The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-05
Striking Exhibits Arriue For Opening
of Public Art Gallery Thursday Euening

HoT EARLY all Of the pictures
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lHXSEl for the portrait exhibit, to
tslAlEI open at the public art gallery
ID~Ng Thursday evening, have ar
S@fSyB rived. Tuesday afternoon the
RrRS hanging committee, Mrs. Ell
6o~eS mer Eggemeyer, Miss Elmira
kempton, Miss Blanche Wait,
Francis Brown, George H. Baker and
Harry Ross, will begin their work
The east gallery will be hung with
Oil portraits. There will be about 25
portraits in the room representing al
most every type from so years ago to
the most modern The piece most
priced is the portrait of Leo Ornstein,
a famous New York composer and
pianist, seated at grand piano. It
was painted by Leon Knoll, New
York artist, and last year took the
highest prize at the Artists exhibit in
Chicago. 1t shows the figure across
the gold top, under the raised lid Of
the piano, against blue background
For a portrait the color scheme Is
Elehly unique and original. The sense
Of movement in the figure and the sug-
sestion OF mystery are outstanding in
the picture. 1t is a success whether
thought of from the point of design,
character, color or likeness
Striking Portrait.
A striking picture which will attract
the attention of everyone is Luis
Mora's portrait Of his friend, Vitale
Ferrucio, Florentine gentleman 1t
represents the figure attired in a green
riding habit seated in a wicker chair
against a white background. The
subtlety between the highlight and
shadow is extremely we'll done.
Two particularly good portraits are
those OF Morris and Francis White,
which were lent by Earlham College.
They were done by Montague Flagg, a
New York painter who died a few
years ago. Wayman Adams, an artist
who halls from Indiana, is represented
by three carVasses. one an excellent
head of Mrs. Adams, a very interest
ing portrait of Mrs. Elmer Eggemeyer,
and a portrait entitled Kurt" of an
8-year-old boy seated in chair. This
picture was loaned by the H. Lieber
company of indianapolis.
Robert Grafton, an Indiana painter,
is represented by his portraits of Tim
othy Nicholson, ]. E. Bundy and Mrs.
NJ. +. Johnston, which have been seen
here before. and also he has sent a
portrait of Mrs. Will ]. Davis, of Chi
cago, which was painted this summer
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tons work 1t is high in key, highe
than anything else in the exhibit, and
overfowing with light. and color
Interesting Features.
One of the interesting features of
the exhibit is the opportunity to COM
pare portraits of J. E. Bundy. There
will be four of him, Mr.. Grafton's, Miss
Anna Newman's, a pastel by Glenn
HinshaW, and new one done last
summer by Edward J. Timons, of
Chicago, which has been loaned by J.
w. Young. Ernest Ibsen's portrait of
Ann Della little girl with yellow
hair and yellow ribbons painted with
yellow light playing on her ribbons,
arms and dress, is very alluring and
will escape no ones notice. Ibsen has
also sent two portrait heads done in
pastel.
Faithful Frank" in his blue denims
with his ruddy face, is a good repre-
sentative of the work of Gerritt Bene-
kerr the Cleveland artist who has been
doing portraits Of workmen of the Hy-
draulic Steel company in Cleveland.
Reneker has made it his purpose to
assert the beauty of labor. The social
side appeals to him.
collection of portraits has been