The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-10-19
FREE EXHIBITION.
A Fine Collection of Paintings and POr-
traits Which. Can be Seen at
Prof. O'keefe'S Studio.

Prof. Francis O'Keefe is giving the
people of Mankato and vicinity a raj
chance to visit an art gallery which
might be envied by any large city.
He has made a collection of some of
the best pieces done by himself since
he has been here and which are now
owned by u citizens. But the col
lection made by his pupils will per-
haps interest the visitor more, from
the fact that it is less, than three
years since Prof. O,Keefe came here,
and practically nothing in that line
had been done before. The collection
will only be on exhibition this week
as the pictures are valued at $4,000,
and are too valuable to risk in one
building for a longer time. The pic
lures painted by him and owned by
our citizens brought this artist 81 900.
Every man, woman and child in the
city is invited to call and inspect the
collection, and a special invitation is
extended the students Ofi.all the
schools. He has a caste for model
drawing also which may be seen.
The studio will be open to3 visitors
from 10 to II a. M, 2 to 5 p. M. and I
to 9 o'clock p. m. This will give all
classes an opportunity to see what
progress Mankato has made in the art
line during the past two years.
The largest collection made by any
pupil is that of Mrs. G. M. Phillips
which consists of % pieces, and i'm
presses the visitor that she is an
artist. One piece is a tapestry paint
ing, something new in the artists
line in this city and is very handsome;
another is Mr.. Phillips dog ''Dan,"
whom all will recognize: Evening
Bells is another deserving mention.
Mrs. Phillips has made an almost
phenomenal record, it having been
only two years since she took her first
lesson.
Mrs. Alba Lewis has a fine collec-
tion of ten pieces. One deserving es-
pecial mention is quite a large pic
ture of Ebay Making" another the
head of a ST. Bernard dog; also an
original panel of chrysanthemums.
Miss Jessie Lewis has a creditable
collection of six pieces. One is a
very handsome piece in still life;
another is the Crossing Sweeper"
Mrs. H.. G.. APPEL has a good collec-
tion of six pieces; n is a landscape,
and another a flower piece. Mrs.
APPEL has a bright future as an artist.
Mrs. Gus Monson has three very
handsome pieces. One is a dogs
head, and a basket of grapes (original),
also a three panel screen.
Mrs. S. G. Hickey is perhaps n OF
the best amateur artists in Mankato.
One of Mrs. Hickey's best pieces is
'.Sweet Silence" which leads the
critic to believe she is fast leaving
the amateur line.
Miss Lavallie, formerly of this city,
left a very handsome original piece in
still life as a valued gift to Prof.
O'Keefe. This was painted after
taking lessons but two months and is
a rare piece indeed. The artist is
now pursuing her studies in this line
in the south.
Mrs. West has four very pretty pic
lures, and after taking seventeen les
sons painted a beautiful cluster of
flowers without instructions.
Mrs. F. D. Brewer has a handsome
piece of marine painting on exhibit
tion.
Mrs. O. 0. Pitcher has a painting of
Gen. Tourtellotte which is her Eown
work, and will be readily recognized
by u people.
Mrs. j. w. Andrews has three very
choice amateur pieces of her painting,
perhaps the best is the "Cattle."r
Mrs. Kuester displays two good
paintings, one is a landscape and
flowers, and after painting two pieces
is now doing one alone.
Miss Kate Kelly has two creditable
fruit pieces; n of apples deserve
especial mention. She is now paint
ing a figure piece.
The above mentioned paintings are
all the work of Prof. O'Keefe's pupils,
and speak well for him as a teacher
in art as well as the pupils them
selves. OF course the work done by
himself is very fine and quite a num-
Der of the pieces sold to our citizens
are to be seen at the studio this week.
Mr.. c. Il. Saulpaugh is the owner of
four of these. Natures Mirror" is