scattered among the public.  Only in this way can we hope to make our exhibition useful to artist and public alike.  Mr. Harshe, Mr. Trask’s able and conscientious assistant, has put much labor and thought into the arrangement of these many cases and wallspaces, in a really instructive way.  It does not seem necessary to go into the meaning of the many examples of graphic art.  They are often self-explanatory, particularly where used for illustration, and so far as their technical production is concerned, it is too big a subject to fit into the physical confines of this book.

Much of this work to all indications, is going to remain with us, and the success of our exposition can hardly be measured better than by the ever-increasing number of purchasers.  Art has to live, and in our country it exists only by the patronage which comes directly from the people, since federal, state and municipal governments seldom contribute toward its support.  Not until the community feels it a privilege rather than a duty to give substantial encouragement to our artists will they ever feel completely at home or will they be able to do their best work.

Art is becoming more of a necessity in our midst, while not so long ago it was more or less an affected interest of the rich.  We have all the conditions and the talent to allow us to push ahead into the front rank of the art of the world, and an exposition like this gives more than encouraging evidence of the awakening spirit of national American art.  May this exposition mark an epoch in the art of America! — and particularly of the West, as other expositions have in the westward march of civilization, which has now found its goal where it must either achieve or perish.  For us to stand still or to return to the pre-exposition period would be calamity.  We have here in California, of all the states of the Union, conditions to offer, which, if properly availed of, would give us a unique position on the continent.  Climatically and historically we have all the stimulating necessities for a great art, and it is our duty to take advantage of them.

Appendix

Bibliography

To the student and lover of art, a list of helpful reference books and periodicals might be of interest, and the following publications are recommended as sources of reference, of information and for study.  They cover a wide range of subjects treated historically, technically and biographically, and they will be found very interesting as a nucleus for a home library of art.

Art For Life’s Sake — Chas. H. Caffin
American Masters of Painting — Chas. H. Caffin
American Masters of Sculpture — Chas. H. Caffin
How to Study Pictures — Chas. H. Caffin
The Story of American Painting — Chas. H. Caffin
Short History of Art — Edited by Charles H. Caffin — Julia De Forest
The Classic Point of View — Kenyon Cox
What is Art? — John C. Van Dyke