The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-19
Referred to by Publication at
Duluth, Minn., as One of
Greatest Landscape Artists
Of the Country.
COMPARISON is MADE
WITH EATON'S WORK.
At the Age of Fifty-four, Rich
mond'S Best Known Artist
Is Receiving the Recognition
That Is Due Him.

Classed with Charles Warren Eaton,
and spoken of as one OF the greatest
landscape artists OF the country. to-
day. j. f. Bundy of this city. was paid
a beautiful tribute by the Duluth
(Minn) News Tribune of Sundays Is
sue. In part is said:
while these two painters are alike.
their attitudes are different Mr..
Bundy finds beautiful spot in the
beech-woods; some spot where nature
has been kind enough to grow the
beeches in that witching careless way
that admits the sunlight here and
there only enough to show the beau
ties Of the autumn foliage. quiet spot.
haunted by the timid squirrel or wood
cock
He contents himself by telling In
his own poetic and charming way the
beauties that nature shows him in
such places His pictures are loved
for different reasons.
Mr. Bundy was born in Guilford
county, ~ c., fifty-four years ago.
coming to Richmond, Ind. at an early
age He had the temperament OF an
artist developed early. but there was
little encouragement for an artist
among the plain, simple Quakers
among whom he lived. All the time
he conducted a photograph gallery In
this town, his heart was out among
the beechwoods where the nuts were
dropping. But his work In his photo
graph gallery was done faithfully and
some of his early photographs were
remarkable considering that he never
had had days instruction i'm an art
academy nor lesson from any paint
er The woodland was continually
Haunting him an invitation to better
acquaintances. In recent letter In
which he tells of contemplated visit
during the summer painting season TO
some OF the places frequentel by art.
lists of New England he says that he
makes the visit not with the hope Of
new fields to paint, but of finding the
better way OF expressing the beauty OF
the beeches. For thirty years the
woods have been my alma mater and
I shall never get away from them Lit
tie can one imagine the fidelity to tho
work he loves ulSplayeu Dy hniS man.
Beech Tree Paintings.
"Those who know him tell OF some
twenty carefully painted studies OF
what he considered the most beautiful
beech tree he had ever found. These
paintings had been done during per-
iod. extending over five years in
which time he had painted his old
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of light, weather and season. Here
was one showing above all else the
soft moss about the roots, that made
one long for such a place to rest from
the noise of the turbulent street: an
other shows promise of coming leaves
i'm the buds of spring; still another
seems to invite to the ieafy shade OF
this royal tree on hot summers day,
and again all is in the white shroud OF
winter and one is hidden to go shiver-
ing to neighboring fireside. AS one
after the other of these treasured rec
ords Of days spent in Joyous study OF
his old friend were shown, he said.
4 knew every twig, every bit Of moss
that clung to the trunk of this old
tree. Here is the last picture of my
old friend. II was a day I'm March.
The snow had melted until ! knew
that the velvety green of the moss
would show through in spots and I
made my pilgrimage TO paint it. This
is what I found, and nc brought forth
most carefully painted new cut
stump. never thought any one
would have the heart to cut this beau
tiful tree or ! would gladly have paid
them to let it stand, at least as long
as / live