American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . ague of New York, a society now well known throughout the country as conducting a com-prehensive scheme of art study, laboring, however, under the disadvantages incident to a self-supporting institution. It had been in operation a year when Shirlaw was given an invitationto take charge of it. He accepted, and began work at once. The school prospered, and atthe beginning of the second year, feeling that he had done all he could, he resigned, recom-mending as his successor Mr. William M. Chase, another distinguished painter
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . ague of New York, a society now well known throughout the country as conducting a com-prehensive scheme of art study, laboring, however, under the disadvantages incident to a self-supporting institution. It had been in operation a year when Shirlaw was given an invitationto take charge of it. He accepted, and began work at once. The school prospered, and atthe beginning of the second year, feeling that he had done all he could, he resigned, recom-mending as his successor Mr. William M. Chase, another distinguished painter and student ofthe Munich schools, who had taken up his residence in New York, Shirlaw still attending tothe composition class, with the understanding that he would not accept any salary. The schoolincreased so rapidly that at the beginning of the third year it became evident that one mancould not take entire charge of it, and a professor was appointed for each class. Shirlawremained in charge of the composition class until the close of 1880, when, by his wish, Mr. AMERICAN ART 61 W. Dewing, an accomplished artist and student of the Paris schools, took the position. Likeevery artist of positive convictions, Shirlaw expressed his interest in art education and progressby teaching. It is to be remarked with increasing significance, that, with all the public patron-age of art in the United States in the way of museums, academies, and galleries, it hasremained for the artists, for their own and the future students salvation, to open schools andteach them themselves. While in Chicago Shirlaw was one of the prime movers in the organization of the Academyof Design, the first real art movement in that city. The second year of his exhibiting at theNational Academy of Design, he was elected an Associate, which position he retained for a
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