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62 Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

A DEFINITION
Rembrandt "is a master unique in his own country, in all the countries in his time, in all the time; a colorist, if you will but in his own way; a draughtsman also, if you will, but like no one else *** very imperfect if one thinks of perfection as the art of expressing beautiful forms and painting them with simple means; admirable on the contrary because of his hidden sides, independently of his form and his essential color; incomparable then in no literal sense that he resembles no one ——"

"With darkness he makes light." So the critic attempts to describe Rembrandt and give an impression of subtle power, much as does the exhibition of etchings on view in the Print Gallery from October 17 to November 14. The Institute collection contains one hundred and thirty-one Rembrandts. About thirty, many of which have not been previously exhibited, make up this group which includes landscape, biblical, mythological and portrait prints. Rembrandt is here, confident and moving you to admiration, even though no man can define his greatness with anything approaching completeness.

PLAYING WITH PENCILS
If every man in Minneapolis who has an urge to draw or sketch should join the Business Men's Art Class at the Institute, S. Chatwood Burton, the instructor, would become a casualty in the rush. About one man in five thousand becomes a professional artist. But probably more than ten in a hundred have some leaning, some urge, some wish to draw.

Each Monday evening at 7:30 the meetings of the Business Men's Art Class offer the amateur artists of the city good instructions, a good model and a good start on an adventure in art. There is a small charge made for the course. Anyone can begin anytime and draw or paint in any medium desired. The only requirement is material, and the will-to-do.

LENT TO BOSTON
The painting by the late John Singer Sargent which is owned by the Institute has been lent to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for the memorial exhibition of Sargent's work. The picture is a view in the Luxembourg Gardens by moonlight—an unusual and subtle example of the painter's work.

LECTURE ON PRINTS
Special attention s called to the series of lectures on prints, conducted by Miss Marie C. Lehr in the Print Study Room, where the worth and variety of all kinds of prints and print-making can be studied intimately. The lecture this coming Thursday, October 22, is a survey of the Institute collection, which treats of some outstanding masterpieces. It is included in the program, printed on the next page.

PAINTING LENT TO INSTITUTE
Mrs. John Washburn has lent to the Institute for the winter her private collection of paintings which will be put on exhibition as space is available in the galleries. The list includes portraits by Sir Peter Lely, Sir Henry Raeburn, a pair of small portraits by Gerard Dou, ahead by the Carrière and landscapes by Wyant, Blakelock, Daubigny, Diaz and Cazin.

SHAWL EXHIBITION ON EXTENSIVE TOUR
The collection of Indian shawls, lent by Mrs. Charles C. Bovey, which has been sent on tour through the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, will be seen in Nashville, Tennessee, until the end of this week and then will be hung at Rockford, Illinois.

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