The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-20
BEST WORK OF HOOSIER ARTISTS
IS SHOWN At ART EXHIBIT

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its flying clouds giving the impression
of ample space in blue dome, and
not a fiat plain, as many painted skies
are. Mr.. Grafton has had great sue
cess with exhibits and sales and has
painted many other successful por-
traits since he painted in Richmond.
In this present exhibit there arc
thirty-one pictures by local painters.
every one being represented by his
best work as selected by che jury.
There is no more valuable experience
for painter who is trying sincerely
to improve his work than to hang it
in an exhibit. If there are defects
they are sure to shout from the wall
Our painters wisely avail themselves
of the unusual opportunity the art gal
lery affords.
Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer exhib-
its three oils, good portrait of little
Ellen Bartel, fine pile of old houses
and really delightful garden which
seemed great favorite with the
crowds Sunday afternoon. They are
realistic canvases, very well painted
in pure color, especially the garden.
which is most satisfying with its
rhythmic reds and greens.
Francis j. Brown, whose special in
the gallery closed recently shows five
canvases. the most important of these
is larg oil, entitled THE Broken
Field" which received H. NJ last year
in the Indianapolis exhibit 1t is a
vital piece of work and deserves dts
honor. A pastel, "The Close of Day."
is impressively romantic and was a
| favorite with the crowd. Mr.. Brown
also has two other oils and tempera,
with which medium he is quite sue
cessful
]. E. Bundy exhibits five paintings
recently finished in which he varies
! the autumn moods of our local wood
scenes and reveals the beautiful way
he feels about them, in his usual re-
served and refined color schemes.
Each in it's way is Bundy at his best,
perhaps the favorites will be the large
"Moonrise at Shutdown" and "Close Of
a November Day" This last is quite a
complete painting, beautifully handled.
VIM. Eyden ST., is represented by
three characteristic canvases, THE
Meadow Brook" is attractive and in a
| new color scheme.
VIM. Eyden Jr. shows a large can
vas, 1.-THE Evening Glow" in his usual
style.
The five canvases by Frank Girar-
din represent him at his best, show
ing an improvement in composition,
and especially in the refinement of
color over his former exhibits. Fred
| Pearce of Williamsburg has two pleas
, ing water cOlors, "a Wheat Fled in
July" and Aunt Anne's Old Home"
an oil sketch by Elmira kempton, a
| new exhibitor is sincere piece of
work, we'll DONE
M. T. Nordyke, three oils of which
Lingering Snow is the most inter-
esting.
A. w. Gregg, instead of his usual
still life exhibits, "A Glimpse of Glen
Miller" in full color.
Ellwood Morris gives us genuine
thrill in his fine small canvas, eau
| tumn Tints and Shadows" Much the
best painting he has ever shown in
the gallery.
| Two other painters whom we like
to claim are Edgar Forkner and Glenn
| Hinshaw. The former is represented
| by a Seattle wharf scene, one of his
| best, and the latter by a well studied
portrait of James Whitcomb Riley in
| pastel. These two are loaned by
| Young's Art Gallery of Chicago. Pas
| tel is also the favorite medium of
| Laura A Fry. who has a decorative
white Cock and the BLACK jug"
| recently exhibited in the New York
| Water Color Exhibit Other notable
figure paintings are Balkan Dances"
most interesting in pose and color, by
| S. P. Baus: "Anne, Portrait Sketch"
! by Lucy Taggart, showing in high
color well built head with a finely
rendered, smiling child's expression,
making the head the picture; four
small canvases by Ollie Rush, delight
fully sympathetic drawings of chill
dren; and two high-keyed, pure-colored
sun-flooded oils by Louise E. Earring Of
the Provincetown School
Three Indianapolis painters, who
are favorite contributors, are Otto
Stark, having four paintings. all of
merit, with Between Two Houses" in
the lead in the estimation of Sundays
crowd in the gallery; Clifton Wheeler,
with Spring Winds" not so interest
ing as his excellent work shown here
tofore has been; and Mr.. Forsyth, In
diana's greatest teacher and techni-
clan exhibiting two of his best works,
"A Sunny Corner" in tempera, being
a charming revelation Of the play of
sunlight on objects in an interior, and
handled so we'll in this new medium,
| which is in truth the Oldest, and pool
of the Nymphs,' fine work of mag
nation, decorative in it's composition
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