The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-29
Ross Crane Discusses Pictures
on Auditorium Wall.
Twenty Paintings We're Re.
viewed by Lecturer.
MANY CHOICE PICTURES THERE
Artist Tells How to Plant
Shrubbery at Home.
Proper Planting Greatly In
creases Property Values.

RoSS crane was held today when he
gave his Gallery Talk on the twenty
beautiful paintings which have been
hanging on the walls of the auditor
ium, since the first of the week. The
pictures are the work of living Amer
ican masters of painting and belong
to the Chicago Art Institute.
Among the most beautiful selected
by Crane to discuss first were:
Golden Rocks" by Paul Dougherty;
The Bridge" by Jonas Lie: THE
Mandarin Coat" painted by Richard
Miller; Woods in Winter" John Carl
SON; and Equinox Mountain" which
is the work of Chauncey Ryder.
Obtain Some Results.
Crane brought out the point that
altho Dougherty had a way of putting
on his color wholly opposed to the way
Richard Miller put on his, the results
obtained are the same. The latter
mikes red and blue together on his
palette and lays in his shadow.
Dougherty puts a bit of red and a. bit
of blue close together on the canvas
and your eye mixes the two together,
the only difference being that you
have to be farther away to get the eff
feet. Providing a striking contrast
to Dougherty's turbulent water was
peacefully hmpid stream in The
Bridge" a canvas painted by Jonas
Lie. The lecturer explained that Lie
used two historic forms to get poetry
into his picture, both the column and
the arch.
Each Tree a Portrait.
John Carlson's splendid picture of
the beech woods in winter was spoken
of by the artist as a picture in which
each tree was a portrait in itself. He
brought out the fact that in the paint
ing one might observe the decorative
pattern formed by the regular shad-
ows from the boughs. even the regu-
lar scars left by lost limbs helping to
accent the pattern. creating a docora-
tive scheme in itself mastery. In
Cranes analysis of 1.-The Mandarin
Coat" he called attention to the way
| the figure filled the canvas, to the
way the head was inclined to one side
"a most difficult feat in drawing-to
the firm, rounded shoulder, the warm
flesh. the traces of tears on the cheeks
and the lack luster look in the eyes.
Pictures in the Collection.
Other paintings which are included
in the collection are: "Gold and Tur-
quoise." by Joseph B. Birren; Mead
ow Bloom" Adrian Brewer; The Cot
| ton Gin" Harry l.. Hoffman; New
England Village" Wilson, Irvine; TOP
| of the World" Irma Kohn; Santa
Clara Indian Girl" Robert Henri; "A
Windy Day in St Ives Hayley Le-
yer; "The Blue Scarf" Charles C. Cur
ran; 'Loisette." Karl Buehr; "a Day
in March," ]. Jeffery Grant; The
Bridesmaid" Anna Stacey: "Ranchos
! Church." Ernest Blumenschein; Gar
den Flowers Alfred Juergens; THE
Knitters.'' Pauline Palmer. and Frost
/ and Fog-Ozarks." r. F. lingerie.
This evenings lecture-talk; which
will close the series, will be open to
the general public. Crane will tell
] how to make Topeka the best town in
| the state.
That planting the home grounds in
| terests fewer people than furnishing
| the living room was demonstrated last
night at the high school auditorium
when Ross Crane gave the eighth lee
! ture of the Better Homes Institute
series. AS in the afternoon lecture
J Crane kept his audience with him in
a continual succession of smiles and
| laughter.
Gave Chalk Drawings
The lecture was illustrated with
chalk drawings, the artist first draw
ing a picture of an old retired farmer,
Uncle Abner," around whom the first
part of his talk was built. Uncle Alb
/ ner had worked hard, made his money
and had then come to town, bought a
! small house and settled down TO END
I his days. THE town" commented
| the speaker, was the best little town
to die in that anyone ever moved away
from
Uncle AbEer became interested in
planting vines and shrubs about his
house, and in a short time thru the ex-
penditure- of a very small sum of
money sold the house for $500 more
than he paid for it. IT'S fact"
commented the talker. that 800 put
into shrubs. vines and trees will go
more to beautify a home than $1,000
in labor and building material"
Demonstrates Planting Grounds.
To demonstrate the correct way OF
planting the home grounds. Crane
drew an imaginary lot 50x150 feet,
telling his audience as he drew that
tended children to be brought up on
a lot this size" He then placed the
home on the lot. not in the center,
not toward the front, but as far 10
one side of the lot as it could be
placed.
He sketched garden plot at the
rear of the lot. The garden plot will
only be sixteen feet wide" he told his
audience, which is not large enough
in April. but plenty large in July"
The garage was placed at the real
of the lot next to the garden. and q
pergela drawn in front of it The
speaker suggested planting a grape
vine here and by the back porch as
lit would give a lovely shade and
sometimes have grapes on IT..
Three Planting Rules.
There are three rules to remember
in planting shrubbery-always plan
in masses or groups. keep the center
open and remember that there mus
} be no straight lines. Always plan
three or four or a dozen of one variety
, together. In the home grounds
planned last night, the artist plante
! advised the using of sumac. lilacs
snoWballs or syriuga at the back of {
. ( group of Shrubbery | n front of thes,
: should be placed dogwood. Rose o
Sharon. spirea and eiderberries. and
| on the front row. the small shrub
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