Name/Title
Saugatuck Art School Vies With Any in the CountryEntry/Object ID
2021.18.92Scope and Content
Four broadsheet pages from an unidentified newspaper, likely from Grand Rapids. One page features an illustrated story about the Saugatuck Summer School of Painting [Ox-Bow] with the subtitles:
"Wooded Dunes and Changing Lake Give Rare Panorama for 60 Students Enrolled There
Founded 20 Years Ago by Frederick Fursman, the Colony Has Carried on Under Auspices of Chicago Art Institute Alumni
By Ethel Louise Knox"
The back of this page has a book review of May (Francis) Heath's "Early Memories of Saugatuck, Mich." suggesting the newspaper was printed in or after May, 1930.Context
This early history of the 20-year-old art school compares Ox-Bow to "Provincetown, Nantucket, Taos and Woodstock".
Long quotes from Fursman recount the founding of the school, how the dangerous Park Street approach suits their purposes, how students pooled money to recognize the Woodall-family covered wagon that received no prize at the Centennial parade [see 2023.50.99], and descriptions of life and classes at the school.Collection
Art destination press and promotion, 1910 Ox-BowCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2021.18Source or Donor
Lane, Kit, familyLocation
Drawer
Flat Files drawer 10 misc. odd-shaped itemsCondition
Overall Condition
PoorNotes
Item photographedRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Heath, May (Francis) 1873-1961, Krehbiel, Albert Henry 1873-1945, Fursman, Frederick Frary 1874-1943, Tallmadge, Thomas Eddy 1876-1940, Waldorf/Castoria/Drake studios, Shriver Ice houses/shanties, Ox-Bow Inn/Riverside Hotel/Shriver family home, Clute, Walter Marshall 1870-1915, Norton, John Warner 1876-1934, Fursman, Laurens Lucile ?-1948, Woodall, Joseph "Joe" James 1877-1946Related Events
Event
Saugatuck Centennial 1930Create Date
April 17, 2025Update Date
April 21, 2025
