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ART.

The School of Art was founded a number of years ago under the
direction and personal instruction of the famous illustrator and
alumnus of the University of Virginia, Mr. F. Graham Cootes and
for five summers was successfully conducted by him in conjunction
with such artists as R. S. Bredin, George Bellows, W. Scott and
Duncan Smith. It will open its ninth session this summer. The
classes as usual will be two in number, one in the morning from
9:30 to 1 o'clock, and one in the afternoon, in which the pupils work
out of doors from nature. In the morning the pupils draw and
paint from a model in costume, in any medium. The course is designed
for pupils interested in illustrations, cartooning, poster
work, portrait, landscape or decorative painting, and for those who
desire it as an aid in teaching.

The class in Composition meets on Saturday.

At the end of the term an exhibition of the work done by the
students is held in Peabody Hall. These exhibitions have been features
of the Summer School, and have always attracted wide interest
and much favorable comment. The work compares favorably
with that of far larger Schools of Art. No other school of art
can advance the pupil so rapidly, as the students have daily criticisms,
instead of the usual one or two a week, and more personal
attention and interest on the part of the instructor than in other
art schools.

A scholarship for 1916-17 is offered by the New York School of
Fine and Applied Art (formerly "Chase's") to the student doing the
best all around work. Miss Emily Hall, of Richmond, was the winner
of this scholarship last summer. A prize will be awarded for
the best painting made during the term.

The term is that of the Summer School, six weeks, June 20 to August
3.

Rates: $10 per month, half day; $15 per month, full day; $15 per
term (6 weeks) half day; $20 per term (6 weeks) full day.

An initiation fee of $2 will be required of new students.

A full line of art materials will be for sale at the studio.

For further particulars address Mr. Duncan Smith, instructor and
director, 42 Washington Square, New York.

Daily, Peabody Hall, Room 5, Mr. Smith.