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Ives, Halsey Cooley

educator, artist, was born Oct. 27, 1846, in Montour Falls, N. Y. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of his native city, at the technical schools of South Kensington, London, England; and has studied at the various schools of art abroad. He has been a member of the faculty of the Washington university; a director in the St. Louis School of Fine Arts; and director in the Museum of Fine Arts of St. Louis, Mo.

He has been sent abroad by the government as commissioner three times; was entrusted with the formation of the department of fine arts at the World's Columbian exposition, and was chief of the department from its inception to its finish. He has produced finished pictures of nature, which have been exhibited each year; in 1893 he was presented a medal by the French commission to the World's Columbian exposition; and received a silver medal in 1894 from the French government in recognition of services to art.