. International studio. -ful and joyous at y<»ungest. RudolfSchramm /it tau, isbarely out of his twen-ties. And the owner ofthese jiiciures prefersmodern art for the .samereasons that he prefers that modern life of whichthis art is but the sensi-tive and accurate B. The proceedings ofthe convention held inWashington from MayII to ^lay 13 last, atwhich the AmericanFederation of Arts wasformed, have just been])ublished. The Federa-tion, it will be remem-bered, has as its objectthe beautifying of everycity, town and village inthe United States andthe development of theartis
. International studio. -ful and joyous at y<»ungest. RudolfSchramm /it tau, isbarely out of his twen-ties. And the owner ofthese jiiciures prefersmodern art for the .samereasons that he prefers that modern life of whichthis art is but the sensi-tive and accurate B. The proceedings ofthe convention held inWashington from MayII to ^lay 13 last, atwhich the AmericanFederation of Arts wasformed, have just been])ublished. The Federa-tion, it will be remem-bered, has as its objectthe beautifying of everycity, town and village inthe United States andthe development of theartistic side of the na-tion. Through its effortsevery city in this coun-try should be as beauti-ful as the most splendidcity in Europe. The i)ublished j)roceedings con-tain addresses by the Vice-President of the UnitedStates, Senator Root, Senator Newlands (to whomthe Federation of Arts owes so much). Miss LeilaMechlin, assistant secretary of the Federation; theBritish ambassador, and numerous others. ?\ BY FRITZ THAULOW. ;SCAPE BY GROSVENOR THOMAS LXIV Frederick George Cot man, A N EAST-ANGLIAN PAINTER:FREDERICK GEORGE COTMAN, BY A. LYS BALDRY. Perhaps one of the greatest disabilities againstwhich a young artist has to struggle at the outsetof his career is too near relationship to a manof marked eminence in the same profession. Theson of a famous artist starts life handicappedby his inheritance of a name which is associatedin the public mind with a certain type of produc-tion and a special standard of achievement, and itis far more difficult for him than it would be for aworker with no such associations to make in hisown way a place for himself in the art world. Notonly is there too much expected of him before hehas gained the experience which makes fine accom-plishment possible, but there is a tendency to insistthat he shall carry on a kind of family traditionand not be free to chose his own direction. The judgment of the public on an artist in thisposition is,
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