Records of the Founding of the Royal Canadian Academy [Microform] : by His Excellency the Marquis of Lorne and Her Royal Highnes
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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 1 Ri iVptHUlM OF THE WCDTJlSTlDXlSrat- OP THE Royal Canadian Academy i. I BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE MARQUIS OF LORNE AND HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS LOUISE i 1879-80 i i •ippMp^a^npi L ^^in . C^-.^.^ GLOBE PRINJINQ COMPANY, PRINTERS AND ENGRAVERS, TORONTO. I w —, RECORDS OF THE FOUNDING OF THE ^ Royal Canadian Academy BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE MARQUIS OF LORNE, AND HER ROYAL HIQHNESS THE PRINCESS LOUISE. f V In the month of February, 1879, the Vice-President of the Ontario Q.) f- Society of Artists, Mr. O'Brien, waited upon His Excellency thfe Marquis ^-) of Lome, Governor-General of Canada, with a request that His Excellency q) and Her Eoyal Highness the Princess Louise would become Patrons of the ^ Society, as Lord DufFerin, the late Governor-General, had previously been. In acceding to this request. His Excellency expressed the hope that it might not be long before a EOYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY DF ARTS might be instituted, to be composed of and managed by Canadian Artists On May 26th, the new building of the Arts Association of Montreal was opened by His Excellency and Her Royal Highness, and on this occasion the Governor-General again alluded to the prospect of forming a Royal , Canadian Academy. > 0' The following report of the proceedings is extracted from the Montreal Gazette : Q. About 9 o'clock His Excellency the Governor-General and Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise arrived, attended by Major and Mrs. De Winton, and were escorted by the President of the Association to the dais. The Hon. Mr. Justice Mackay, President, then read the tollowing address : -J ^} 241744 iTo His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir John Doiiglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquis of Lome, one of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and Knight Grand Cross of the most distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Governor-General of Canada, and Vice-Admiral of the same, (&c., «&c., t&c, and to Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise : On behalf of the Art Association of Montreal, we desire to thank Your ^xcellercy and Your Royal Highness for the honor and advantage conferred upon our Association by the patronage to which you have graciously consented, and also for the favor of Your Excellency's and Your Royal Highness' presence this evening, on the occasion of the opening of our Gallery. We not only believe that the love of the beautiful in nature and art is a source of some of the purest pleasures of life, but that it stimulates and supports our highest aspirations, and we think that the influence of the Fine Arts is especially important in refining and ennobling those practical aims which necessarily tend to absorb the energies of a people actively engaged in develop- ing the material resources. of our young and rapidly growing country. We therefore acknowledge with gratitute the interest which Your Excellency and Your Royal Highness have taken in our efforts, and we feel that the promotion of art could receive no higher or more efficient countenance than in the patronage extended by those who represent here the Crown of England, and in their persons unite illustrious lineage and station with a love of intellectual and aesthetic culture. In Your Royal Highness we recognize a worthy successor of your noble father, the great and good Prince Albert, encourager, in his lifetime, of all that might tend to improve the public taste and advance the interests of the Fine Arts, and whose ideas and work have so largely contributed to the notable revival of art which this age witnesses. Although the want of a permanent Gallery had long been felt, probably no step would have been taken, for some time to come, to erect such a building in Montreal, had it not been for the late Mr. Benaiah Gibb's munihcent bequest, and the prompt action which he imposed upon us. In addition to his very valuable collection of paintings and several bronzes, he gave and bequeathed to the Association, in trust for the citizens of Montreal, the ground upon which our building stands, and eight thousand dollars in money. Ours is believed to be the first building erected in the Dominion wholly for Fine Art purijoses.