Documents associated with: Exhibition of International Art, International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London, 1898
Record 4 of 87
System Number: 02276
Date: 23 December 1897
Author: Francis Howard[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: [Paris]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler I17
Document Type: AD
Report of the first Council Meeting held at Princes Rink
Dec 23rd 1897
Those present were:-
Mr John Lavery[2] who occupied the Chair
Mr E A Walton[3]
Mr G Sauter[4]
Mr Francis Howard
Telegrams & letters were received from Mr Whistler[,] Mr Gilbert[5], and other members of the council explaining their unavoidable absence in consequence of the season and the short notice given of the meeting
The following resolutions were passed:-
(1) It was resolved on behalf of the entire Council to give the company of the Imternational [sic] Exhibition and its directors every support and active help in the formation and artistic conduct of the Exhibition and its director to a successful issue.
(2) It was resolved to issue as soon as possible formal invitations of Honarary [sic] Membership of the Council to the following distinguished Artists[6] abroad (the form of invitation, and its issue in French & German being entrusted to the Honorary Secretary after some discussion upon the point)
M. M Puvis de Chavannes, Rodin, Besnard, Boldini, Menzel Stück, Helleu, Degas, Zorn, Von Lembach, Klinger, Von Uhdi [sic][,] Bachlin [sic], Liebermann - Blanche - G. Costa, Meunier, Aman Jean, Carrière, Thaulow, Alexander[,] J. Mariaiz. [sic], Pradilla, Sagantini [sic], Mesdag, Fragiacomo [sic], Dill, Moreau, Klimt, Macmonniss [sic], Fantin, Latour,
[p. 2] (3) It was resolved to empower the Honarary Secretary to give notice of another Council Meeting at a convenient time (to be determined by the progress of the business arrangements of the Company) to consider -
The dates of receiving, judging & hanging of works. -
The form and issue of general & special invitations of works. -
The question of the compilation of the Catalogue
The forms of announcement & advertisement of the Exhibition,
General procedure -
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Notes:
1. Francis Howard
Francis Howard (1874-1954), painter, art critic and collector [more]. He was secretary of the newly established International Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers. Its first exhibition opened in May 1898 (Exhibition of International Art, International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London, 1898). JW was elected President.
2. John Lavery
John Lavery (1856-1941), painter [more].
3. E A Walton
Edward Arthur Walton (1860-1922), painter [more].
4. G Sauter
George Sauter (1866-1937), painter [more].
5. Francis Howard
6. Mr Gilbert
Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934), sculptor [more].
7. following distinguished Artists
The list comprises Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898), painter [more];René François Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), sculptor [more]; Paul Albert Besnard (1849-1934), painter, graver and writer [more]; Giovanni Boldini (1845-1931), portrait painter and etcher [more]; Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (1815-1905), artist [more]; Franz von Stϋck (1863-1928), painter and sculptor, first President of the Munich Secession [more]; Paul-César-François Helleu (1859-1927), painter and etcher [more]; Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas (1834-1917), artist [more]; Anders Leonard Zorn (1860-1920), painter, etcher and sculptor [more]; Franz-Seraph von Lenbach (1836-1904), historical and portrait painter [more]; Professor Max Klinger (1857-1920), history and genre painter, sculptor and engraver [more]; Fritz Karl Herman von Uhde (1848-1911), artist, Vice-President of the Vienna Secession [more]; Arnold Böcklin or Boecklin (1827-1901), painter and sculptor [more]; Max Liebermann (1847-1935), genre and landscape painter and etcher [more]; Jacques Émile Blanche (1861-1942), portrait painter, art critic and writer [more]; Giovanni Costa (1833-1903), marine, landscape and genre painter [more]; Constantine Émile Meunier (1831-1905), painter, sculptor and engraver [more]; Edmond François Aman-Jean (1860-1935), painter, engraver and lithographer [more]; Jean Carriès (1855-1894), sculptor and potter [more]; Fritz Thaulow (1847-1906), painter, printmaker and author [more]; John White Alexander (1856-1915), portrait painter and decorator [more]; probably Jacobus ('Jacob') Hendricus Paul Maris (1837-1899), artist [more]; Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz (1848-1921), painter [more]; Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899), artist [more]; Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915), painter and collector [more];Pietro Fragiacomo (1856-1922), genre and landscape painter [more]; Professor Ludwig Dill (1848-1940), painter [more]; Gustave Moreau (1826-1898), Symbolist painter [more]; Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), artist [more]; Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937), sculptor [more]; and Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (1836-1904), artist [more].