The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-18
BY ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

An honorable mention Was Aoloi d
bly, bestowed in the current exhibition
of Indiana artists in the public art gal
leries.
To M. C. Nordyke, of this city, for
small winter landscape.
Mr. Nordyke is one of the oldest
painters of the town.
And, with other of the local artists,
long ago founded the Richmond Art
Club, which was, later, merged into
the Richmond Art Association.
While painting after the manner of
the old school rather than following
new artistic gods-which gods prove
sometimes will O. the wisps leading
their chasers a merry, dance through
many an artistic bog-Mr. Nordyke
still invests his pictures with modern
ity.
And "pictures' is used advisedly
For always this artist paints a. pic
ture.
It's pictorial quality is invariably I'M
doubted.
The small canvas which secured the
honorable award was a case in in
stance, for it was charming little
bit of winter cornfield, radiating the
spirit of winter, yet possessing
warmth of tone and feeling.
Mr. Nordyke is not particularly in
terested in the faddisms of the ultra
moderns.
Il want to see a picture express
something" Mr.. Nordyke said to the
writer going on to intimate that mere
virtuosity in paint meant nothing to
him in illustrating the reason for be-
ing of the art of painting.
The art of the Futurists does not ap-
peal to this painter, although he sees
in it certain beauty.
But it's results are more or less cha
otto.
Wayman Adams, the young Indiana
polls painter whose portraits of Mere
dith Nicholson, James Whitcomb Ri
ley, Booth Harrington and other cele-
brities have recently attracted much
attention and who was returned to In
dianapolis after a residence abroad,
is represented in this exhibition by a
group of sketches made while in
Spain with Robert Henri.
Adams confesses himself something
of an ultra-modern.
He reproduces from memory, as is
the manner of the Futurists, and his
work bears the ear-marks of the
schools.
Adams's chiefest claim to considera-
ton, or at least to that of some of his
public, is his occult feeling for color.
In all the sketches seen here this
will be observed.
In street Musician, Madrid" there
is a spot of blue that vibrates.
And the cloak of La Linda Signor-
ita. in it's lucious opalescence looks
good enough to eat
On the other hand, Adams can in
ject lot of action into his subject as
shown by his Bull Fight" taken at
first hand from impressions of the
scene itself.
This is a virile transcript.
Full of life and vicious movement
and warm and rich in color
Adams undoubtedly has a certain
brilliant talent.
But ware the faddists!
This artist is young and feeling his
way and if he does not permit man
ner and methods to lead him into
blind alleys he bids fair to become
known as one of the leading painters
of Indiana.
His product shown here is interest.
ing.
But will be apt to be passed up by
the average haunter of exhibitions-if
anybody could be said to haunt-art
exhibitions hereabouts any more-as
something not understood.
1t should be remembered that these
are sketches, not completed pictures,
and that they have an enormous
amount of exposition and suggestion
crowded into small space.
But they are, with the pictures OF
Olive Rush, the most interesting and
significant shown at the current ex.
hibition.
Although, as stated before, the exhi.
bition, as whole, is feeble and futile
so far as it is indicative of the accom-.
plishment of the resident painters OF
the state.
Vic al LlSt, howSFS1, SSSuIS W nave
escaped the pitfalls into which SO
many of the resident artists have fall.
len through their attempted virtuosi-
ties.
This is Morgan Lynn, unknown to
the writer, who. in his picture, "A
Sunny September Morning." shows in.
dividuality.
He has gone after his subject in
the manner of the Indianapolis school
but he has captured something that
looms larger than it is presented
He paints broadly and with a dash.
ing use of his medium-but he has
achieved something.
He has made you feel the Septem.
Der morning.
Its tang. its promise and its remin.
iscent charm.
And its glory of color.
1t is, perhaps, this latter quality that