

 who desire to make practical use of the collections, the following clubs 

 have been received: The Traveling Club, Entre Nous Club, Review 

 Club, Springfield, Westfield and Northampton Delphian Societies, the 

 Women's Club of West Springfield, and of South Hadley Falls., 



Interest in the Saturday afternoon drawing class has continued and 

 under the efficient instruction of Miss Ruth Marsden, the teacher pro- 

 vided for us by the school board, the class has made excellent progress. 



During the year Mr. Smith added to the collection the following 

 oil paintings : 



''Autumn," by Arthur Part on. 

 "Woman in Blue," by E. L. Garrido. 

 'The Stage Coach," by J. H. Cocks. 

 "Courtship," by J. G. Brown. 

 "RecHning Nude," by Joseph Coomans. 

 "By Moonlight," by M. F. H. de Haas. 

 "The Brunette," by Walter Blackman. 

 "Two Broods," by J. Rosierse. 

 "Richelieu," by P. J. Sinibaldi. 

 "Feeding the Robins," by J. H. Witte. 

 "New Moon," by George C. Lambdin. 

 "Ausable," by WiUiam Hart. 

 "Rocky Coast," by J. B. Bristol. 



