The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-06-01
Th Art Exhibition of B. F.. C.

One Of the most pleasing Of the many
events that take place during the several
closing weeks of our coil ,pcs l. furnished by
the art classes of the schools in sho"ing their
best productions. On the evening of tues
day and Wednesday Oi This week, from three
until five O'clock each evening InC studio of
tho Baptist college, in which were IasteIuliy
hung the many works of the large art class,
taught by Mrs. Il Winter, was thrown open
TO the public and many were the persons who
gaEed with admiriug eye, on the Large display
of fine work. 70 mention each pie &c Of work
as it should be would require a great deal more
space THAI the average newspaper could de.
vote 10 it, therefore, as much ~ we would
like to do 80, we must refrain from mention
ing each piece at length aud only mention
briefly the collections shown nv each of the
pupils. On entering the stldio and looking
to the right could be seen the most extensive
collection shown numbering seventeen pieces
shown by
Miss BERTHE Dubois of LOngtOn, Kansas.
one of the medllists in this department.
or Miss Dubois it can very trut, fully be said
that she is an artist in every sense of the
word. Her hest production is il figure
piece. representing a lady in q garden and
shows great taste. FOIr other pictures, a
crayon portrait of herself, a crayOn portrait
OF a young gentleman, Il country scene show
a young girl feeding an apple 10 Il horse and
tenderly patting him on the neck, and il large
dog near by looking jealousy on, and one
called preparing for 4 hunt showing the
the bunter with his gun aud two dogs VIII o
seem eager to be on the chase, all deserve
and received great praise.
Miss jamie Paxton's collection consisted of
fifteen pieces all of which showed good taste,
aud hard work. One II spring scene, show
ing several COWS grazing at the side OF a
beautiful stream. and another representing d
deer in the mountains are indeed very good
good pieces of work. and show Miss Pax
tons love of nature in all Its grandeur.
Miss Lulu Melvin exhibited two very pretty
| pieces, one a fruit piece, which looked very
natural and inviting, and the other "a panel
of hollyhocks. both showing good taste. She
has several other pieces of work which were
not OH exhibition.
Nine beautiful pieces were shown by Miss
ROsalie Flournoy. One piece is particularly
good, that of u steers head. which. while not
u very large piece, shows u great deal of hard
work. Another one, 1.-The Hos;ler," showing
the h0stler holding a very pretty snow white
horse and a large st. Bernard dog standing
near is also a good piece of work.
Miss Emma Wadley, OF Utica, Mo-, another
medalist in this department.. bad on eXhibi-
ton a collection of fourteen beautiful pieces.
Between the most excellent pieces of work
executed by this young lady and Miss BERTHE
DUBOIS, it was found useless to try to decide,
therefore q medal was awarded to each. As
a center piece In Miss Wadley's collection was
hung u figure piece representing u boy play
ing II banjo, which is a fine piece Of work,
The draperv and coIoring in tins picture is
especially worthy of mention AS it shows a
degree OF taste rarely seen IN an amateur ar
fist. " crayon pieces, one a portrait Of
herself and The other a moonlight scene ale
also hne pieces OF work.
Miss Alba Newman, the youngest member
of the art class, exhibited four pretty pieces.
This has been her first year In the tudy of
art but Ia her pictures can he seen IA style OF
~coioring and workmanship which IL not seen
'h u " INV lV III lDIu SIT. lJDt
of her pieces. u fruit piece, is very good and
shows good taste.
Miss Jessie DeBerrv exhibited eight pieces
of her work all OF which do her great credit -.
One Il large panel picture of trumpet vine
looks very natu,l and the coloring shows
good taste.
Miss Susie Clark1on. another young art pit
phi, exhibited only one picture, that of an
Irish Setter dog which is very neatly exccut-
ed. She gives promise of good work in the
future.
Miss Kate Collins exhibited thirteen pieces,
all Of which are truly works OF art. A cray
on portrait Of one OF her teachers, Miss II. b.
Jewell, is very lile-like. Another pretty pic
ture, that of "A fine horse, and one IN which
she takes special pride. is very neatly execu-
ted, and Is by all Dads her best piece. A
large landscape picture is also very pretty.
Miss Blanche Winter, who has quite a
reputation rs an artist, exhibited five beauti-
full pieces, in all Of which she fully susiaIns
her reputation. " hilst we dislike 10 show
Partially in the matter Of space, we cannot
refrain from reproducing an article describ-
ing one OF these pictures taken from the
March number OF the Central College Gem.
1t says: "Recently, Miss Blanche has made
a beautiful sketch,-an exquisite copy OF ecu.
pid aud Psyche" representing u sta; uette. A
q little distance, 1t looks like a statuette with.
In q niche.-the background being very dark
purposely to throw the figures into relief,
The round, beautiful arm Of Psyche, folded
at the elbow rs she puts IA finger 10 her lovely
lnouth,-the wavy. delicately yet firmly rem
dered outline of tie breast and side against
The other arm,-the sylph-lIke effect Of the
line. light, full yet delicate limbs, the charm,
Ing pose, and the expression of the entire
tigure,-only an artists criticism could dc
them Justice. The figure OF "Cupidr Is quite
rs fine In its own way; the arm thrown
around Psyche" is very good; the wings OF
"Cupid' give the effect Of plumeS represen.
ted in marble. most charmingly. This loyely
picture was copied from an ordinary wood.
cut representation of Gustave Eberlein's mar
BILE groups,-'Cupid and Isyche." Miss Whit
ger made her copy four times larger thar
the woOd-cut." A portrait of Miss Jewell i,
another fine piece of work exhibited by her
Miss Annie StuckeY had on exhibition six
good pieces OF work. The likeness of Edwin
Booth as Hamlet is very good indeed. Two
panel pictures. one of oranges snd the Other
of flowers, look very natural.
Mrs. K. Winter. the efficient teacher OF
the art department had several pieces OF her
excellent work on exhibition. One of the
number she has just finished, representing
Christ, at the age of twelve years, couversing
with the five old doctors in the temple. The
facial expressions of all The characters are III.
deed good. Mrs. Winter can truly be proud
of these pictures, as well Us OF her entire ar
class which consists of eighteen members.
There was not a single piece on exhibition
thst did not do credit to her and to her schol.
srs.
baptist Female College Com
mencem ent.
With favOrirg weather. an atmosphere
cooled by the storm to a pleasant tempera-
ture, a packed house assembled for com
mencement night. Rich ard beautiful tot
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