The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-03

Miss Julia McMannon has commenced lessons
in oil painting.
Mrs. Jno. Shaffner has completed a creditable
| painting in oil, called "a Scene of the Oswego."
Benjamin Wheat, a young man of fifteen, is
| said to possess unusual talent for oil and crayon
work.
Miss Dollie Sharoff, a young lady of much
energy and promise as an artist, is again taking
lessons.
Miss Lou Crawford, under the instruction Of
Mrs. E. p. Thayer, of Greenfield, has finished
some handsome pieces in beaten brass.
Mrs. c. G. Ross, of Oxford, Ind, who is study
| ing painting in the city, is working upon a large
oil piece of a woodland interior.
Mrs. Thos. Cobb is teaching painting with sue
cess. Mrs. Cobb possesses marked ability as an
artist, and is particularly gifted in painting
flowers from nature.
Mrs. Culbertson is engaged upon a scene in
Colorado of the Mount of the Holy Cross"
which is a faithful reproduction of that wonder
full mountain height.
Miss Haag has finished a piece called 'Cross-
ing the Ferry" which represents a secluded bend
in a river, where a boat is passing from q wood
side to an old-fashioned farmhouse on the other
side of the stream.
Mr.. Rrayington, last summer, sketched the
city home here and the former residence of Mr..
Hendricks in Shelbyville, which was used by the
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their life of Cleveland and Hendricks.
Miss Nellie Butler is decorating panels and
plaques. She is also working upon q large pict-
ure called Spring" which shows a scene in a
white-birch wood, with a grey stone bridge span
across a limpid stream, in the shallow depths of
which are moss grown stones.
A scene in the upper Canada lakes has just
been finished by that untiring artist, Julia Lud-
ington. Her studio is walled with studies of
most pleasing finish, but none give a more pro-
found impression than the placid, sparkling
water and steep mountain crags portrayed in
this particular piece.
There is quite a complaint among artists who
depend solely upon their work for a livelihood
Of the difficulty experienced in d~isposing of their
paintings. The want of any suitable place for
exhibiting paintings is one trouble. Few of our
citizens. who are not accustomed to visiting the
studios of our various artists, fully appreciate
the meritorious displays there to be found.
When Mr.. French was asked which picture he
most admired in the Hoosier art display, he in
stantly selected an unpretentlous effect, hanging
in the shade, which represented a terra Gotta
vase standing under the fold of a curtain. His
strange selection was food for considerable COM
ment, some p~roclaiming the remark meant bit
ter satire, and others holding that his quick eye
detected something in the detail of the little
picture which attracted him.
Too many young artists attempt to make pref
ty pictures. Sketch from nature as it is. IF a
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in your picture. Some Of the very best reputa-
tons in art have been won by a strict adherence
to homely detail. Nature presents most beauti.
full scenes, yet many views show somewhere in
their outline an irregularity that shocks the fas-
tidious eye of a beginner in art. When one has
studied longer these seeming defects become the
points that are sought most after in a picture.
Miss Ketcham, with Messrs Vanderpool and
Schilling, artists of Chicago, have arranged for a
summer trip to the mountains of Pennsylvania
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will be one Of the l~oveliest on the picturesque
Pennsylvania Central railroad, near Tyrone.
The classes will be in charge of the three
artists. Each morning there will be a lesson in
out,of-door sketching, for three hours, which
will include work in charcoal, pencil, oil and
water-colors. It is expected there will be sixty
or more in the party. Every facility for pleas
ure and artistic profit will be offered. The ex-
pense of the trip, including transportation
| sleeper, board and tuition, will be 500. For
further particulars call on Miss Ketcham, at her
art school, 345 North Pennsylvania street
Miscellaneous.
Mrs. Jessie Bartlett Davis, the well-known
contralto, Joined the Carleton Opera Company in
Chica go, last evening.
Mr.. Converse D. Marsh has written a charming
story, entitled my Strange Proposal, " which is
said to be full Of interest, and contains a strong
plot.
Dr.. William Brandt was recently presented
with a beautiful cane, made of beaten leather,
from one of his former employees at the Insane
Hospital.
Mr.. Frederick N. Innes, the great trombone
~virtuoso, who has been styled the Paganini of
that instrument, is said to possess a solid gold
trombone.
Mrs. James Ravens, of Lafayette, will return
to this city next week, and will enter upon ar
engagements at once, preparatory to appearing in
the lecture field next season, in behalf of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
The reading given by Miss Emily Bingham on
Friday night was attended by a large and crit
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