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"■. ■ 'v*'..--- -_" . -- .«■ r-l Maithaad/ D TMsi Ca* 10X iifilmatfattlia an fitoil ao tawi 14k ItX sx 2CX »X 12X IfX 17 aox TIM Art TlH efi OH fki •la or T» ah Til Id •r IM ra m 24X 28X 32X '\ ■»^-.::)1 32X llM OOPY fNinCQ iMffV llM VMM to th» tt w rothv of; He^6pot I tanf ororfto R«f erinc* L I bra ry Arts Department The ImeBi i ■ pp M riwg hei* are tiM best ^uaUty poaalble eoiMiderin* the eondMon and legibility •f tha original oopy and In kaeplnfl wWi tlwr MM vnoin| on AN bOginnlng on Mnpraar a printed alon. o# the baik ooyar vvlien other original eopiaa are fifiat page wMi a printed alon. and ending en tho or muetreted Imp r aaa l on The leet reeorded frame on eaeh mleroflche aheN eontain the tymbol -^ (meenlhg "CON- TINUED"), or the symbol ▼ Imeoning "END"). Mope, plataa. chattajote.. may bo fNmed at differom reduction ratloa. Thoeo too large to be ontlrely biciuded bi one expoeure are fHmed begbifdng bi the upper left band aomer. left to light and top to bottom, aa many frames as requbod. The foN^wta^iHagrama Nkiatrate the -> VeaemiMabe fNm« fut' reproduH griaa 4 la lAndrosltAda::' ;^- Hetropontan Toronto Reference Library Arts Department ^ Lea bnagee sulvantea ont it* reprodultee evec le plua grand sdn. compte tenu do le condition et do le netteti do I'eaemplaire fllmi. et en oonf ormKA awee lea oondltiona du aontrat da Lea emmplalrea oflffineux dont la aouvofture an papier eet bnprimii sent fNmte en eommen9ant par la premier plot et en tarmlnent ooh per hi deoMre page qui comporu une fmprelnte dlmpreoslon ou dINuatratlon. aolt.par la second plot, selon le cea. Toua lee autree aHampMres origlneux sent fllmie en oomme n oe n t par le premMre pege qui comporte une empreinte ^Impressioh ou dlNustratlon et en ferminam par la dmM^ page qui comporte une teila^^ fmpreinte. ' ' . ■■■■.' ;■■■'■■''•"''' " Un dee aymbolae sulvonta apparaltra sur la damMre imege do cheque microfiche, selon le caa: la symbole -^ siftnifle "A 8UIVRE". le aymbole ▼ signlfie "nN\ ■■''■■•-■•.. 2 3 _ _ _ . I. taMeaoK. etc.. peuvent Atro fllmte A dM taux da rAduction dlffiranta. Loraqua la documem eat trap grand pour fttra reproduft en un aoul^h*. M eet film* i partir da I'angle tupMeur gauche, do giuche * drolto. et do haut en baa. en pronant la nombro d'Imegee n«cesaabe. Lea diagrammes auhmnta Nluatrantla ■\ 4" i^ ! F'L L A*:i; use xr ' ^ox cop t r. u of THt se At^TICLES OMIY* 'KM:' TOBOmO FUIUC UNuvnv 'V.t. ;'}. L ^•>J T »1 • . ■^^ 'J. o-*^ ,.i ». - • - ■i: 'j«'' '■i' fCMaonaforai N«w Art Qttll«ry at '. V^'^V£^ th* t Ind«Mtrl«il t VithlbtUoci i witb ' ^ DMii[|n« Jl Ji ^ A. Rsport fronn tli« OnUirlo Booimty of Artlato to tl»« InduttCrial KxliibiUon A*«ool«Uon -?v .(< 1 .at.**'. < <> .^,.A'/. ,- '.i,'''^. ::^r;--' •'I ^:c<' V /;v W.:^^:v^h 'r > *t*oronto, 1880 ~> ^ «^:«I»="«V '^ r ,;M«Ha ^ ■' '.■?"■ - ''■'.■' .^H-, . Reasons for a New Art Gallery A Report from The Ontario Society of Artists To THE Industrial Exhibition Associatich : ?WENTy years ago when the Industrial ICx- hibition Association was formed and the buiWings erected, the Gallery intended for Art purposes wa« * gjreat advance on any- thing of the kiijd before existing in the Dominion, and with the exception,, of the Art Association Building in Montreal and the old roomt of the Ontario Society of Artists at 14 King St. West, the dnly building constructed with sky-lights, especially for aft' pu^idses. The Provincial Exhibition hadT art exhibits, but no partic- ular rooms or galleries, part of the Main Building being used for the purpose, and the Jight was generally very bad. At ihc time of the formation of the Association, Art Schools had only been established in Canada about threo or four years, and the result of their work had not begun to be felt, and it was not then (he common thing for the citizens of Toronto to spend their summer holidays wandering through the Art Galleries of Europe as it is for many of them now, and «;ven those who visited the principal cities of the United SUtes only saw the beginning of the fine collection of pji»?tjng8 and the Art Galleries they now possess. . • The Worid'i Exposition in Chicago was a great stimulus to Art in America, and a vast number of our people for the first time realized what an Art Exhibition could .be. Such arc the factors that have been at work sirtce the. opening of the Exhibition in 1S79. There the fine art exhibit has been managed in various ways. In th6 first place on the 0I4 plan of granting money prizes for the best landscape, portrait, marine, flowers, ete», after the fashion of the old . Su \ ARVORT or TIB <■ ProvincUI Exhibition, then by a nunager nutking the best collection he could get together for a certain money grant to cover expenses, the chief requisite being the filling up of the gallery even to the roof with picturek. >^ For a number of yean past it has been managed by .the Ontario Society of Artists, and until quite recently the same conditions were required of them by the Association or the exhibition was not considered satisfactory. But public opinion at last demanded a change, with the result that for the last two or three years good pictures have only been hung, and in some instances a small space hat been allowed between the frames, but broadly speaking, what has been and is the general effect of this exhiUtion of fine arts ? One large square room I and Sonne four or five hundred pictures, oil, water colors, old masters and new, closely hung together, robbing each other of the good points they possets, so much so that it has not been believed that they were the tame picture* shown at the Society's Annual Exhibition, and still less, that quite a number of them had been exhibited at the Royal Academy and Paris Salon. And how has architecture/the liberal and applied artt, tuch at Industrial Designs, Photographing, Lithographing, Wood Carving, Painting on China, the Art Schools and Technical School work been accommodated? For our great . Industrial Exhibition offiftrs one of the beat opportunttiet of placing before the public the beneficial influence of art on industrial and educational pursuits and to place before the manufacturers designs which will make hit waret beautiful at well at useful For such work there it no adequate provition, Ui they are hung on the stairway, in some odd comer not detired by commercial exhibitort, beside circulaij sawt or next the lavatory. -And how do the public of the pretent day, thote who have been trained in the Art Schoolt, thc^ frequentert of European Art Galleriet and visitors from the large American citict view this state of things ? Why they . naturally say, "It it just the same at ever, tome of the picturet teem better than utual, but taking it * altogether it might be latt year'f /> ONTARIO SOOBTY OF ARTISTS exhibit over agftin." Of course this is not the actual fact, for the works are so much in advance of fifteen or twenty years ago that could they once more occupy this gillery, with some exceptions, would seem like a display of cuiiositiet. But it it the reasonable v#lict' <«f people who have not time nor opportunity to carefully examine the work!, but are influenced by the effect of the whole. Now this condition of things would not be allot|rcd in othier departments, the sUbles, cattle sheds, horae ring, and ih fact, nearly all the buildings have been remodelled or rebuilt, until they are at least^equal to anything of the kind on the continent The buil(fing for the Dog Show is perfect. Why should thiere not be a perfect Art Gallery? A modem Art Gallery, • where the works could be exhibited under the conditions required to give full value to the different mediums of the paintings and suitable to the other classes of work. For instance, the oils require a room separate from the water colors, and designs with their white grounds should not destroy the repose of the paintings. Such a gallery would induce artists to exhibit who now hold aloof, would authorize the . management in borrowing expensive .and important works and thus induce all classes in the Dominion interested 44r the Arts to visit it, thus making the exhibition a special attraction. The foregoing facts have for some years caused the represent- atives of our society on the Industrial Exhibition Association to press upon the authorities the necessity of this new Art Callery. And as a new era is now about to be entered upon, the Ontario Society of Artists strongly urge that the matter be at once considered 'an4 steps taken for its construction, as they feel sure it is of vital importance, not only to the Art of i** the Province, but to the greater success of the Exhibition, and therefore beg respectfully to advise the Association and City Council in the matter by offering the following designs and plans suitable for the purpose. *., It % ')^ ' ■ I . -'i.-=^— -^^ — -*¥a>--&-^ A? * jp3^-4jt A^jt^^Stee- j y ^jyCtifj^y^:x^-^i>.jai^-.^gap^ ' ■ I . ^S.^^!*. j:ML«il^ , „ j^ .^nis..-. «.«6. W,, « w^wUil ^Aifl. -«*»^^ ' *' '??»f~- ■^»^si^g(t*-^"P!^f^w^'-"';r'^r»¥« • — .w^ ■ i^ ■ •- . - ."' * ,^ r^ - — - 'ii ^- \ - ^-— — .— ——