Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-05
FORSYTH ART
ON EXHIBITION
AT INSTITUTE
Display of Local Artists
Work COUerS Range of
Subject Matter.

speeial acknowledgements of
PAINTINGS by William Forsyth. Hours
Week days, a. m. to p. M; sun
DAYS 1 d. m to $3.50 p. M Admission
-Wesau days 25 cents; Saturdays and
Sundays free. Children and school
teaehers, free.
Boost your home town" might be the
slogan transferred to Indianapolis peo-
ple who visit the John Heron Art Tnsti-
tute this week to view q large collection
OF paintings and drawings by William
FORSYTH. an Indianapolis artist who has
won considerable distinction with the
critics
Mr.. Forsyth has been considered by
some Of the critics to be the best water
color artist west of the Allegha MES Al
though this may be true, his talent Is not
BY any means confined TO water co or
work as is shown In the extensive exhihl-
tion at the institute which includes OIL
pastel and charcoal studies.
1t is sometimes said that an artist 5
abilitv extends as far SIS his scope OF
subject matter, and II this as true: M;
FORSYTH must be more than provincial
rsvorite for in his pictures on exhibition
tbera are numbers of landscapes, por-
traits imaginative scenes, interior studies
and still life Studies.
EIOosIFR ARTIST
PRIM ARLY.
while number of the scenes deal
with foreign subjects. such as BOATS
Of Venice and ''The Public Garden AT
Venice" he Is primarily Hoosier fartist.
MANY of his landscapes are reproductions
of 1rvington scenes.
II nothing else could. be obtained from
STUDYING them the local resident can et
least learn that there is beauty "at his
very door" since the great lesson MIR.
FORSYTH teaches Is thst even In the most
commonplace object there Is some pic
turesaue quality An obvious example
Of this is exhibited in his picture OF
children going home from school In o
late autumn afternoon. The haziness OF
nurple atmosphere contrasted by the
bright caps Of the children offsets what
might otherwise he an insipid picture.
IT ia not by any means hard to imagine
such q scene IN Iryington, for there are
hundreds Of similar corners that the
resident passes every day unconsciousiy.
RFPRODUCES MANY
IRVINGTON SCENES.
whether there is truth in the adage
That Won must possess an artists inward
eye to see beauty in the tenements Is
another cushion. but Mr.. Forsyth de-
cIares he does not have to so far from
his home TO find his subjects, which l.
undoubtedly. an authentic statement. for
when one studies his landscapes he finds
many reproductions of Irrington scenes.
There are 3 number Of Interesting ex-
ampIes OF a change Of natures mood in
the collections, IN which the same scene
is pictured in two entirely different at
mospheres, with the result that an en-.
tirely different piece Of work is produced.
without doubt the water color pieces.
which are divided into two classes. name
", transparent and Opaque. are the most
interesting. Here 1t is that the artist
seems TO delight IN using his favorite
varying shades OF puppies, for which he
has a liking.
Mid Autumn" is an interesting exam
pie Of a happy, cheerful water color IN
which the brilliant gorgeous colors are
freely used. A direct antithesis Of this
IS q dull, hazy winter view in which the
fee IS broken around a pool on the fringe
Of group of trees.
Another brilliant piece Of work is
shown in a view Of street In the early
gray Of morning after n snowfall.
There are two screens on which the
common hoTyhocks are reproduced In
q vivid fashion.
AUTUMN PHASES
SHOWN IN PICTURES.
There are a number OF pictures snow
ing different phases Of autumn days all
predominated by rich blazing colors soft
enIlg into the puppies. Among those
esnecially attractive are November
Morning" Autumn at Brookside," "oc-
toher." I'm the Woods" Brown and
Gold" October at Bankside." Autumn
Flowers and Misty Morning"
Two contrasting studies OF still life
are shown in "DelphiDium and Roses"
and 'Snapdragons," in which two types
Of flowers are protrayed.
There are n number OF especially good
winter Scenes, among which are a
Winter Road" winter Afternoon" a
Fresh Snow "FrOst Painted" ''Snow-
ho-,~e e Melting Snow" and winter
Morning"
Studio Corner" is an interesting in
terror water color, and a number OF bis
portrajts are well made II not especially
attractive
The collection. which is worth the
time spent in viewing II, has been loaned
TO the institute by J. D. Nixon. Mrs.
] W. Fesler, Mrs. Walter Milliken. Lee
Burns. Miss Mary Y Robinson. Carl
Lieber. Mrs. Hilton Z. Brown. Mrs. B.
Burnett the Hibbon collection. T. victor
Keen. Kurt vonnegut, Clifton A. Wheeler,
George Calvert. Mrs. John n. Carey, Mrs.
Ruth Carey Pierce. Miss Lucy Tsggart
Louis weisssnher~er, r. F. Dagget and
Miss Mary Nicholson.
There is also on exhibition q winter
scene by Gordon Symons, who is con-
sidered an exceptionally good painter,
and whose speciality is river scenes in