The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-11
AMONG THE STUDIOS
A Resume of the Winter Work of
the indianapolis Painters.
Preparations for Spring Exhibits i'm the
East-Mr. Steele's POrtraits-Mr.
Gruelle's Art Catalogue.

ONSh SdAu VI MIlllth dbOul lhOSC liiuldlidP-
oils people who ply the pen and brush in
their reproductions of nature for a perma-
nent place. 1t does not follow that the
artists have been resting all this time and
that they have been idle. The city can boast
of a number who rank with some of the
celebrated artists of this country and whose
pictures have several times found a place
in the exhibits of works of value.
Mr.. Theodore c. Steele has won a name
beyond the borders of his own State, and
a number of his pictures have been pur-
chased by owners of fine galleries in the
East. For the past few months Mr.. Steele
has been found nearly every morning in
his downtown studio in the Coffin Block,
on East Market street. TIL room possesses
TO great attraction except its north light,
which is so desirable for art work. Mr..
Steele has a class of enthusiastic workers
who are engaged in drawing from life.
Some days they pose for each other, and
again a man or woman, sometimes a child,
sufficiently careless or dirty to be consid-
cred picturesque, is brought in and the
class gather around the model, and he or
she is made the subject of a sketch from
every side. Among those who are sufficient
ly advanced to belong to this pleasant CO.
terie of crayonists are Mrs. John l.. Grit
tiths, Miss Bessie Hendricks, Miss IZor,
Miss Helen Mckay, Miss InSraham, Mr..
Webb Irwin, whose pictures in the exhibit
at the High School last year were consid-
cred remarkable, and Mr.. Rembrant Steele,
son of the artist. Most of the drawings
have been done in black and white, though
a few of the pupils have ventured to use
colorS. Mr.. Steele also has a Sketching class
numbering twelve or fifteen. Some of them
are from the High School, and the men,
bers pose for each other. Frequently they
are given a subject for composition and
are required to illustrate 1t according to
their own ideas. Mr.. Steele has recently
completed a portrait of Col. Eli Lilly for
the Commercial Grub, which has been hung
traits of Colonel and Mrs. Lilly, which will
be hung in their elegant new home on
| North Meridian street when the home ia
finished. Portraits of Mrs. Steele and of
Mrs. Clarence Forsyth have also come from
his brush. A number of Mr.. Steele's fine
landscapes are in art collections East. Mr..
Steele objects to his studio being called a
school of art: he says it is not a school of
art, but a school of technique. The artists
tour for sketching and painting for the
coming summer will be to Long island,
where he can get some new and different
effects in atmosphere and subject from
what he found in the rich country OF south
ern Indiana last year.
WITH THE PUPILS.
Mr.. William Forsyth has been busy teach
Ing in the Art School four days of every
week and in instructing pupils at Fort
Wayne the other two days of the week.
Spare time has been devoted to portrait
~ anu iAo ici1N SaDltCt - liz NOuiIE
son of Mr.. William Henri. In the day
class the art students have bcen drawing
from life. Miss Julia Sharpe. Mrs. Weisen-
berger, Miss Lauter, Miss Becker, Mr..
Lowe, Mr.. Boyd and Mr.. Fred Knoll are
the colorists Of this group. In the pen and
INK and water color class some OF TIE work
ers are Miss katherine Porter, Mrs. Arthur
Bohn, Miss Paddock ana Miss Bessie
Warne: An interesting and interested class
meets in the evening. These are men. and
come from their day business of archi-
lecture, engraving, designing and other
business which requires nicely oil lines and
curves, and a second class, which meets
every Wednesday afternoon, from 4 10 )
O'Clock, is composed OF people who desire
here pose for each other. Mr.. Forsyth
has net decided whether he will go again on
wealth of material for art subjects last
summer. or whether he will go out of the
city and take a class with him for an
outing and study combined.
Mr.. r. Il. Gruelle has been engaged on
some literary art work for about half Of
of Baltimore, who is the owner of the
famous Walters collection of pictures, be-
came acquainted with Mr.. Gruelle and a
ticles descriptive Of pictures of modern art,
and Mr.. Walters saw them. He was much
he was the man he had been looking Cor
for many years. He wanted a descriptive
catalogue of his collection, and he asked
Mr.; Gruelie if he would write it The
artist consented, and so part of every
udy mas Dee0 given 10 IllS Wfltlng. Inc
catalogue will be published in this city
in artistic style, and will be completed
some time during this summer. Mr.. Cru
full length portrait of Mrs. Frank Flanner.
Mr.: Gruelle will spend the summer in
this locality and will make occasional visits
to the pastoral suburbs. to transfer bits OF
scenery to his canvas. He will also do some
water color work. a branch of art in which
he excels. Mr.. Gruelle will send some Of
his pictures East in a few weeks for the
spring exhibitions; Some will go to Bos
ton, some to New York and others to Was.
Mr.. w. C Brazington. who has done some
Years sbH9 has BEEN BEEN making portraits' au wR dS.
ter. In his studio in the ingalls, Block ht
makes portraits in crayon and pastel. HI
has just finished one of Lillian Russell. one
of Miss Anna More, of this city, who Is
now on the stage, and one of Miss Mary
Aldrich: a full-length picture of Mr.. Pau
krausSs little daughter, done in pastel, il
still on the easel.
COLORs ON CERAMICS.
The painters on china are legion. Per
haps it is not such a fad just at presen
as it was a few years ago to paint OF
china, but there are certainly some beauti
full pictures transferred to plates, cups an,
saucers, vases and odd pieces. Mrs. A. Il
Ferry has two large rooms full of tn
product of her own brushes. There ar
varieties Of all kinds of china. Some or he
handsomest pieces are pictures of cupid
anu DdDleS done on porcelain. These eX
quisite productions surrounded by tn
fashionable FlOrentine frames remind on
OF the pieces European travellers sometime
|, bring home with them as specimens O
what they saw in the famous galleries. O
those who are doing china decorating wit
Mrs. Ferry are Miss Fannie Marsh, Mrs
Gnarles Buschmann, Mrs. r.. p. Craft, Mr.:
. P!ewes, Mrs. a. j. Johnson, Mrs. NJ. a
!. Phlpps, Miss June Bolton, who does fin
1 picture work, Miss Mary Brumfield, O
Winchester; Miss Minnie NJ. Anderson, VIII
is not only an artist in figures. but work
with pen and ink and with gold, and doe
some unusual life work. Mrs. Clemen
Nonnegut, jr., and Mrs. John Woche
} nave been engaged with china painting, an
OF those from out of town are Mrs. J. /
Holman, of Danville; Miss Greenleaf. 9
Hagerstown: Mrs. j. Shannon Nave. G
Attica; Miss Pearl J%effries, Of Southport
Mrs. Cunningham, of Little Rock. Ark
| Mrs. Covode, of Noblesville; Miss Grac
= Nixon, of Kokomo. Mrs. o. d. Weaver Ia
some beautiful dishes OF her own decors
ton, and Mrs. Austin, of West Prai
street, has become an expert painter {
portraits on porcelain. The latter recent
. made one of Mr.. T. L. Mayors son o
Ferry is making some long oval plate
with a series of original sketches of Mothe
Goose subjects, which are quite daint,
The workers in the studio are also doin
modelling in clay and carving in wet clar
An exhibit OF china and pottery will /
made within a few weeks at Lieber's. whe
the public may see what some of II
artists have been doing through the white
Mrs. John Julien made an exhibit
and since that time she has been busy wit
q variety of nfannC al her homo in Tr,tn,