The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-11
ARTISTS OF THE WEST
SEVENTH ANNUAL EXHIBIT OF So
Getty AT HEBRON INSTITUTE.
CreditabIe Work Done by the Indiana
GrOup-Exhfbit Open to Public
for Three Weeks.

The seventh annual exhibition of the So
ciety of Western Artists at the John Her
ron Art Institute was opened most auspi-
ciously last night with a reception and
first view TO the members and the press.
The collection of work placed on view is
considered the finest yet shown by the So
ciety. 1t includes a wide variety of pic
lures in oils and water colors; a few pas
tells and monotypes; a number of pieces In
plaster and plaster medallions. clever orig
inal book-plate designs; a number of stud
les for mural decoration and an assort-
ment of lockwood and Newcomb pottery.
In the latter class are two cases in under
glaze, the work of Henrietta Ord Jones, of
the st. Louis School of Fine Arts. Mrs.
Margaret Steele displays some designs for
book plates which are very attractive. Mr..
Brandt Steele exhibits two wrought steel
candlesticks. r. II. Jarvie, of Chicago.
has two candesticks on view also. Mural
decoration is beautifully illustrated in the
work of F. l.. Stoddard, of st. Louis, who
shows panel studies which are sketches for
the mayors office in that city and by three
panels, illustrating THE Youth of King
Arthur" by Lucy Fitch Perkins, of Chi
cago.
Canvases which are receiving consider
able attention at the exhibit are those of
Indian heads. ]. III. Sharp, of Cincinnati,
has done some especially fine work in this
line. Mr.. Sharp has a national reputation
for his heads of Indians, having, 1t is said,
commissions for five years advance work
on the same line of study. Among his can
vases at the exhibit are two of Sioux In
dians, copy from still life called 'Teepee
Things and admirable view of the
plains, entitled Sage Brush and Bushes"
This artist is now the only exhibitor OF
Indian figures. Bert Philips, a talented
painter, who at present is in Taos Nj, n; M
of that region, has sent two OF his can
vases, both of them finely done
The indianapolis artists are most cred
itably represented. j. Otis Adams, among
other views, shows q canvas entitled The
Iridescence of a Shallow Stream which is
view OF a winding stream, remarkable
for the beautiful peacock c0lOrS which
glimmer and shine in the ripping water.
The picture is wonderful piece of art
and excites favorable comment wherever
exhibited. w. Forsythe exhibits five of his
paintings, among them 1.-The Ford which
is fine, and 'At the Town End also of
exceptional charm. Otto Stark has two
1.-The River Bend" Mrs. Helen Mckay
| Steele shows an attractive pastel called
THE Black Mantle" Four canvases from
the brush of I. c. Steele are shown, all of
i
| where he spent the past summer. One can
vas of beauty and interest is view OF
Mount San Bernardino. from Smiley
| Heights, Redlands, CAL; Low, Tide" is a
| scene from the Oregon Coast, one of the
first marine views Mr.. Steele has painted.
Miss Bessie Hendricks has one canvas.
| Emma Is. King, also of this city, exhibits
| a large picture entitled November" which
1 is filled with soft autumn lights and COL
ors. caught most happily by the artist
| A charming picture, I'm the Arbor," repre-
sents two quantity dressed children playing
| in a shady nook of an arbor, and is the
| work of Mrs Ada Walter ShluZ, of Della
van, Wis, former Indianapolis woman.
One of the largest pictures is Silence,
| by l.. II. Meakin, OF Cincinnati, and Is
very fine. Mr.. Meakin shows a number OF
other pieces of his work in addition to a
| number of artist proof etchings. 1.-The
| Raft Is another large canvas, and is de-
lightful in its coloring and thought. Those
who will remember the Albright pictures
of country children shown at recent ex'
hibition, will recognize this later canvas
| as the work of Adam Emory Albright, OF
Chicago A group called THE Solitude OF
the Sulo," by Lordao Taft. is noticeable
aor it's thought and fine execution. Pre-
pairing for the Fete' is handsome piece
of work by Pauline Dohn Rudolph, anc
represents a girl in Japanese costume plac
poise and the soft colors of the seen,
lend to its attractiveness. A group o.
three pictures, which resemble each Other
only in their dark coloring are 1.-The Drui1
Oaks THE Oaks and THE Pool" Al
three are well done and despite the darl
gloomy shades in their composition arr
most attractive canvases.
Toledo is we'll represented. Edmund Ost
haus, whose dogs have given him the it'll
1.-The American LandSeer," has done credi
to himself and his art in SLOW Music,' il
oils. Three hounds are shown on cliff
the setting sun behind them. They hav
lost the trail and are baying their dis
appointment to the evening sky. Thre
water colors complete the list of his pic
lures. They are sylvan scenes, in which
his fame rests nearly as secure as in tn
line for which he is better known. The.
are Meadow Stream" Summer Gay" an
After the Rain"
His sister, Marie Osthaus Griffith, VIII
paints only still life, has but one picture
"A Generous Yield in oil. 1t is a mag
be regretted that Mrs. Griffith did not ex
hibit a flower piece with her grapes. MI
Osthaus and Mrs. Griffith are brother an
sister of Prof. Karl Osthaus, German pro
fessor at Indiana State University.
George w. Stevens, the third of the To
ledo coterie, has three water colors, tw
| of them Venetian scenes, in which he ex
cells, and the third a street scene in Plea
dilly, London. Mr.. Stevens is a brother O
| Hal Stevens, who, during the past two O
three years, has delighted lovers of goo
vaudeville at the Grand in this city.
The exhibit contains many other mos
admirable pieces of work and is especial
rich in every line represented The publ
will be enabled to view il for the mex
three weeks, and will find there materis
for many hours of delightful enjoyment.