The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-13
Many Pieces of Beautiful Hand
Painted China.
ARTS AND CRAFTS WORKS
Hand Made Jewelry and Pot
terry on View.
Topeka Artists Are Well Repre-.
scented i'm All Lines.
(BY CARL p. BOLMARo

The art exhibit at the Topeka State
fair this year is larger and better
than at any other fair for some time
1t occupies the entire south and a part
of the west sides of the Fine Arts
building, and includes besides pictures
and large collection of hand painted
china, a small but exceedingly beauti-
full exhibit of arts and crafts work by
Miss Pauline Haines, Mr.. Hampton
Shirer, and Mrs. F. H. Chamberlain
all of Topeka.
Miss Haines, who recently went to
New York to accept a position as
teacher in the Parsons School of In
dustrial Art, exhibits a lamp, a bu-
reau scarf of homespun linen and
some hand made jewelry and pottery:
Mr.. Shirer has several pieces of iew-k
elry, and Mrs. Chamberlain has a I
handsome chair, a carved box, and
some small pieces of house furniture
This little collection, located at the
extreme west end of the main exhibit
is alone worth a trip to the fair
grounds to see.
In Oil and Water.
In the fine arts exhibit are oil and
water color paintings, pastels and
charcoal drawings, the work of artists
from all parts OF Kansas but chiefly
from Topeka.
George M. Stone exhibits his justly
admired oil, THE Canine Real" with
which most Topeka people are famil-
lar 1t is now the property of DIR. j. c.
peting for a premium.
Prof. Berger Sandsen of Bethany
college, Lindsborg, Kan, exhibits a set
OF five landscapes in oil, for which
he has been awarded first prize. They
are scenes in the desert country of
western America, and besides being
highly decorative in themselves. por-
tray the vivid coloring and brilliant
sunlight effects of that part of the
world in the most truthful manner.
IL
MUM last year also. There was a
black ard white reproduction of one
of his "SoIitude"-in the
August number of The Fine Arts
Journal of New ork. s,
David OyeI.myer's Picture. 4
Mr.. David Overmyer of Topeka ex
hibits one small oil, but it is one Of
the best pictures in the exhibit.
In the middle background is a pic
turesque tower, forward from which
leads winding path with a female
inquire advancing along it. Above all
is the blue sky with a beautiful cloud
erect. Mr.. Overm. or always endeav-
ors to work the facts and colors of
nature into decorative scheme, and
in this little work well as in many
others he has been very successfut.
He received a first premium.
Miss Marian Peers of Topeka ex-
hfbfts five oils and five pastels. Two
or three of the latter have consider
able merit and promise well for the
future.
The Rev Carl w. Nau of Emporia
contributes six water colors. Five of
them are landscapes and the other is
an interior view. They are one of the
features of the exhibition and deserve
much attention. The work IS all from
nature. Mr.. Nau has studied art in
England, and worked a decorator
and illustrator both in Lo..don and
New York before entering the min
istry.
The close attention to minute de-
tail necessary to the class of art in
which he was engaged for time
in a broader field of art, but these pic
lures would indicate that he had
largely overcome the difficulty.
A collection of oils by Mrs. Alta
Jones Payne of Hutchinson, Kan, are
attracting favorable attention; several
have received premiums Mrs. Payne
has had but one years instruction.
Several of her pictures, especially the
landscapes, show latent ability.
Charcoal Studies.
There is collection of good char
coal studies by Miss Elizabeth Stone
MSLellan, and another, and also some
oils. by Mrs. katherine Lindsey Per.
kins, both of Topeka. The pupils of
the high school at Sawyer, Kan, sent
collection of pen Cravings that
shows what can be done by the en-
thusiastic boys and girls in a small
town.
Mrs. Harry Warden, formerly Miss
Mitchell of Topeka, exhibits a most
interesting portrait study, and there 10
a collection of water color drawings
from the Normal school at Pittsburg,
Kan.
By far the most pretentious and in
teresting of the out of town exhibits
is that of the State University at Law
renee. This collection occupies the
entire eastern half of the south wall of
the building, and comprises besides
many fine pictures by the pupils of
Prof. w. A. Griffith, dean of the fine
arts department, an interesting collec-
ton of pottery made by the students
from various Kansas clays. Along
with this art exhibit are others. which
though worthy of much careful study
do not come in for a description in a
fine arts article.
Ceramic Exhibit.
The ceramic exhibit this year ia
large, and contains much beautiful
work. Most of it is by the pupils of
Miss Marie witwer and Mrs. Katherine
Lindsey Perkins. There is a beautiful
tea set by Mrs. Wilbur Galloway The
one. Miss Buelah Rimert has choco-
late set in white and gold, Miss Emma
Ekstrom a bureau set and a couple of
very beautiful fire place tiles. Anoth-
er handsome bureau set is by Mrs.
George Boone.
Miss Marie Witwer of Topeka is in
charge of the entire art exhibit and
to her and her corps of assistants is
due much credit for the success of their
efforts.