Tulane Free Drawing Classes
Active in New Orleans: 1885-94
Artistic Focus: art association
Is An Institution
Artistic Focus: art association
Is An Institution
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Organized by WILLIAM WOODWARD in 1885 after the closing of the World's Industrail and Cotton Centennial Exposition for Tulane University and its High School. During the existence of these classes, nearly five thousand students were enrolled and taught by a group of instructors including ELLSWORTH WOODWARD and JOHN ORDWAY. After Newcomb College was founded GERTRUDE ROBERTS SMITH was appointed an instructor on October 1, 1887. Classes included free hand drawing, mechanical drawing, women's decorative art, and school methods. j3]Evening Chronicle, May 22, 1886; T. Demo., Jan. 6, 7, 1886, Oct. 13, 1887, Oct. 6, 1894. Poesch, Newcomb Pottery, 12, 13.