The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01
The ART EXHIBIT.
A Very Fine Display at Manual
Training School.
Some Comment on Few of
Finer Pictures.

The collection of pictures by the lead
ing artists of the United States, now on
exhibition at the manual training high
school, is we'll worthy of careful study
and inspection of all lovers of beauti-
full pictures.
The fact that it is not very large.
between 40 and so pictures only. makes
it all the more enjoyable to look at,
for the feeling of confusion and hurry
produced by large exhibit is not con-
ducive to the enjoying and the careful
examination of each work.
John w. Alexander's portrait 'Syl-
VIA and Henry Salem Hubbelrs by
the F'ireside,' have perhaps, and quite
naturally, attracted the most attention,
but they are by no means the only
pictures of great beauty and merit in
the collection.
In Bruce Cranes Melting Snow"
the patches of snow and leaf covered
earth on the bleak hill side are made
to form a charming composition, while
the feeble glow of the sun shining
through the haze of a damp chill win
ter afternoon. is expressed in a mas
terful manner.
Willows by the Pond by Marshall
Fry, is an attractive picture 1t is a
summer scene, showing a road, a line
of willow trees, and a pond beyond: all
enveloped in the red hazy light of a
hot morning.
The fact that Mr.. Fry, until recent
ly, was a noted china painter. makes
it seem remarkable that he could
launch out so soon and SO successfully
into the broad technique of the mod
ern landscape painter.
Along the Sound by Leonard Ocht-
man is a fine portrayal of distance,
light and atmosphere The blue water,
the distant shore, the low lying fore
ground with it's human figures, and
above all. the huge vault of the purple
Sky make a picture very satisfying in
its simplicity.
Walcott, is another landscape. done in
an entirely different style. But none
theless attractive for that. The tech
nique is not SO broad; great attention
being given to local color, and careful
drawing, yet the picture suffers not at
all from this, and everything keeps its
proper place.
Eugene Spicer's "'Opalescent Sky
shows a beautiful rolling meadow UNI
der q cloud flecked summer sky. There
is a fine effect of space and distance,
and the delicate tints of the sunlit
verdure are pleasing indeed.
Among the portraits is one of child
THE Little Red Girl" by the we'll
known Robert Henri 1t is attractive
in color and a fine portrayal of inno-
cent happy childhood. But one can
not help wondering why the artist
a little more precision, and at the same
time, avoided any appearance of hard
ness Or edgineSS.
Another attractive child portrait is
The Colonial Head by Henry Mosler.
Besides the work of more noted ar
fists there is some by local talent that
in no way discredits the exhibition.
George NJ. Stones Sacred Garden at
Santa Barbara mission, Cal, is IA
miliar to most Topeka people. 1t ex
hibits careful drawing and a very fin
ished technique. Mrs. Coppedge
Mount Overlook" in the Catskills
shows a fine appreciation of distance,
color and light. Mrs. Lenore Doster
Cookies Loneliness puget Sound) is
fine expression of the sombre colors
of nature on a cloudy foggy day.
On the south wall of the room are
an outdoor portrait of a young man,
and a fishing wharf scene, both of
which show a deep feeling for the
beauty of light and shadow, and indi-
cate high order of AGILITY. They are
the work OF H. Y. Poor of Bonner
Springs. Kan. C p. B.