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Halsey Cooley Ives (27 October 1847 – 5 May 1911) was the founder of the Saint Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year [1] The institution later became two distinct bodies; the Saint Louis Art Museum,[2] and the Washington University school of art which includes the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. Apotheosis-of-saint-louisjpg|thumb|float|right|200px|This stature "The Apotheosis of St The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, often referred to simply as "The Milly" is an Art museum located on the campus of Washington University in St [3] Ives was also a landscape painter, but is best remembered for the organization, administration, and popularization of art in Saint Louis, Missouri. [4]

Biography

Ives was born in Montour Falls, New York, then called Havana,[5] to Hiram DuBoise Ives and Teresa (née McDowell) Ives. Montour Falls is a Village in Schuyler County, New York, United States. He studied in the School of Art at South Kensington in England, and took courses at other art schools. South Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland During the Civil War he was employed as a draftsman by the United States Government, a job which sent him to Nashville, Tennessee. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South After the war, he traveled throughout the country and into Mexico, working as a designer and decorator. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. He settled in Saint Louis, to become part of the faculty at Washington University. [6]

In 1874 Ives started a free evening drawing class. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This was the beginning of the Saint Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts, formally inaugurated in 1879. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The museum and school formed the art department at Washington University. His work drew the attention of influential and powerful people in the city. Through the financial support of Wayman Crow a new building for the museum was completed on what is now Locust street in 1881. Wayman Crow (1808-1885 was one of the founders of Washington University, a St Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common [7] Ives was called to Chicago in 1892 to organize and conduct the art department of the World's Columbian Exposition, or the Chicago World’s Fair as it is often called, that was to take place the following year. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The World's Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago World's Fair) a World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary He was selected because of his famous broad-mindedness, his interest in the equal representation of all forms of art. [8]

In 1894 Ives was appointed by the National Bureau of Education to examine and report upon courses of instruction and methods of work in foreign art museums and schools. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The National Bureau of Education was a small unit in the General Government of the United States. He began in Giza and traveled all over the old world, tracing the development of art throughout history and its relation to the rise of civilization. You may have been looking for the Great Pyramid of Giza. For the three pyramids of Giza visit the Giza pyramid complex. [9]

Through the efforts of Ives in the 1890’s, then a member of the city council, an ordinance was passed authorizing the erection of an art building in Forest Park. The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the " Mauve Decade" because William Henry Perkin 's aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that Forest Park in St Louis Missouri, opened in 1876 and the former site of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904 (better known as "The World's There was, however, no funding for such a structure. It was not until the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, or St. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the Saint Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St Louis World’s Fair, that such a plan could become a reality. [10] Ives was chosen to be the Chief of the Department of Art at the exposition. This would be his sixth participation in such an exhibition. He had the same assistant-chief that he had worked with during Chicago’s Expo, and they worked to surpass this previous fair, and also the Paris Exposition Universelle (1900) in every way that they were able. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a World's fair held in Paris, France, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate [11]

At the close of the Exposition, the structure that had housed the art show of the fair, was presented to the city of Saint Louis as the permanent home of the art collection Ives ran. Ives introduced a bill into the General Assembly for an art tax to support the maintenance of the museum. [12] The bill was approved by the citizens of Saint Louis by a nearly 4-to-1 margin. However, the city’s controller refused to distribute the tax to the museum’s board of control, as it was not a municipal entity and so had no right to funds from taxes. The controller’s position was upheld in 1908 by the Missouri Supreme Court. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Supreme Court of Missouri is the highest Court in the state of Missouri. This caused the formal separation of the museum from the university in 1909. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting As a result, the museum became a public entity. The University agreed to lend its collection and Halsey Ives to continue to direct it. The institution was renamed the City Art Museum. [13]

Art should be a matter of every-day enjoyment and use to every normally-constituted man, woman, and child.

– Halsey Cooley Ives, Stevens, Walter B. (ed. ) 1915, ‘’Halsey Cooley Ives, LL. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year D. 1847-1911; Founder of the St. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Louis School of Fine Arts; First Director of the City Art Museum of St. Louis’’, Ives Memorial Society, Saint Louis, MO

The personal papers of Halsey Ives are housed in the archives of the Saint Louis Art Museum. One can view a description of the contents at this link. [1] They are available to researchers by appointment

Footnotes

  1. ^ Stevens, Walter B. Page 7
  2. ^ Saint Louis Art Museum, Pages 10-14
  3. ^ Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
  4. ^ Shoemaker, Floyd Calvin, Page 753
  5. ^ Stevens, Walter B. Page 43
  6. ^ Stevens, Walter B. Page 7
  7. ^ Stevens, Walter B. Page 8
  8. ^ Stevens, Walter B. Page 28
  9. ^ Stevens, Walter B. Page 8
  10. ^ Stevens, Walter B. Page 29
  11. ^ Bennitt, Mark Page 483-486
  12. ^ Stevens, Walter B. Page 30
  13. ^ Saint Louis Art Museum Page 9-10

References

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