The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-27

place in June at the close of the
school year. The entire building was
transformed for gallery purposes;
desks were removed; backgrounds
were arranged by the use of heavy
burlap over the blackboards: special
lighting was adjusted. and every de-
tail planned to make the exhibition OF
pictures show to the best possible adj
vantage. The greater part of the &C
tual labor was performed by the corps
of janitors in the regular employ, as
| sisted by the active members of the
Art association. From its earliest in
ception the exhibitions included ex-
amples of paintings, sculpture, etch-
ings, illustrations, artistic photogra-
ply. original drawings. pottery, handi-
craft in metal, bookbinding, leather
textile and weaving.
Add other Pictures
''In 1908, Daniel g. Reid, former
resident of Richmond, gave an annual
purchasing fund of $500 to be used in
buying one painting from the annual
exhibition to establish a permanent
collection. The first picture purchased
was "The Duett," by Henry Mosler
| Other pictures added in the succeed
| ing years have been Late Afternoon
Litchfield Hills" by Ben Foster, "Old
Pastures" by Leonard Ochtman
Hare and Hounds" by H. M. Wal
colt; "At the Well" by Frank Vim
cent DuMond; 1.-The Hopi Mesa" by
Albert L. Groll; "Peonies," by Rober'
Reid; "Fiesole, Florence" by John c
| Johansen.
! "Other pictures have been bought
as there was a surplus fund from the
expenses, or the gifts of interested
/ persons, until the permanent collec
ton numbers very many pictures.
Mrs. Burnet gives a list of the pic
lures which have been purchased fol
| the permanent collection and also the
! names of those which have been gifts
! to the association.
These pictures included: white
water Valley" by T. C. Steele; blue
Spring" by J. Z. Bundy; Roses" b,
Mrs. H. S. st. John; Sunlight anG
| Shadow" by John Vanderpoel; "Ir
Wonderland" by Mrs. Pauline Dohr
Rudolph; Building the DAM" b.
Charles c. Curran; 'In Verdure Clad,
by r. B. Gruelle; Sunshine and Shad
ow," by Frank Girardin; November
Day." Charles Conner.
Receive Many Gifts
! Gifts to the Art association are: "a
Summer Afternoon" by j. Otis Ad
ans presented by the ladies of the
Tuesday ALTERNATELY; "The Tortoise
Fountain" by Janet Scudder (pre
/ scented by Warner Leeds: "a Corner
of the Studio" by Gladys H. Wilkin
] son (Whitney-Hoff Museum Purchase
presented by the International Art I'm
ion, Paris); Sketch for Gossip,
Montana" Cow Pasture" "Ver
mont" and spirit of the Lily" b!
| Walter Shirlaw, N. A. (gifts from Mrs
Walter Shirlaw): "Still Life" b.
Winifred Adams; SELF" portrait b.
William NJ Chase, purchased by equa
contributions from Warner M. Iced
and the Art association.
The school board is commended
| highly by Mrs. Burnet, for its co
operation with the association "sinct
the earliest inception, the schoo
board, she says has lent hearty as
sistance and cooperation to the ar
movement in Richmond. When the
time came to erect a new high schoo
building, the work had so justified its
existence and had become such an es
sential factor in the school life tha
a gallery for the permanent hangins
of the pictures was considered
! potent factor in the school work Thu
architect, Villain B. Ittner, of ST