The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-02
THE WORK WAS ALL GOOD.
Successful Exhibition of the Keramfc
Art Club.

The Jersey City Keranic Art Club met
in the Hasbrouck Institute studios yes
terday afternoon. The exhibition OF
china was even better than last time.
The Judge was Mr.. Charles Volkmar,
the great undergiaze painter, and he said
| that 1t was difficult for nm TO make a
decision, so good was all the work. He
finally decided in favor of he plate
painted by Mrs. Alice r.. Bigelow. AMI
said that it was the most complete. Il
was well balanced and Harmonious in
coiar. Mrs Bigelow's plate was decor
ated with landscape medall.ons and
white ard purple v:olets. with a border
OF gold work. Mrs. Shines plate was
decorated with vieless and had :. violet
back ground with Louis XIV. aecord-
tors of gold. Mr.. Volkmar praised tie
treatment of the ground with the flow
ers. Two others having honorable men
ton were Miss Edla G. Case, whose plate
had violet medallions, and Miss Emma
decorated with wild ~violets on q cream
colored back ground. Mrs. RoweiPs
plate had a white back ground and gold
border. and the decoration was q copy, Of
a water color painting done by Mrs.
Rowell, which was hung upon the line
in the Academy of Design last year.
The study was a glass of violets.
NM. Voikmar then criticised all of the
plates. showing both their defects and
virtues. Those to which he gave most
praise were s,, dec9 3EsHe by MIS- Ms III I;i Is.
ard Miss Florence White. Miss McCabe
and Mrs. Giuck. Miss ,wakeman's
plate was decorated with yioletss and an
border was particularly praised. Mrs.
Gluck's plate had dainty violet wreaths
with 2 Violet border M,s The F, Wrsashs Wits MdTe
had two colonial figures against a light
back ground. Miss Darling's reate,
decorated with a landscape view of Marie
Antoinette's dairy. and a border OF 70
Miss Belle Stueck's plate, decorated with
vioiets and a green border, was good.
to use raised paste. Mrs. Rowell us>s
the water color theory. 1t was DECIDED
to have the walls of the rooms used for 3
the exhibition to be held Suns D. ~ ka ~
the best back ground. The members are
ali anxious to have the first annual ex-
hlbition q decided success, n !udg4ns
hibition win be delightful. Some artists
not belonging. to the. club have promised
to exhibit china. Among, them are
a MT o of tRe Na NOS. f Keramie Le aiass.
Madame La Prince. President Of the
New York CLUB; Mrs: W9rth osgsood,
| Horace Wait. Mrs. Roweil has secured
exhibition. They Area complete set
from Mrs. S. S.. Frackleton; a set Of
| relief enamel glass colors. from Favor,
| Ruhl & Co.; a set of mineral coiors with
| gold. from Sartorius & Co.; a set of spec
| faIly prepared colors. from r. Golden &
| Co: and one dozen boxes of gold, from
J. Marsching & Co.
ChocoIate was served by some Of the
| n members of the club. and it
| was decided to buy several dozen cups
| and saucers to be decorated by the club
| for the use of the club at its social meet
Ipoc Mites EarpQ1tq g Post WA elected
a club member
The piece of china for the next COM
petition will be a round platter and. the
blossoms and ferns, flower fairies. grit
fms and chimeras, and orchards in
bloom.