The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-04-15
ESTHER
GRIFFIN
WHITE

The life OF bowers VINO appears
at High School hall tonight in an IL
Illustrated talk on his art and its work
ers, has been a varied one. AS stated
in this paper a few days ago, Mr..
Bowers is a native of Oregon having
been born near Salem, that state, on a
farm. Mr. Bowers first studied pho
Biography but gave that up as too
mechanical medium for his artistic
energies and, in violent contrast, took
to the life of the ranch and of break
ing ''bucking bronchoes,' but finding
this more strenuous than artistic,
went to San Francisco and began life
as a newspaper man on the "Exami
ner,' of that city. Just before the
Spanish war he went to New York
where he was on the "Journal,
Hearst's well knowns sheet, whence
he came to Indianapolis and "The
News in 1899, where he has since
been. Mr.. Bowers is still yorng
man and his talk will no doubt be
highly entertaining.
The fact that both Bundy and
Conner will be represented in the
Fine Arts Exhibit at the st. Louis
Exposition, argues with great en-
lphasis for the unusual quality of
work done by the Richmond Group
of artists, which has rather now come
to mean Bundy, Conner and Glrar-
din. 1t was a severe jury before
which these pictures came for Judg-
ment and the fact, in addition, that
out of 700 pictures presented from a
certain section, only ninety-eight We're
chosen and out of this ninety-eight,
nineteen were from Indiana artists,
goes to show the mettle of Indiana
artists. It IS a record of which the
state should we'll be proud, and when
Richmond people wander through the
galleries Of pictures at St. Louis,
they will see nothing better III their
peculiar fashion. than the pictures
from the two Richmond artists.
That a prophet is not without hon
or save in his own country, has been
pointedly exemplifed in the case OF
Conner, particularly, as it was not
until last spring when his work ere
ated such a sensation in Indianapolis
that sundry local alleged eonnois
seurs saw that any good artistic th1ne
20 "
Several of Mr.. Conner's friends, who
had always believed in his eeniu:
made a strenuous effort to get the 10
cal art association to buy Conner
"'Wet Night in February now ad
mitted to be remarkable piece q
virtuosity in paint coming from III
hand of an artist no matter who
this picture to be hung at st. Loul
in the Fine Arts Section. But tie.
were unable to accomplish this en-
altho' from the standpoint of technl
que not a picture purchased by TIN
organization equals the work by Con
{ ner in this canvas. However, 1t
. ever thus. A good many persons ar
! afraid to venture an opinion aho'i
i. anything until they first find how
is regarded by the public or thos
in authority Conner, however, ha
come into his own, altho' he has bee
unable to do much work for som
months on account of III health.
The recent exhibit of these tire
/. artists at Hermann s in Indianapc
lis was a great success. Only thre
7 of Corners pictures were shown, th
I exhibition being largly made mp o
0 work by Girardin and Bundy
n Several of Mr. Girardin's and M
! Bundy's pictures were sold. Giral
' din is, as stated week or so sine
g here, having a very successful exbibi
: in Cleveland, and his pictures ".
. also be seen at the Exposition, q nun
Der to be hung in the Indiana Buil6
3 ing.
I Some work which Is sure to attrat
attention will be shown here in Jun
for the first time, these being sewers
heads and still life studies in oil b
Miss Ada Robinson, young artist G
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