The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-08-02
IT'S PICTURES SHOWN
IN HOME EXHIBIT BY
MISS ANNA newman

A collection of ITS pictures in oils,
water colors. pencil, and crayon,
which have been painted during a
span of p years, are being exhibited
by Miss Anna Newman, of this city
and Fort Wayne, in an exhibition
which she Is holding at her home, 25
North Sixteenth street, during this
week. The exhibit is marked by the
fact that it is the first one to be held
in private residence here for some
time.
A spirit of delightful informality
pervades the exhibition. The artist
with her sister are at home to ex-
hibit visitors at any time of day dur
Ing the week and any persons inter
ested are invited to visit it. Most of
the pictures on display may be pur-
chased, it is said.
Miss Newman received her first
art instruction from Edgar Forkner
and John Bundy. the distinguished To-
cal artist. Later she spent five years
studying at the Chicago Art Institute.
Returning to this city she opened a
studio here. After doing studio work
here for five years she went to Fort
Wayne where she Is now art instruc-
| tor in the high school of that city.
I Interesting Comparisons
The pictures range in size from the
smallest sketches to large landscapes
| portraits and still life canvases.
The picture are hung so as to show
an Interesting comparison of the va
| rfed treatments employed by the art
list. Numbers of interesting portraits
are among the collection, some being
bright color pictures, others In more
subdued and unobtrusive colors EN-
i phasize the personality of the subject
i The landscapes in the exhibition
have been painted in and about Rich
mond, Centerville, Brookville, Chi
cago, Fort Wayne, and Saugatuck
Mich.
An interesting relic is the small
water color "The Old Bridge" painted
in 1899. The sketch is of the ole
covered bridge that formerly stood
across Clear Creek near EarlhaIf
old Country club.
Prize Pictures.
"Marigolds," still life in oils, which
is on exhibition, took the prize at th'
state fair few years ago. The flow
CHS, III CudIluuS COlOT STdQdIlOuS
are arranged in a brown jug agains
dark background "Poppies," an
other still life done in water colo
: and "Zinnias" in oils, are among tn,
most attractive flower pictures
'Azaleas" is the title of a Lowell,
canvas showing woman in a gowI
of white and rose painted against
, blue background. At one side o
, the picture is blooming azalea plan
repeating the pink shades in the WON
ans gown. This canvas won the Rich
mond prize in 1910 at the public ar
.. gallery.
THE Letter." portrait of a woman
reading letter on the floor beside
half-open drawer of keepsakes, wa
, shown at the Corcoran art galleries il
Washington
) Wins Honorable Mention.
: "a Study in Gray Green" which wo
. first honorable mention at an exh
!. bition at the Chicago Art institute
: THE Black Spanish Shawl" and tw
water color portraits, 1.-THE Old Ger
tleman," and another of a girl, al
: among the most interesting picture
Of this kind in the collection.
A portrait of Sid Rosenberg, an ar
! list, who gained recognition for hi
q posters during the war, also is o
a exhibition.
One of the most charming bits {
h landscape is 1.-THE Edge of the Wood