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BKOIXXINO on Juno 3 and continu
ing until Juno 19 the Portland 'Archi
tectural Club exhibit -will be shown
in the Museum of Flno'Arts on Fifth and
Taylor streets. A galaxy of drawings
from the master architects of the entire
country has been gathered for this ex
hibition, which, with a single exception,
will be the largest ever shown in the
United States. The only greater prior
oxhibit was the international exhibition
at Pittsburg in 1907, when, at a great ex
pense, drawings were secured from for
eign countries and from all over America.
This exhibit is the last of a series of
four which have been conducted on the
Pacific Coast this year. The exhibits at
San Francisco. Ixis Angeles and Seattle
have already been held. The majority of
ihe drawings shown at these exhibitions
have been brought on to "the Portland
show and there has been pouring in a
continual stream of additional drawings
so that now; there are over 1000 pieces of
excellent work on hand.
These are said to be the most repre
sentative of any ever shown at a similar
exhibit.. The great cities and master
architects of the East have contributed
their test work, the Middle West and
Pacific Slope are likewise represented by
the drawings of the best architects and
the whole makes a collection of art
which coniM near reaching the pinnacle
of perfection. Heretofore at the great
Eastern exhibitions the drawings have
been confined principally to the architects
of New ."York, 'Philadelphia, Washington,
Boston, Baltimore and, iu a few in
stances, drawings from as far west as
Chicago have been shown. The reverse is
true in Portland. Here the collection of
work has been gathered from all over the
country and the display is said to be truly
representative of American architecture
and not sectional in any sense of the
word.
Here will be found drawings of the
ornate and highly decorative structures of
the Etafit, the quieter classic designs used
more throughout the West, the type
of office buildings; residences, apartment
houses, churches, country homes and the
aters, hotels, etc., used over the entire
country. Not least of all in Interest in the
exhibition will be the display of the
drawings by Edwin Ifowland Blshfield
for interior and exterior decorative pur
poses. Blashfield stands foremost in the
country as a mural decorator and has
submitted a list of more than 100 draw
ings which have been made for many of
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One of the best works which Blashfield
has ever done is that of a 'decoration in
the music room of the house of Adolph
Lewisohn in X e w York. ' Thp tbAmA
Kthe decoration is" "Music" and is repre-
sraieu oy a processional neaaed by three
figures typifying the music of Greek and
Kgyptiari antiquity. This work has at
tracted world-wide attention. Another of
BlashfieJd's efforts which is shown here
is a head taken from a drawing in the
Senate chamber of the state capitol of
Minnesota. ,
The cost of the exhibition, which is es
timated at about $4000. is met by subr
scrlption from the patrons, consisting of
the architects, contractors and building
material firms represented in Portland.
This list of patrons is published in the
year book of the Portland Architectural
Club, which is being produced by M. A.
Vinson,, who Is at the head of the local
exhibition. This year book will contain
selected drawings from the 1000 and more
which are displayed and the honor of
having work worthy of reproduction in
this book is the ' sole ; price which the
various contributors s?ek to attain. The
admission to the exhibition is free, with
the exception of two nights, when a
nominal charge will be made to help de
fray tho expenses. The opening night,
Friday, June S. will be an invitation af
fair, and on. that occasion the doors of
the Art Museum will not be open to the
general public, but only to the patrons
and their invited guests.
An idea of the attendance at these ex
hibitions may bo gathered from that at
the first of the series of exhibitions at
Los Angeles early this year. Ther. nnn
people visited the display in the full time
it was open. The Eastern architects
expressed amazement at the interest
taken and hold that the West is bound to
come into its own along architectural
lines -when such a vast number of people
will visit an educational exhibition.
The exhibition is purely educational in
nature. There are no prizes, no rewards
to be obtained by the exhibitors, nothing
for the public other than the feast of see
ing the finest architectural -work In the
country. It Is the idea of the architec
tural clubs, in holding these exhibitions
to have the public become interested in
the better class of architecture and a bet
ter class of buildings' attained through
formulating higher ideals among the
property-owners.
It is the property-owners, and especially-
those yho are contemplating- building,
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that the exhibitors wish to reach. The
architects will, of course, all visit the
exhibition and will be given . an oppor
tunity to gather the ideas as represented
by the work of their fellows from all
over the country.
These exhibitions are given-under the
auspices of the Architectural League of
the Pacific Coast, which was founded one
year ao. Prior to then small exhibitions,
which were local in character, were held
in the various Coast cities under the
auspices of tne local architectural clubs.
The new plan has proved a success thus
far and will doubtless? be continued. In
the East these exhibitions have been go
ing on for 25 years and although they
have been local In character, or rather
sectional, .they have done much to raise
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Three large galleries in the Museum of
Fine Arts have been set aside for the ex
hibition. These will be entirely filled
with the pictures which have been sub
mitted. It is possible that there will be
preliminary sketches toward the City
Beautiful for Portland, which are being
made- by Architect Bennett, of Chicago.
These sketches are still much in th
rough, but Manager Vinson is hoping
some of them will be here in time to be
hung.
One of the mopt impressive features of
the exhibition will be the manner of fin
ish placed on the apartment-houses, built
in the EubU There small fortunes are
expended In decorative works, the build
ings are built for generations to come and
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signs is shown in the materials used in
this particular the East seems to be far
ahead of the West. ,
Local architects have been Working
hard to induce. the builders. to put in the
finest materials obtainable when the best
class of buildings are built, but the lack
of education held by the public along
these lines has been a hard hurdle to
overcome, and the result has been a ten
dency toward' elieaoness of fine detail
when in all other respects the buildings
are the finest obtainable. That a series
of exhibitions of this nature will tend to
do away with this failing on the part of
the owners Is the belief of the-promoters
of the exhibition. ,
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