St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-09
MINNEAPOLIS.
NIRNE'S NEW FAD
AN UNIQUE EXHIBIT OF THE
MUCH DESPISED
POSTER.
ARTISTIC AND ATTRACTIVE.
MANY NOTED DESIGNERS REPRE-
SCENTED IN THE CONTEST FOR
PRIZES.
SUGGESTIONS OF BEARDsLEY
In the Work of BradIcy-Rhead,s
Vigorous neutrality-suspicious.
of WOmen's Work.
ARTISTIC AND ATTRACTIVE.
SUGGESTIONS OF BEARDsLEY

There is being held in Minneapolis
at the present time an exhibition
which all artistically minded citizens
of st. Paul, as we'll as those who are
DESTROYS Of keeping up with the fads of
the day, will do we'll not to miss,
At the rooms of the Studio club, 719
Hennepin avenue, is in progress the
first exhibition of artistic posters ever
held in the Twin Cities. You may or
may not like posters, but it is becom-
ing essential that you know something
about them. An opinion concerning
the striking modern work being done
in this line is a thing no self
respecting household will be long with
out.
The exhibition was opened Jan.
with the intention of making it of two
weeks duration, but as new and inter-
esting specimens have been received
nearly every day, so that the collection
has constantly grown in interest, it is
probable that it will remain on view
for an additional week. One of the
prime attractions of the exhibition is
the collection Of tWenty-three original
drawings in competition for the three
prizes offered by the Century company
for the best poster designs to repres-
ent Napoleon at some stage of his
career between Austerlitz and Water
loo. The judges were Gerome, Detaille
and j. G. Vibert, and the designs Sc
lected strike the ordinary observer as
being Of more value as pictures and Of
less as posters than some of the
sketches which received no prize. All,
however, are extremely interesting.
Among the artists represented in the
competition are Lefebvre, Toulouse
Lantrec and Maurice Reslier Dumas
The Century sketches will be replaced
shortly by a collection from Cherets,
which has just arrived, and which am
ply represents the intensely brilliant
and striking work Of the great French
man, who is the acknowledged chief
Of poster designers. Among other
French artists of great repute are
shown designs by Steinlen, Toulouse
Lantrec and Feure. American posters
are amply represented as we'll. The
work of Will H. Bradley, Louis ].
Rhead and Miss Ethel Reed stands out
with especial prominence. Mr.. Brad
ley is well known from his Chap
Book posters and other designs for
Messrs. Stone and Kimball. His style
at times is too suggestive of BeardSley
to be strictly original, but is always
interesting. Louis J. Rhead has
clearly marked style Of his own. His
designs are always graceful and US
ually rather ornate. The work of
Miss Ethel Reed, who is comparative
ly new in this line, is marked by
great versatility and charm of style.
No two specimens of her work resem-
BILE each other in manner, and it is
difficult to say which the speculator
finds most delightful, the quaint af-
fectation of the Araminta-Arabella
poster or the strong and simple design
for a forthcoming volume Of poems
by Miss E. Pauline Johnson, the Cana
dian poet whose Indian origin adds
a Spectacular interest to her work.
Although the catalogue has but 1876
designs in it's list, the collection now
shown contains at least 800 posters,
and the rooms of the Studio club,
quaint and attractive at all times, are
a Fascinating riot of color which can
hardly be described.
The posters have been brought to-
gether from various sources. The club
is indebted to Mr. Brown, it's former
secretary, for securing a large part of
the collection; some specimens were
loaned by the artists, and a number
are from the extensive collection of
Mr.. Landers, of New Britain, Conn
Should the present exhibition prove as
successful as it now promises to be-
and as it certainly deserves, the club
hopes to secure at a later date various
collections of drawings and paintings
of a different order for exhibition.