art of Spain. Contemporary Italian painters are represented
by Ettore Tito and Italico Brass.
Of the many fine examples of American art included in
the collection, only a few can be mentioned here. The
“Portrait of Sarasate,”” by James A. McNeill Whistler; the
“Portrait of Henry Nicols,”’ by Gilbert Stuart; “ My Children,”
 by Abbott H. Thayer; “ Mother and Child,” by George
de Forest Brush; “The Wreck,” by Winslow Homer; “River
in Winter,” by John H. Twachtman; “ Afternoon near Arkville,
 New York,” by Alexander H. Wyant are all paintings
which are representative of the best in American art.
A collection of bronze statues and objects, reproductions
of the bronzes from Pompeii and Herculaneum, casts of
figures and reliefs by Saint-Gaudens, French, MacMonnies,
Rodin, Barnard, MacNeil, and many others, for the most
part contemporaries, and a large collection of photographs
of the monuments and temples of Greece are also presented
for exhibition in this department.
Among the possessions of the Carnegie Institute are
large and important collections of rare prints, including an
exceptionally complete collection of American wood engraving,
 groups of etchings by Charles Meryon and James A.
McNeill Whistler, the “English Landscape Series” by John
Lucas after Constable, and a collection of Japanese prints.
The Institute also owns an important collection of original
drawings, in which the fifty-eight drawings by Anton Mauve
and forty-eight by old masters form notable groups. It is
only possible to exhibit small groups of these prints, engravings,
 and drawings occasionally, since the exhibition galleries
 are almost continuously occupied by the permanent
collection of paintings and by current exhibitions.
In addition to its permanent collections, the department
seeks to arouse interest in the consideration of the modern
evolution of art, its new trends, tendencies, and diverse
manifestations. Therefore, throughout the year the department
 places before the public through special exhibitions
many examples of the various phases and styles of achievement
 and experiments of the best modern art.
First of all in importance among the special exhibitions is
the annual International Exhibition of Paintings which has