The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-08
Art and Artists

The Baus galleries. Fifth avenue
and Madison, New York City, have
asked Mrs. Maude kaufman Egge-
meyer, well known local artist, to let
them handle her canvases through
their galleries Forty garden pictures
were asked by MI Baus for the first
consignment. Garden canvases are
said to be in such great demand that
there is said to be only one in the
New York galleries that is not sold
Mrs. Eggemeyer will send about IA in
the first consignment The request
from Baus for her pictures is consid-
cred signal honor, as they handle
the pictures of the country's most
noted artists.
Instruction of Arts
The Dayton Museum of Arts, which
was incorporated in 1919, is including
in its program this year a course in
instruction of arts this year, with the
opening of the Dayton school of In
dustrial and Fine Arts.
Herman Sachs, famous for achieve
ments in arts and crafts, has been
secured by the Museum as educational
director for the school He is known
to many Richmond persons for the re-
markable pieces which he has shown
at local arts and crafts exhibits.
Mr.. Sachs returned from Europe in
1920 after an absence of II years. He
is the author of books on technique OF
painting and batik and collorborated
with Prof S. Mollier in the authorship
OF work on the science of anatomy
for artists Previous to his move to
Dayton, he conducted the Chicago In
dustrial Art school,
The Dayton Museum which is con-
Quoting the school is similar to the
local public art gallery Like the loca,
organization 1t was incorporated for
the purpose Of promoting and cultivat-
ing the fine and applied arts; for
bringing together and acquiring art
collections and exhibiting the same.
together with collections and objects
of art which may be loaned it for the
purpose of arousing an interest in
such things in the community.
'The Flower Girl"
A bulletin, issued recently. announ-
ces that the Detroit Art Institute inst
came into possession of a picture, THE
Flower Girl" by Helen M. Turner,
which was given the institution from
the Henry W. Ranger fund. The pic
ture received the Altman $500 prize at
the annual exhibition of the National
Academy Of Design. in 1921, the same
exhibition at which Miss Elmira Kemp
ton, of this city, received a prize
award for some designs. The late
Henry W. Ranger, among the most
eminent landscape painters of Amer
lea, made the National Academy of
Design his beneficiary, with the pro-
vision that his bequest, known as the
Henry W. Ranger fund, should be in
vested, and the income used for the
purchase of pictures by American art |
lists from the Academy exhibitions.
The pictures SO purchased are to be !
gwen to Art institutions in America |
with the proviso that the National Gal |
lery at Washington shall have the
option TO reclaim them at anv time
curing the five year period beginning /
10 years after the artists death. 1t has I
been suggested that at some time an /
opportunity might be available when !
the local gallery could acquire pic I
ture through the term of this beuuest. I
eggers Resigned
George w. Eggers, who has been di- /
rector of the Chicago Art Institute for !
the past five years has resigned. to !
become director of the Denver Art /
association. Denver. Colo. His new
position will involve the building of |
the new art museum in that city. In |
his new position Mr.. Eggers will be
permitted more time to carry on per-
sonal work than his duties at the Chi /
cago Art institute allowed.
Robert B. Harsche. who has been
acting the past year as head of the |
Chicago Art Institute school, succeeds i
Mr.. Eggers. Mr. Harsche is an etcherI
Of note and has had varied expert
ence in art fields. He was an assist
ant commissioner of the San Francisco
gallery during the San Francisco ex-
position when Mrs. NJ. F. Johnston of /
this city was there. Before going to I
the Chicago school he distinguished
himself as assistant director of the
Plttsburg gallery of Fine Arts. where
he arranged the last international ex-
nlbltion, going abroad to personally
select the pictures for the exhibit. !.