American Art Annual Volume 11 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...a staff consisting of students who have completed or are taking the art course described above. The Woman's Club, the Crafters. and the Association of Mothers' Club were among the organizations which availed themselves of this service in 1913. The Museum has its own press and prints its annual report, the catalogue of the Art Academy, catalogues of the special exhibitions, Library booklists for the use of teachers and others, also a large number of separate halftones of large size and many of postcard size, reproducing views of the CINCINNATI Museum Association--Continued Museum and many objects in it. Thirty-four half-tones and more than 70 postcards have already been issued. The Museum co-operates with the Municipal Art Society of Cincinnati in the selection and placing in the schools of photographs of works of art, serving at once a decorative and educational purpose. Statistics 1912 1913 Endowments for Museum $632,481 $639,389 Endowments for Academy 393,502 409,288 Receipts for use of Museum 34,006 34,889 Expenses of Museum 30,570 40,434 Receipts for Academy 23,772 24,354 Expenses of Academy 23,339 23,190 Total number of members 140 148 Total attendance 48,733 48,460 Attendance of artists, students and children (free) 10,852 8,279 Number of objects of art owned by Museum 57,150 57,934 Number of objects purchased in year 23 157 Number of objects donated in year 719 627 Number of bound volumes in Library 4,332 4,500 Total objects on loan 14,838 13,571 Photographs in Library (about) 8,000 8,000 Lantern slides (about) 2.500 2,500 Number of pieces from Museum Press 122,597 127,138 Exhibitions Oct. 5, 1912--Selected water color exhibition. Oct. 14--Work by students of Art Academy. Oct. 19--National Park pictures. Oct. 27--Exhibition of a...