12 Facts About Halsey Ives

Halsey Cooley Ives was the founding director of the St Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts.

Halsey Ives studied in the School of Art at South Kensington in England, and took courses at other art schools.

Halsey Ives settled in Saint Louis, to become part of the faculty at Washington University.

Halsey Ives's work drew the attention of influential and powerful people in the city.

Halsey Ives was called to Chicago in 1892 to organize and conduct the art department of the World's Columbian Exposition, or the Chicago World's Fair as it is often called, that was to take place the following year.

Halsey Ives was selected because of his famous broad-mindedness, his interest in the equal representation of all forms of art.

In 1894 Halsey Ives was appointed by the National Bureau of Education to examine and report upon courses of instruction and methods of work in foreign art museums and schools.

Halsey Ives began in Giza and traveled all over the old world, tracing the development of art throughout history and its relation to the rise of civilization.

Halsey Ives was chosen to be the Chief of the Department of Art at the exposition.

Halsey Ives had the same assistant-chief that he had worked with during Chicago's Expo, and they worked to surpass this previous fair, and the Paris Exposition Universelle in every way that they were able.

Halsey Ives introduced a bill into the General Assembly for an art tax to support the maintenance of the museum.

The University agreed to lend its collection and Halsey Ives to continue to direct it.