Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-14
SCHOOLS VIEW
ART COLLECTION
Students go in Relays to Library to
See Wonderful Reproductions
of Pictures.


gether with their teachers, have Wis
tied the beautiful art collection now
on display in the club room of the
Kendall Young library. This collec-
ton was brought to this city by Mrs.
Clara Burbank of Detroit, who has
for a number of years been exhibit
ing rare copies of the old masters, as
we'll as those by more recent artists,
and she has been exhibiting the col
lection in schools, colleges and lib
raries. -as...
Everyone in the city is invited to
attend the exhibition Of beautiful
pictures, free of charge while Mrs.
Burbank will be present to answer
any and all questions pertaining to
the works of art. The pictures are
also for sale and prices are exceed
ingly reasonable, running from S5c
up. PKotogravure at it's delightful
best is in evidence at the exhibition
of these reproductions Of wonderful
paintings, and few are seen which
are not in color. There are several
delicate Greuze copies, one of the
most exquisite being "The Listening
Girl in which the coloring is indes-
cribable. The Girl with the Broken
Pitcher, and several others are also
on display and attract attention by
reason of their wonderful coloring.
Gainsborough is represented over
and over again in this display of
pictures, his examples Of pictures of
childhood and portraiture being i'm
excelled by other artists. Another
English artist, J.. NJ. w. Turner,
whose delicately colored landscapes
and marine views are favorites the
world over, is represented. i
Two of the most striking pictures
in the entire collection are by Her.
man Rudisuhli, and are of turquoise
blue skies over which hang fleecy
white clouds. Just such skies are
frequently seen in Iowa in June, and
these two pictures are gems of cloud
paintings. Another cloud picture
on the north wall, "Abendstille," by
another artist, is of exceptional
beauty.
Several Dutch artists are repre-
sented, several sizes of 1.-THE Inner
Room by PETER De Hoch being
shown; some by Hobbema and sew
eral of Mauve's Dutch scenes are
there. Rembrandt's Night Watch is
exhibited in color and' Mrs. Burbank
has the famous Rembrandt's, 1.-The
Anatomy Lesson" in sepia, also a de-
tail of the same picture. Although
many, of the most beautiful pictures
are in color, there are portfolios of
the pictures in browns. Corot s
Dance of the Nymphs is exhibited, as
well as many prime favorites, such.
as wonderful color print Of st. An
drew, large colored print of the
Countess Potocka, several Madonnas
and also a color print Of the Mona
Lisa.
There are hundreds of these beau
tiful prints and it is seldom that the
public have the opportunity in this
city of seeing SO many beautiful
pictures at one time. Once in awhile
we have the privilege of seeing a
few originals from the brush of J.
G.. Bundy, Alfred Montgomery and
others, but not in years has there
been a free exhibition of splendid
copies of the old masters, and such a
wide range of subjects as this week
at the public library.
One of the most wonderful pict-
lres and one which is so like an oil
paiting as to defy casual eXamina-
ton, is very large, painting or re-
production Of German landscape in
which the principal feature is an old
red mill. The mill towers above
the red roofs Of cottages and the tops
Of trees, while in the foreground the
mill stream is flowing, edged with
PUSHES.
Those who love pictures are cord
ally invited to come as often as de-
sired and look at the pictures. Mrs.
Burbank has many of the pictures
framed properly, and as one art en-
.husiast remarked yesterday. the
proper framing of pictures is an art
n itself. She will give suggestions
also for the correct framing of pict-
Tres wherever desired.
The different grades of the schools
will go to the library in relays until
Ill have had the opportunity of see
ng the pictures which will be eX-
blamed by Mrs. Burbank. The club
women of the city will doubtless
lave one evening this week devoted
o the pictures and Mrs Burbank
will at that time again explain each
,icture.. telling a little Of the artist,
he subject of the paintiug. and 9TH