The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-10-22
Their work received SO commonplace a

their work received SO commonplace a
reception.
It was not until the following year,
after the trio began the publication of
littlt magazint calltd THE Germ, 2"
which condemned in a mild way, the
current art practices of the time, that
a storm of criticism broke over their
heads. The art public and the press
both .hen assailed them as a group of
young upstairs attempting to destroy
the established canons of art.
While the work of the Raphael
ties did not revolutionize art, it GER
tain1y did Eevive and refresh it, and
the world owes a tribute to Dante Ga
briel Rosetti, John Everett Millais
and William Holman Hunt and those
who worked with them. Every new
movement in this world has raised a
storm of criticism, but violent oppo-
sit1cn to a good thing only helps it
along.
Few of our people seem to realize,
despite the fact that it was heralded
in this column, that there is an eX-
ceedingIy interesting art exhibition
now on at Boswell hall, Washburn
college. 1t is an exhibition OF new
work by local artists. 1t is free, and
IT is open to everybody during the
daytime, every day in the week except
Sunday.
George NJ. Stone exhibits a prelin-
mary painting made in competition
for a mural decoration in the court
house at Des Moines, Ia. This paint
ing was adjudged second in point of
excellence among a large number sub
nitted.
The subject is 1.-THE Indians Before
the Coming of the White Man" 1t
shows an Indian encampment on the
prairie during the progress of some
dance or festival. The coloring is
rich and beautiful and exceedingly
true to nature. The dozens of figures,
running, standing and sitting, are ar
ranged with great fidelity to the prin-
ciples of artistic composition and re-
veal a deep study of the dress and
habits of the North American Indian.
Miss Marian Peers has several land
scape pastels in the collection. All of
them are good, but the one depicting
the depths of a forest with the sun
light filtering in between the leaves
and the interlaced boughs of the big
trees is superb. It is doubtful If
landscape picture more beautiful or
truer to nature has ever been shown
in Topeka, not excepting the works
of famous eastern artists.
Mrs. L. c. Hodge has several fine
landscape and marine paintings and
one portrait, all entirely new to the
public. A marine, in which the water
is shown running back off a ledge of
rocks, whittier it has been thrown by
large wave is an exceptionally fine
piece of work. Another of Mrs.
Hodges pictures, a little stream flow
ing thru the woods, is a most pleasing
composition of color harmony.
L. A. Gillette exhibits several inter
esting Kansas and Colorado land
scApes, some of them new to the pub
lie. c. J. Messick has two landscapes
which Show a good appreciation of
color; Kenneth Adams, who is now in
Paris, has contributed a painting of an
apple tree in bloom, and Maynard
Walker exhibits the portrait of a wo-
man which shows an able and original
technique and a fine knowledge of
composition.
Along with this exhibition Of paint
ings and pastels is a display of hand
woven fabrics, done by pupils of E. J.
Buckles, director of manual arts train
ing in the Topeka schools. This coll
lection of hand-woven articles in linen
and cotton. embraces clothes bags,
table scarves. aprons. etc. The fabrics
have handsome coIored designs woven
into the material 1t should be a
source of pride to Topekans that such
work can be produced in their town.
Membership tickets to the Topeka
Art Guild may be obtained at the
''What-Not-Shop," 100 West Eighth
avenue.