The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-12
ARTIST COLONIES
VISITED TO Get
RARE CANvASES
Mrs. Johnston Brings Work
of Painters Never Before
Seen in Richmond.

In selecting the paintings for the
twenty-first annual American Artists
exhibition to be opened under the aus
pices of the Art Association next Sun
day afternoon at the Art Gallery, Mrs.
Melville F. Johnston. the manager of
the exhibit, had in mind to present
the work Of American artists hereto
fore not seen in these exhibits, as
well as paintings by old friends.
She brings a group of nine paint
ings from Philadelphia artists, "A
Corner of the Garden" by Hugh Brock
inridge, was in the number he showed
in the Art Gallery at the San Fran
cisco fair. The painter is quite mod
ern in this canvas. treating the mass
es of color very broadly, giving the
warm high lights in yellows, and the
shadows in the complimentary pur-
pies.
Daniel CARRIER, a Hoosier, born in
North Manchester, sends "A Morning
VISTA" which was recently exhibited
in the National Arts Club in New
York City, with much favorable COM
ment by the critics Paul King, a
sincere student of nature, has two
landscapes, June" and Autumn" in
fine tonal effects.
Splendid Figure Painter.
The Millinery" by Albert Rosen-
thai has been exhibited in the San
Francisco fair and the last Academy
Exhibit in New York. His position is
assured as one of Americas success
full figure painters. Leopold Seyffert
is a young man of unusual talent, and
is seen at his best in the two Spanish
subjects, "a Woman of Segovia" and
"A Gypsy" William Yarrow is also
a young man of much promise, enjoy
ing figure subjects as in "The Ref1ec-
ton" His Fruit" gives us still life
in very modern treatment, with hint
of cubism.
T., order to present the work Of a
! nous group of men, Mrs. Johnston
visited the artists colony at New
Hope, Pennsylvania, a small old-fash-
toned town on the Delaware river a
few miles above Trenton. The paint
ers live not in the town but in charm
ing homes along the beautiful Della
ware The leading spirit in this col
ony Is Birge Harrison, whose work
has been shown before in Richmond
exhibits He sends Sunset After
Snow" in delicately beautiful tones.
r. Sloan Bredin, Morgan Colt, John
Folinsbee and Charles Rosen are the
younger members of this colony and
paint landscapes. The Folinsbee and
Rosen canvases were in the recent
Academy Exhibit in New York City.
w. l.. Lathrop's white Oak and Pep
eridge" was aslo in the Academy, and
is an excellent example of the poetic
landscapes of this sensitive painter.
Spencer is ldeaIist.
In Robert Spencer the New Hope
colony has a tonalist and idealist OF
great promise, who can see rare
beauty in the commonest group OF old
buildings or back yards, and express
it with appealing emotion on canvas.
Note the quality of his valley Mills
A little farther up the Delaware at
Centre Bridge, but still to be classed
with the New Hope colony, lives one
of the greatest impressionistic real
lists among American painters, Ed
ward w. Redfield. He is well repre-
sented by the Road at Point Pleas
ant" new canvas not before eX-
hibited. of Winter scene near his
studio, and by "Village at Equihen,"
a French subject. which was exhibit
ed in Mr.. Redfeld's special room at
the San Francisco fair.
From the Artists Colony at West
Port. Conn, we have two canvases,
"Nystic Severn by the dreamer, Law