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Gently u being snie 10 see a isns srt~ ex-
niols without naUIng b. 20 10 the ars
galleries or museums of the large cities.
Mr.. HENRY l.. Eichtcr. teacher Of srs W
ths Colorsao state Nsrmsi schess. he'd
On sxhibstson ahoa; sixty Of hs- osl and
water coior paintings. At each end Of
the large art rosm were the two
mural paintings extendIng the width
Of the room and from the ceiling de~n
asoui seven fest. These Mr.. Richter
painted and presented to the school ms
iirst year here. four years age. Below
these the pictures were displayed to
grea; advantage. There were 50 many
fine paintings of 80 wide a choice Of
subjects that IT would be impossible to
give each the due appreciation in an ar
ticl. Of this nature. A large oil paint
Ing of forest tire, which was painted
daring such a FIRE on our own Tender
foot, attracted the attention Of ese cry
one. The fre seemed 30 advance the
longer 0ne gazed az the picture. Among
many other scenes, a sunset in Estes
Park with Longs Peak IN the back
ground. view among the Dolomites.
and sunny Path IN Tennessee. seemed
to stand cut A number Of the pictures
had previously been on exhibition ia
the Munich. Boston, New York, and
Chicago art galleries Not only the
Normal school, bgt the townspeople are
very grateful to Mr. Richter for the
exhibit
An account of MIR. Richter $ leave OF
absence in lslS-l4, will doubtless inter
est most of the Gunnison people.
From New York city he embarked on
the George Washington. one Of the
finest passenger boats sfloat. The des-
tination of the steamer was Bremen. a
German harbor. In that city, MIR.
Richter spent two days visiting the old
art galleries. possessing examples of
the finest productions of Rembrandt and
other Dutch masters.
From there he went to Berlin with a
letter of introduction to one of Ger
many's greatest. artists -Clementz-
who painted the Crucifixion, one of the
worlds masterpieces.
Upon recommendation, he sought
Professor knirr in Munich. This artist
is professor in the Royal Academy,
but Mr.. Richter was in his private class
There he continued advanced drawing
and painting from life, ut the same
time taking q course in artistic an
stomy.
At this time Mr.. Richter was instru-
mental in founding the American Ar
lists Club of Munich and became one
of the first members. While studying
at the Academy, the whole club took
trips to the mountains nearby every
weekend; nothing prevented the ex-
curslons-summer or winter, weather
good or bsd, the trips were made just
the same. Often an artist who didn I
understand the use of skees would paint
while standing in five feet of snow. A
product of one of these excursions was
shown in the exhibition here-Winter in
the Alps. The picture, Spring in the
Alps, was painted near the village of
Partenkirchen about thirty miles from
Munich, which is visited by so many
English-speaking people.
he inspiration the art student gets
in Munich is all that could be desired
The love of art is so developed that even
the street cleaners stop in front of art
stores to admire. The city has eight
regular art museums. The Royal Acad-
emy is one of the largest art schools in
the world, not excepting the Paris
school. 1t is an interesting sight every
Monday morning to see two hundred
. n,nfiAle natharivsr in hx, hal L.
Art Academy in all their picturesque
costumes with every line on earth repre-
sented. The professors ut the Academy
have first choice to pick from these
about seventy-five models for the
week s work
After spending six months with Pro-
fessor knirr, Mr.. Richter took an ex-
tensive trip to make studies through
Switzerland, Italy and Tyrol. Zurich
was his first stop; from there he went
to lnterlaken near the noted Jungfrau.
Through the St Gotthsrd tunnel he ar
rived in Italy. Stopping at Lago di
Lugano, he made several rough sketches
to be worked out in the future. Then
from Lago he went to Milan. In that
place he visited the famous cathedral
and Castle art museum, which has six
thousand pictures on exhibition in what
70 toucu its CfffoffCft COlfSCIiOu
Then Mr.. Richter set out for Venice.
where he spent two weeks making
hssty sketches to be worked out later.
The international exhibition of paint
ing was held there at that time. Won
derful work was shown and Mr.. Richter
regrets to say that in all the exhibit,
not one American artist wa represent
ed. The past few years America has
been forging ahead wonderfully in art
and ought to be represented with the
best.
From the top of the tower of St.
Marks the birds eye view of Venice.
, the city built on the oceen, is really .
grand sight 1t is of interest to know
that the Daniels and Fisher tower of
Denver is patterned after this one in
Venice.
When walking through the few streets
Of Venice, Mr.. Richter would ask fruit
venders and the like to nose for him. A