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KERAMIC STUDIO 
ANITA GRAY CHANDLER 
7 Edison Avenue. Tufts College, Mass. 
Page Editor 
AT THE SIGN 
OF THE 
BRUSH AND PALETTE 
This is Ye Old Art Inn 
where the worker of Arts and 
Crafts may rest a bit and par- 
take of refreshment. 
AN exhibition of Spanish painting by Ignacio Zuloaga, held 
at Copley Hall, Boston, the latter part of November 
has been heralded as "the most important art show of the 
American season." From Boston where it made its American 
debut it proceeded to the Brooklyn Museum and the Duveen 
Galleries, New York. The following galleries and art insti- 
tutes are fortunate enough to have secured the pictures for 
exhibition, the last to be given in August, 1917:— The Albright 
Gallery of Buffalo, the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, the Art 
Institute of Chicago, the City Art Museum of St. Louis, and 
the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. It is to be deplored that 
art lovers farther west are not to see this remarkable collection 
of pictures. Zuloaga is said to have required ten years of 
earnest coaxing to consent to the exhibition in America, so 
averse is he to exploiting his own work. It is through the 
untiring efforts of Mrs. Philip Lydig and Dr. Christian Brinton 
that the end was finally accomplished. But even so, Fate 
seemed determined to interfere, for while the canvases were 
on their way to Boston via the French liner Espagne, a German 
submarine appeared in the vicinity sinking several vessels. 
The French ship escaped by heading for the Delaware instead 
of the Hudson. Zuloaga is 46 years old, at the height of his 
fame, has sold pictures to all the civilized nations nearly, and 
is being ranked with such masters as El Greco, Velazquez and 
Goya. He is practically self taught. "All I know of the 
Beaux Arts," said he, "is what I have seen from the windows 
of the Louvre." His genius is supposed to be atavistic since 
he springs from a dynasty of craftsmen who for generations 
have been armourers, decorative painters, metal-workers, or 
ceramists. Young Ignacio was intended for the foundry but 
upon seeing the paintings of Velazquez and Goya immediately 
turned to the brush and palette, in spite of bitter paternal 
objection. His present success is a happy ending to the story 
of his struggle for fame. 
A water color by John S. Sargent was recently sold for 
$2,700 in New York. It is called The Looking Glass and shows 
a tenderfoot making his toilette before a bit of a glass fastened 
to a tree in the Rockies. 
And here is still another "effect of the war:" "The 17th 
Century Gallery 23a, Old Bond Street, London W. The war 
enables us to offer Genuine Old Masters at most attractive 
prices. Fine investments. Correspondence invited. Ex- 
changes arranged. Advice given." 
The art collection of Ferdinand Keller of Philadelphia 
was sold in New York the latter part of November. The 
collection consisted of rare old English furniture, Flemish 
tapestries, Italian and Spanish mirrors, embroidered crimson 
velvet curtains from the palace of Queen Isabella of Spain, 
two Chippendale chairs once the property of George Washing- 
ton, old English and Dutch silver, brocades, and other valuable 
objects dear to the collector's heart. 
The National Institute of Arts and Letters elected the 
following members to the section of art, at the annual meeting 
held at the University Club, New York: Frederick Clay Barnett 
of Illinois, Alexander Sterling Calder of New York, Cyrus E. 
Dallin of Massachusetts, Charles H. Niehaus of New York, 
and John Russell Pope of New York. 
Do you know anything of the beautiful and original tapes- 
tries that are being made right here in America? One of the 
most interesting of the work shops where these are produced, 
says Elizabeth H. Russell in the December House Beautiful, 
is the one which Mrs. Francis Bailey Vanderhoef started three 
years ago in Greenwich, Conn. In a charming white house 
with green blinds and flower boxes at every window the looms 
are set up and the tapestries woven by skilled fingers. Many 
of the dyes are made in the basement or kitchen. One is 
reminded of the great English craftsman and poet, William 
Morris, and his absorbing interest in dying, weaving and tapes- 
try making. Mr. and Mrs. Vanderhoef long to see the day 
when everyone with a talent for making beautiful things may 
find exercise for it in an Arts and Crafts community. 
An acquaintance of mine who is doing school extension 
work in the North End of Boston, tells me that it is easier to 
teach the Italian children the rudiments of interior decorating 
than those of any other race with which she has come in con- 
tact. They have an inborn love of the beautiful that is keenly 
susceptible to color and form. The mothers, she says, will 
walk miles with their babies in their arms to visit the art gal- 
leries, so starved are they for the beauty of their native land. 
She foresees the day when there will be special officers at the 
immigrant stations whose business it will be to discover artistic 
ability among the new comers to our land. 
Are you making any of the charming little water gardens 
for the early spring days before the out-door gardens begin to 
grow? These are just shallow bowls in a plain lustre or matt 
background, half-filled with moss or pebbles in which narcissus 
or crocus bulbs are embedded. Kept moist and in a sunny 
window they will add a pretty touch of Spring to your home 
or studio. They would make lovely Easter gifts. 
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Did you know that Rosa Bonheur, the animal painter, 
kept a stable beneath her studio where she might lodge her 
models? And did you know that her favorite costume was 
a peasant smock and pantaloons? 
The Halsey collection of 10,000 rare prints was put up at 
auction in New York the first of November. The early Ameri- 
cana were in themselves priceless both from an artistic and 
historic standpoint. Mr. Halsey had devoted thirty-five years 
to amassing the entire collection and frequently paid thousands 
of dollars for a single print. 
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