Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-05-20
YOUNG ART GALLERY
LOANS PICTURE
Bundy's Masterpiece, The Cattle in
the Woods" at Kendall
Young Library.


United States have there been so
many able artists as there are at the
present day. Indeed, we have many
acted poets of the brush who COM
pare with the best in the old world.
and in the world of landscape paint
ers no one can claim to be the peer
of J. E Bundy. A noted artist, who
has been universally granted the
first place as a cattle painter, called
on Mr.. Bundy not long ago. This
man had studied for years in Paris,
had made speciality of cattle OF
which he had painted countless
numbers and was an acknowledged
master in his speciality. No one In
this country could paint cows as he
could Still this man sat for an
hour with Mr.. Bundy before the
picture now at the Kendall Young
library and then turning to the old
Quaker painter said with an earnest
sadness and yearning, "tf I could
paint cattle like those | would be
worthy the name of an artist What
he meant was this. He could paint
those self same cows with minute
accuracy as to detail because of his
years of study but to put them in
the woods where they roamed about
feeding at will and really lived, that
he could not do.
The picture referred to is the one
called by Mr.. Bundy, "Cattle in the
Woods" and represents his very best
work. 1t is picture that the ar
fist worked on for five years and
only in his best moments. He re-
served this canvas during that time
to turn to Just when he felt like
it, and the result has been what
future generations will probably
call Bundy's masterpiece.
The picture is no better in its
workmanship than the "Sunlit Hill
Sides" which has delighted our citi-
zens during the past two weeks, but
it is larger in its scope and concep-
ton. The former was little bit
of one hillside flooded with sunlight,
a beautiful bit of natures own hand
work; the latter is a hillside in
sunlight. another in shadow with a
shady lane between a few stragglers
of herd of cattle feeding under the
trees. 1t is a more imposing piCt-
ure than the former and though not
so brilliant in its coloring, 1t is more
varied But like the hillside it beg
CARS description entirely and must
be seen to be appreciated.
Mr. Young of the art galleries in
Chicago brought the picture here
with him the other day and was per-
suaded by the librarian to leave it in
the library for a time. The trustees
at this time have no idea Of purchas-
ing this or any picture, but it may
ne tudl DIT Solilt lutult
work OF art may be placed in our
beautiful library. Travellers over
this and other states have found few
that compare in beauty
and artistic merit with the gift Of
Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Young to this
city and the trustees feel that moth
ing but that which is in keeping
with the rest of the building should
be placed upon its walls.
This Bundy picture is much too
large for private home, for to see
it at its best the observer must
stand as far away as the entrance
to the main room of the library and |
1t can even be seen to good advant-
age at night from the steps leading |
up the approach from Wilson av-
enue. The picture will be sold to
some large gallery or city museum
and until Mr.. Young has a call of
this kind for it, he has consented to