The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-15
PORTRAIT EXHIBIT
TO OPEN CITY ART
SEASON, OCTOBER s

The first exhibit at the public art
gallery will be open Wednesday eve
ming, Oct. 6. This will mark the be-
thinning Of the Gath year of activities
for the Art association. Plans have
been made for eight exhibits and num-
erous meetings for art study in the
gallery.
A portrait exhibit has been arranged
for the opening on Oct. 6, which will
be composed of original paintings in
OIL, water color, miniature and pastel,
and a group representing the various
mechanical processes of photography
which will contain tintypes. old d.
guerreotypes, and artistic photo
graphs. In addition there will be a
group of reproductions of famous po,-
traits for comparison and study. In
this group there will be some etchings
and autographs.
The original paintings which have
been procured are unusually gooc.
Many of them are coming from New
York City and Chicago, where they
have been on exhibit. The Art in
stitute of Chicago is lending portrait
of Leo Ornstein, famous pianist anu
musician of New York, which was
painted by Leon Knoll, a New York
painter of note. This picture, which
shows Ornstein seated at the piano
in the act of playing, represents a
very modern quality of work.
Takes Highest Prize.
Last year it was shown at the Amer
lean Artists exhibit at Chicago, ano
took the $500 Logan prize, the high
est awarded by the institute.
Ernest Ibsen, another of New York's
top-notch painters, and a Dane by
birth, is sending a child's portrait II
oil and some delightful portrai
sketches in pastel
F. Luis Mora, also of New York, I!
sending a portrait from Ioledo, o
Ferruccio WHALE Vitale, Florentint
by birth, is landscape gardener witt
Gffices on Fifth avenue.
Besides his portrait of Mrs. M. F
Johnston, Robert Grafton is sending
portrait of a Chicago lady which n
has just finished recently. These tw
pictures will be interesting for a com
parison of Mr.. Grafton's work of seV
eral years ago and today.
Mrs. Egsemeyer to Exhibit.
A new portrait of a child, little Mar
Caroline Edmund, will be exhibited b
Mrs. Maude Kaufman Eggemeyer.
will be its first appearance here.
"Faithful Frank" by Gerrit A. Ber
eker, which has been on exhibit
the Toledo Museum of Arts has bee
procured. Mr.. Beneker is known 10
his portraiture Of the working maj
The Liberty Loan poster Men Ar
Square" is a conspicuous example {
the work he does. or late he ha
been painting laborers for the II.
draulic Steel company at Toledo, Ohi'
Not only is Wayman Adams sendin
a very recent portrait of Mrs. Adam
but also his portrait of Mrs. Elme
Eggemeyer will be exhibited here IL
the first time.
Portraits of Local Persons.
A number of pictures of Richmon
people will be included in the exh
bftion, some of which the public
more or less familiar with. Frol
Earlham college three pictures haV
been procured, two by Montagu
Flagg of prominent Cincinnati FRIEND
and Robert Grafton's portrait Of Tir
othy Nicholson. Every Indiana pc
trait painter will be represented.
There will be a wonderful portra
of William Forsythe, the painter, I
Clifton Wheeler, T. C. Steele's pl
ture of William Dudley Foulke, pc
trait Of Mrs Francis Brown by Wi
lam Forsythe, and head of Franc
Brown by S. P. Baus.
Early Work is Secured.
Examples of early portrait VOL
have been procured, among which W
be two or three canvasses by M
Hayes, who worked in Indiana son
wears ago, and from whom Jol
Bundy and William Chase receiv
their first lessons in oil painting. Tv
of his pictures which will be exhibit
are child portrait of Miss Anna F!
frock and a portrait of Mrs. Melvil
Johnston's mother.
If anyone who knows Of portal
that are original works, particular
earlier works, will let Mrs. Johnst
know she will try to procure them f
the exhibit.