California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, Volume 49, Number 7, 17 April 1879 — Art Institute in Peru. [ARTICLE]

Art Institute in Peru.

A recent act of the Administration in Peru has been the issuing of a decree ordering the foundation of a Fine Arts Institution, for the teaching of paint ing, sculpture, music, declamation and architecture. The purpose of the Government in creating an in* stitution of this kind is to offer a new field to young men, who will thus have the opportunity afforded them of acquiring such knowledge as may open to them a new career. This measure has met with general favor, aud if pro]*erly carried out, is eipectedto prove of great benefit in the work of social improvement in the country.

There iatubeagrand National Exhibition heldin Moscow, Russia, in 1860, which will be accompanied by festivities of no ordinary kind. It coincides in point of time with the '26th anniversary of the Em purer Alexander's accession to the throne