The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-29
ART AND :
ARTISTS

and has an able corps of assistants
throughout the State. The national
press chairman, Mrs. Charles B.
Woodwork, is resident of Indiana,
living in Fl. Wayne. Mrs. Wood
worth is one of the best known club
women in this State and has done
more for the cause of Art in her own
city than any other one person, being
prominently connected with the Fl.
Wayne school of Art. Mrs. Wood
worth has a very effective bookplate
designed by Mr.. Ronald Dawson, Of
Fl. Wayne, who does interesting work
in decorative design.
Mrs. Dealtry's studio in the Kelly
Block until October. Miss Kaufman
has painted some clever studies from
life in oil this summer, including one
or two portraits of children, which
are capitally done. For one who has
heretofore worked alone in wafer col
ors, Miss Kaufman displays astonish-
ing virility in the medium of oil. She
is also an accomplished ceramic pain
, ter, doing charming work in this me-
dunn, having just completed the dec
Grafton Of large punch bowl. Miss
| Kaufman expects to return to Cincin-
natl in the autumn to continue her
studies in the A cademy School.
In the department Of ceramic paint
ing at the recent are exhibit were to
be seen several pieces of mineral
painting by Mr.. Arthur Commons
which deserves particular comment.
These were five vases the decorative
design in each case being from a
study Of one of our native wild flow
ers to be found in the woodh about
Richmond. The anemone, the
'lamb's iongue,' the sweet william
or wild pholox, columbine and
"Dutchmen s breeches, '--- to
use the common nomenclature-were
the flowers selected, Mrs Commons
making studies Of three in water col
ors, two mere drawings and taking
the color direct from the plants them
selves. The designs having the yell
low 'lamb's tongue,' and pale blue,
lilac and lavendar tints of the sweet
william, produced the best effect in
the process of reproduction but all
were charming and highly interesting
from the originality displayed by Mrs.
Commons in making her own studies
direct from nature. Mrs. Common s
work in this respect shows much prom
Use and she is certainly to be COM
mended for her departure from ordin-
nary procedure in the way of design,
practiced almost universally in this
art. The vase was design from a
study Of the "trillium,' made by
Mrs. Commons about year ago, is on
exhibit at St. Louis in the Liberal
; Arts Building, being included in the
display from Indiana.
AS stated before in The Palladium
Mr.. Nordyke of "The Richmond Art
Club,' was the only Richmond artist
to make a sale in Muncie where their
pictures were displayed, his canvas
"Early Spring." having been sold
during the early part of the exhibi-
ton in that town. This was one of
Mr.. Nordyke's most successful pic
lures winning the commentator of
:, his brother artists, and he is to be
,, congratulated upon it's successful dis.
4 position.
The Fine Arts Journal for Jul,
= gives an interesting account of tn,
; work of Cecile de Wentworth. thu
= French portrait and genre painter. I
= refers particularly to her picture il
4 the Fine Arts Department at St. Loui
;, ,ESOlitude. hunr in the America,