Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Part 14

[Tuscan Landscape, Drawing in Pen and Wash. Muirhead Bone, Scotch, 1876- ]

Tuscan Landscape, Drawing in Pen and Wash. Muirhead Bone, Scotch, 1876-

[Study for an Ill.u.s.tration, Drawing in Lithographic Crayon. Theophile Alexandre Steinlen, French, 1859-]

Study for an Ill.u.s.tration, Drawing in Lithographic Crayon. Theophile Alexandre Steinlen, French, 1859-

[An Old Rabbi, Pencil Drawing. William Rothenstein, English, 1872-]

An Old Rabbi, Pencil Drawing. William Rothenstein, English, 1872-

MODERN SCULPTURE

[Playfulness. Paul Mans.h.i.+p, 1885-]

Playfulness. Paul Mans.h.i.+p, 1885-

Gifted, as he is, with an exceptional sense of style, the young American sculptor, Paul Mans.h.i.+p, has well deserved the prizes and praises which have been awarded him. He has a genius for the construction of forms which are highly generalized without thereby losing compactness and vivacity. His power in creating designs that are alive is hardly more original and personal than his use of antique and exotic formulae in rendering details such as hair, eyes and draperies. For, though these conventions are borrowed from archaic Greek, a.s.syrian, and j.a.panese sculpture, they are in Mans.h.i.+p's art perfectly a.s.similated and put to novel uses full of fresh spirit and often touched with an elfish humor.

[Plaque, La Guerre. Hubert Ponscarme, 1827-1903]

Plaque, La Guerre. Hubert Ponscarme, 1827-1903

[Medal, L'Art Decorative, by Ovide Yencesse, 1869-]

Medal, L'Art Decorative, by Ovide Yencesse, 1869-

THE BRADSTREET ROOM

[A Corner of the Room]

A Corner of the Room

In accordance with wishes expressed by the late John Scott Bradstreet, who was deeply interested in the work of the Society of Fine Arts, his sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Carleton and Mrs. Margaret Kimball, at the opening of the new building, presented to the Society a collection of j.a.panese objects collected by Mr. Bradstreet, and arranged for the installation of them in the gallery now known as the John Scott Bradstreet Memorial Room. The room is much appreciated by visitors to the Inst.i.tute.

Restful and marked by delightful harmony of color and form, it is a room such as all the friends of Mr. Bradstreet feel sure he would have approved, if he had been spared to witness the success of the movement for which he cared so much.

The visitor, entering the gallery, will probably notice first of all the large bronze bowl with a dragon coiling about the base, exhibited in the center of the room. On the right-hand wall, the central s.p.a.ce is occupied by a large cupboard of sugi wood (j.a.panese cedar). The sliding doors are decorated with a continuous design of blossoming plum branches. Above the cabinet, on four panels, is painted a splendid design of lotus flowers and leaves in green, black, white, and gold on the natural surface of the wood. A stone garden ornament representing a c.o.c.k perched on a drum stands to the right of the cupboard. To the left is a screen of carved wood, topped by the upward curving horizontal, symbol of s.h.i.+ntoism, and decorated by delightfully fantastic carvings showing kylins among cloud scrolls. Against the wall opposite the door stands an elaborate temple table covered with gold lacquer and decorations in color, including a band, beneath the top, of pleasing little panels in pierced carving based on bird and flower motives. On the left-hand side of the room are two cabinets made of richly grained sugi, the sliding doors decorated with painted lotus and crysanthemum designs. On the cabinets stand a musical instrument, a carved wood Buddha of benignly spiritual expression, and other objects. On the wall are two carved wood panels and a few woodblock prints of the early XIX century. A case contains some rich examples of brocade, including two priest's robes. Near the door hangs a bronze portrait relief of Mr. Bradstreet, which was executed by Paul Fjelde, the son of Jacob Fjelde, known to the people of Minneapolis through his statues of Ole Bull and Hiawatha. It is the gift of about one hundred of Mr. Bradstreet's friends. The portrait is modeled in low relief, and the decorative element of the j.a.panese tree introduced on one side suggests Mr. Bradstreet's fondness for Oriental Art. The relief has received high commendation both as a likeness and as a work of art.

[Color Print. Yeizan, flourished 1800-1830]

Color Print. Yeizan, flourished 1800-1830

[Carved Panel. XVIII Century]