The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-01-26
NEWSPAP PER ARTIST SOCIETY'S
EXHIBIT WILL OPEN TO-DAY
Excellent DrazCmgS Cartoons Etc, BY Indanab0ks Nezcbabe
Men VIe7O at the ChaypoI Hotel

The second annual exhibit of the Indian
apolis Newspaper Artists Society was
opened yesterday afternoon at the Claypool
Hotel with a private view for patrons and
members of the press. The exhibit will
be opened to the public this morning and
the drawings will continue view the
remainder Of the week.
The exhibit is greatly superior to that Of
last year and is a credit to the press artists
of the city. The greater part of the work
of these artists seen by the newspape
reading public is done under the stress of
hurry and rush. and while hustling the
drawings out does not impair their vigor
or force, it gives the artists little time to
perfect details and give their pictures the
finishing touches that make them satisfy
ing to the artistic sense. This exhibit,
however, gives the men an opportunity to
show some of the things which are really
representative of their ability and in adj
dition to familiar cartoons and sketches,
seen before in the pages of the daily papers,
there are drawings and sketches of rare
finish and exquisite beauty which show
more painstaking work than the newspaper
artist can usually bestow upon his daily
grind.
Frank S. Bowers, of the News, shows
fifty-four drawings, of which only six are
cartoons by which he is known to the
greater part of the Indianapolis public. Mr.
Bowers's animal studies are among the
notable things of the exhibit. The draw
ings are in pastel, white and color, against
colored board and are wonderfully effect
i've, both in color and drawing. Stalking"
a sinuous leopard undulating across the
raf, fau
yellow, black and white tiger; and In a
PEACEFUL Mood mastery drawing of a
magnificent mas, lion. are among. the, especially
Show" and THE Hurdler," are clean, spir-
tied drawings of high-bred horses and
riders fsi, and The Hunt" a study in pastel,
little landscape sketch in pencil touched
with color, and filled with charm Mr.
Bowers Is also represented by a number
or studies OF figures and heads. Mr. Bow
ers has been with the San Francisco Elk
aminer and the New York Journal and
since 1900 has been with the News here.
Frank Mckinney Hubbard of the News
shows number Of caricatures Of we'll
known people in fat color wash, combined
with pen and ink. Mr. Hubbards clever
caricatures not hard to identify either
as to subject or artist and II does not need
the catalogued Senator Fairbanks" TO
pIoClalIH lnat the gentleman whose length
Is clad chiefly in "A close buttoned black
coat with the eloquent hands expressive
stray locks, and the trim boutOnniere is
| the senior senator from Indiana The carl
cature OF Mayor Hoffman with his little
/ axe Is also good, and there are a large
/ number of other clever take-offs in Mr.
! Hubbard's gallery of caricatures. His Horse
] Show sketches are characteristic of the
! cartoonist If not OF the show, and THE
Hubbard Girl as shown in the exhibit IL
/ not beautiful is exceedingly entertaining.
] II Huh ra~ -.
/ Cincinnati and Mansfield before coming TO
/ Indianapolis and his clever sketches are
i known throughout the country. Franklin
/ Booth of the News shows some drawings
\ in black and white of unusual technique.
and some landscapes i'm pastels which are
/ exquisite in feeling. Mr.. Booths talent is
! Of a high order and all of his pictures
! either in pen or in pastel have distinction.
/ OF the black and whites Thanksgiving,
/ Fifty Years Ago." and Easter" are among
! the most notable. His pictures usually tell
! story and the painstaking detail OF his
/ work does not interfere with its force and
vigor. His landscape studies are full OF
/ charm and atmosphere. "A Winter Even
/ ing being one or especial beauty. Mr..
I Booth has spent some time in Chicago and
/ New York but recently returned TO Indi-
| ana.
w. +. Heitmann. of the Sentinel. versa
| tile newspaper artist. shows a number OF