Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 273, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1917 — Art in America. [ARTICLE]

Art in America.

Tlte first scnool of painting to establish itself on American soil wad thW of ftiildn. following in the train of viceroys and prelates after the Indian commonwealths had been subjected aiMl .Spanish towns had been built. To tho .present day there exists In the city of .Mexico the oldest acadtemy of the tine arts in the western world —the Academy of San Carlos. It is nearly as old as the Royal Academy, Ixmdon.