The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-09
A DAY SPENT IN INTERESTING
 ART STUDIOS OF BIRMINGHAM
DEVELOPMENT OF FIELD OF ART DUE TO EFFORTS OF lNoWlD. uALs AND WORK OF AssoclA. TIoN-HAPPENlNes OF WEEK.
By MYRTLE MILES.
Telephones: Bell, 11eo; Peoples, 2ss

Telephones: Bell, 1160i Peoples, 299.
 The development in the field of art in
 Birmingham has been in keeping with the progress along other lines. 4 few years
 ago the studios in the city worthy of the name were so rare that the fingers of one hand would have been sufficient to num- Der them. In those days a number of the young artists who have already "ar-
 rived were gathered every few days in the studio of MT. Parrish who afterwar1 left here, but not until he had proven the inspiration for a number of careers in the student headquarters of Paris New York and the picturesque villages in Hol- land. Among his pupils were Miss Edna Smith, Miss Alice Rumph, Miss Mary Reese, Miss Carrie Hill. Miss Lutie Sharpe, now Mrs. Eastwood of Cleveland, O.. and others.
 These young women worked earnestly
 and MT. Parrish won the gratitude of
 every one by his careful criticisms and his encourag cement.
 Today there are studios in private resi-
 dences, many of which are used as the work rooms of artists who are filling or
 ders for their paintings in other cities. Others are filled almost every day with young pupils intent upon producing creditable work of art. Some of the studios are in office buildings, some others in private homes An interesting one is a cooperative studio in which a group of young artists gather every day for really serious work. model is employed for the use of all and after a period of rl-nf a n is hardly possible to measure the good that this class has accomplished. Those who compose it sre Miss Della Dryer, Miss Alice Rumph, Miss Gena Johnson, Miss Carey Johnston, Miss Hannah FL liott, Miss Mclaughlin, Miss Mary Kirk pa trick.
 An organization which has done much to foster interest in art and encourage its students is the Birmingham Art asso- citation. It was organized last summer and numbers among it's members people who represent the highest and best in a community of cultured people. It is the purpose of the club each year to give an exhibition, in which will be shown some Of the work of all the members who care 10 show what they have accomplished dur i ing the year. It is anticipated that the next exhibition will be held in the fall l The last which occurred in April, will be | recalled as one of the treats of the year. l
 Mrs Lowell is the president of the art ! association, and was one of its organizers. Its success is largely due to her untiring efforts and enthusiasm. She is not only extraordinarily capable from an executive sctandpoint. but is one of the most culti- vated women in Birmingham along artis- f tic lines. She is a gifted miniature painter and Har rarsl- ic south She has had, too the advantage | of the most splendid training. Most peo- ! pie who have lived here for the past ten years will recall a period when Mrs Lovells brush was far more active than now, and some of her exquisite pictures. However, the intensely delicate and min- ute attention to detail required in min iature painting proved too much for her eyes to stand, so a few years ago she gave up her work and the Birmingham public has been very much the loser. She has not retired from active work in other lines, though. No movement involving the intellectual interests of the community is quite complete without her cooperation or. at least, her approval or sanction Though not musician, she was until re- gently president of one of the best known musical clubs in Birmingham, and is still one of its most active members. She is interested in a number of charities. being president or the Unlteu CnarllleS ana one of the principal factors in the success of the Boys club. She is also an enthusias- tic club worker. But, first and last, Mrs. Lowell Is an artist, whether her palette Is laid aside or she work daily, she is still the artist and recognized as such by her contemporaries.
 Miss Alice Rumph, another organizer of the league, is Its vice president. She is a young woman of unusual ability and has had superb training, both in this country and i'll Europe. She studied sev- eral years ago in Paris under the best masters and followed up this experience with sketching trip through Holland. Many haveebeen heard to express pref erence for these Dutch scenes with their cool, dull tints and their quaint repre- sentations of the domestic life of the Dutch people She has worked of late years on the coast of Massachusetts, re- producing the scenes, both rugged and peaceful, along those picturesque shores. She is now at Blowing Rock, N. C., work ing in the studio of MT. Daingerfield of New York. Miss Rumph is thoroughly ambitious and knows no defeat where her work iS concerned. Her idea of