The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-12
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Topeka friends are hearing from.
time to time from Maynard Walker,
| former Topeka young man who is now
living in the heart of the Rocky noun
ltains painting the beautiful scenery OF
| that region.
Mr.. Walker is located with a colony
of artists and nature lovers at Hewes-
Kirkwood inn, Longs Peak, Colo. In
| a recent letter he speaks of preparing
two pictures for entry on March 2 in
an exhibition at Denver, and the To-
peka Art Guild, of which he is still a
member, expects to include some OF
his recent work III the section for
Kansas artists of their next exhibit
ton, which will be held in April.
| There are few more thoroly charm
| ing and artistic spots in Topeka or
| in the state of Kansas, for that mat
ter, than the "What-Not Shop" a sit
tie art establishment on West Eighth
avenue.
About eight years ago two Topeka
ladies', Miss Marie W.twer and Mrs.
katherine Perkins, both of them
skilled china decorators, and one of
them a landscape painter of consid-
cradle ability, decided to try the
unique experiment of starting a COM
b,nation china painting studio and arts
and crafts shop. They rented the
small building at 120 West Eighth,
partitioned off the rear end as a work
shop and fitted up the front in way
that suggests both a store and an old
fashioned home drawing room.
| Here are displayed odd bits of rare
| old furniture, old engrav1ngs and
prints, artistic lamps and lamp shades,
\ beautiful pieces of china, fabrics deco
rated by block printing or needle
work. paintings, books and last, but
not least, an assortment of wooden
toys for children, designed and beau
tifully painted by the proprietors of
the shop.
| In the workroom at the rear, is
done the china painting, and there les
| sons are also given in that art
| Both ladies are identified with all
| of. the important art circles of the CITY
| and the ''What-Not Shop" is a rendez-
vous for Topeka's artists and artisti-
cally inclined and many of the projects
for advancement of the artistic life of
| Topeka originated there, including the
formation of the Topeka Art Guild.
Another interesting place to visit
| is the Sullivan art store, next door to
the ''What-Not Shop"
n Mrs. Sullivan's aim in life sis not
I merely to be a dealer in pictures, she
| wants her place to be an educational
to visit her gallery at any time to
| study the best art of ancient and mod
| ern times thru the fine collection of
etchings, photo-engravings, prints,
water color fac SMILES and photo
graphs to be found there.
1t is also an interesting place to
| observe the advance made during the
| last twenty-five years in mechanical
reproduction of art thru improvements
in photo-engraving and the use OF
new color processes. Comparison of
some of the work displayed in the Sui
livan gallery with the older pictures
hanging in our homes is most interest
ing. So. ~
:. a catalogs of the art exhibition al
the Kansas City Art institute, which
4 opened Thursday. February 10, has
been received by this department.
The exhibition includes paintings by
old masters" wood carvings, by
Charles EIagg, wrought iron work by
Thomas f. Googerty, decorative paint
ings by c. Bertram Hartman. and
batiks by a number of persons.
The group of "old masters consists
of twenty-one pictures, mostly por
traits. but a few landscapes -ant
genre pictures also.
The artists represented are: Lo
renzo Lotto, 14SO-155T; Antonio
Moro. 15121575; Rembrandt, 1906
1863: Arthur Devils. 1711-1787: Ma
thanlel Hone, 1117-1773; Benjamin
Wilson, 1721-17SS; Sir Joshua Reyn
olds. 1723-1792; Thomas Gainsbor
ough, 1727-178S; George Romney
1734-1S02; Daniel Gardner, 1850
1905; Sir William Beechey, 1853
1889; Nine. Vigee LIE Brun, 1855
1912; Sir Henry Raeburn, 1756-1S23
John Hopper, 175S-1S10; Robert Lad
brook, 1769-1S42; John Crome, 1853
1921; Henry Bernard Chalon, 1870
1S49; John Constable. 1776-1S37
George Henry Harlow, 1787-1S19
Frederick w. Watts, 1S0o-1S70; an
William Brown, Jr., early nineteenth
century.
The "old masters" were secure,
thru the courtesy of Enrich galleries
New York City, and will be on exhi
bition for one week only.
The Charles Hagg wood carving
are forty-eight in number, and a.
belong to a single series entitle
Spirits of the Woods"
The wrought iron work of Thoma
f. Googerty consists chiefly O
hinges, door locks, door pulls, knock
ers. etc. There are twenty pieces.
1 The c. BeFtram Hartman decorativ
& paintings are eighteen in number an
include both oils and water colors.
There are twenty batiks. The
are the work of Nell Writers, C. Der
tram Hartman, John Dee Warehan
Elsie Carpell, thinner, E. w. Hill
Mrs. Lydia Bush Brown, Zoak Studio
Mrs. James B. Barnet and Clar
Wakeman.