Ruskin Exhibit in Fogg Art Museum

The exhibition of Japanese prints at the Fogg Art Museum has been replaced by a special loan exhibit of drawings by Ruskin. The exhibition is made in memory of Charles Eliot Norton '46. A large part of the drawings in the exhibition were given by Ruskin himself to Professor Norton, and are loaned by members of the Norton family. In addition to the drawings, there are a number of etchings by Ruskin and engravings after his drawings, besides reproductions of original drawings in volumes of the Library Edition of Ruskin's Works, shown in the cases in the Print Room.

The whole exhibition offers an unusually comprehensive view of the work of this brilliant and erratic artist-writer on the side not generally so well known. Ruskin was primarily a writer, and he almost never attempted to make a real picture from the artist's point of view. His drawings in this collection, therefore, are in many cases mere studies, some very slight, mere notes with a pencil, some with bits of wash or color in places, others highly finished in wash or color though hardly any really complete.

The exhibition will be open for about two months, and during that time members of the University as well as the public are invited to inspect the collection.