The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-04-13
Magnificent Paintings Now ON
Exhibit at the Library.
WORK OF THE MEN OF NOTE.
Sketches of Those Whose Deft Hands
Have Transferred Pretty Scenes
and Thoughts to Canvas.

Paris is the art center of the world
and to win recognition in her salons is
therefore the ambition of every artist
In 1900 the American section of the Fine
| Arts exhibit at Paris was second only
to the French and secured more honors
than any other nation except France
| We have in the United States two ma
tionai societies of art. One the Nation
| al Academy of Design, founded in 1928
the other the Society of American Art
lists founded in 1873. These two societies
| are soon to be fused into one The pie
| lures chosen by the committee for the
| public to vote on at the library are by
artists who have received medals and
honorable mention, both in this country
and abroad.
No. 36 is by +. Irving Couse, who is
living now in New York. He was born
in Michigan, lived there till a young
man when he went to Paris. His study
of art was begun in this country though
later he was a pupil of Bougerean and
| Lleury. He has been honored many
times, his afards including the Shaw
prize at the Salmagdi club of New York
Two from the National Academy of De
sign; also honorable mention at the
Paris exposition in 1900 and at the Pan
American at Buffalo. His works are
varied in subject. The two hanging in
the Mankato exhibit, "The Sandy Road"
and ''Under the Poplars," both represent
ing farm life and the artistic treatment
of q flock of sheep.
| No. SO is by Charles Warren Eaton,
who was born at Albany in 1857, studied
at the national Academy of Design and
Art Students league in New York. In
| 1900 he received honorable mention at the
Paris exposition; again at the Pan Am
erican. He also received the silver medal
at Charlestown exposition and the In
ness prize at the Salimaggundi club in
New York His work both in oil and
water color has n poetic charm and is
truthful both in drawing and coloring.
He is an artist OF note and his pictures
have been honored in many exhibits,
One of his paintings was purchased by
the citizens of Winona last year.
No. ~ is by William Forsythe, who
was born in Ohio, but has been a resi-
dent of indianapolis since childhood. He
received his first lessons in the Indiana
School of Art and later studied in Mum
ich while Mr. KOehler was there. lie
resided abroad seven years, and won the
royal medal at the Academy of Munich
| He won medals in oil and water color
both at the Columbian and st. Louis eX-
positions. The group of indianapolis
men known as the Hoosier painting, OF
which he is prominent member, Is
strong and individual, and has given eX-
|
least as James Whitcomb Riley. They
have devoted themselves to the prob
lens of light, color and atmosphere which
are peculiar to early autumn and Indian
summer in Indiana. The work of For
sythe is highly impressionistic.
No 81 is by Robert Koehler. who was
born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1850, but
came to America four years later and
was educated in Milwaukee. He went to
| New York in 1871 and studied drawing
at the National Academy of Design. Two
years later he went to Munich devoting
himself to the study of art. After hay-
| ing spent fifteen years in Europe he ac-
| cepted the position of director of the
| Minneapolis School of Fine Arts. Be
sides the bronze and silver medals at
| Munich, he was awarded an honorable
mention at the Paris exposition. in 1889
for his painting, "The Strike and from
the prince regent of Bavaria he received
| the cross of the Order of st. Michael
in recognition of his service in The cause
of art
No % is by Julian Alden Weir, who
was born at West Point in 1852 and re-
ceived his first instruction from his faith
er. Robert Walter Weir. He studied in
Paris under Gerome and during his early
student days was closely associated
with Eastern and La Page, who greatly
| influenced his art. After his return to
America he was one of the founders OF
the Society Of American Artists in 1875
and at one time was its president. lie
! became a member of the National Acad-
envy in 1856. He received the prize OF
| 50 900 of the American Art association
in 1856 for his picture, "Idle Hours
which is now owned by the Metropoli-
tan Museum in New York. He received
second class medal ut the Paris eXposi
ton in 1889 with his picture of 'Bos
ton Interior" His works are always art
istic
| The citizens of Mankato may well fee
proud to have an exhibit containing
works of such eminent painters brought