South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-04-10

artists. the exhibit Of oils sculp-
ture and etChings sponsored by the
Department OF Art OF the Progress
cub. which was shown yesterday
afternoon and evening AMI which
VIII be continued this afternoon and
evening in the Tapestry Turkish
and Louis XVI rooms Of the oliver
hotel, has not been equaIed N
Northern Indiana
The exhibit has been hung against
blue-gray background, which
brings out clearly the beauties and
colOring OF each picture. by Carl r.
Kraft, secretary of the Chicago So
ciety OF Artists which has elimina-
ted any clumsiness in hanging the
pictures by amateurs.
The program Saturday evening
opened with a solo by Carl Knorr.
tenor, who gave two selections,
AS we part" from ugenfrHz and
20, Lola. Fair as Flowers" by Mas
,cadni. Miss Ethel Stuart Gaumer
acted as his accompanies. Although
Mrs. W. f. Bryan's name appeared
on the program, she was unable 10
appear on account Of illness.
Tells of Her Rise.
The musical numbers were fol-
lowed by an informal reading and
talk by Miss Anna Lynch on "The
Personal Side Of Miniature Paint
Ing" After a short history Of the
miniature, Miss Lynch discussed
Of
and related i'm a humorous way
some Of the questions asked a
miniature painter. Water cOlors
are used on ivory" the speaker
said, "and the white which You
sometimes see is not white paint,
but the ivory showing through.
1T usually takes from four to 10
sittings TO complete a miniature, al
though eight would be a fair aver
age The first one 1 ever painted
was purchased for SIS but, said
Miss Lynch chat is the only one
ever sold at that small sum-"
The speaker said that the model
does not have TO sit perfectly rigid
so long that he will become weary,
and added that there was little dan
ger OF a sitter becoming petrified
Most of her subjects are of chill
dren. 1T is hard 10 catch the spi-
rft of a child. said Miss Lynch,
"the CLEAN of its naIr, the delicacy
of its skin, the wonder in its eyes
and its innocent expression but the
completed miniature is well worth
the effort.
Every Day Beautiful.
Frank V. Dudley, although slated
Co speak on Artists of Chicago and
the Middle Vest pleaded instead
for laymen that is, those outside
of the artists colony. to have at
least a general knowledge Of art
that they might the better appre-
ciate the beauties in the world
around them. Every day in the
$50 days in the year is beautiful.
regardless of the weather" he sta
ted, IF we only learn 10 look at it
from that viewpoint" He also
brought to his audience with his
paintings and talk the picturesque
sand dunes in the southern part of
our own state, which he said were
voted fifth in Importance by Euro
peans as peaks Of imI ortanCe to
visit in America
Mrs. Pauline Palmer. who con-
cluded the talking tour of the pic
lures, is not unlike dorado Taft an
the chatty. clever manner in which
she gets and holds the attention Of
her audience. A brief sentence and
each picture took on a new aspect.
Her pithy remarks and informal
manner Of presenting her ideas
We're very well received.
The afternoon program began at
8 o'clock. and was opened by two
musical numbers rendered by the
Progress club double quartet. They
san "Pakoble" (The Rose), by Thur
low Lieurance, and q" Twas April, 10
by Ethelbert Nevin.
Miss Lucy Hartrath was the first
speaker on the program and her
subject was. Modern Art and
Brown County. Indiana" AS testi-
monies TO her ability to lecture on
the subject were her beautiful paint
ings hanging in various parts OF the
room. She is represented by four
pictures: The Tall Trees" Morn
ing on the Hilltop" The Little
Creek and "Silvery Morning"
Tells of Brown County.
Miss Hartrath began with Chicago
and ended with Brown county. She
described Chicago art as a vine, one
of the tendrils OF which was the
South Bend art exhibit That art
was becoming a common interest
was evidenced in q story she told OF
a class composed OF both employers
and employees. She told of the Is
business mems art clubs in Chicago
Miss Hartrath expressed a belief
that the greatest development in
American art was in landscapes. in
which all dramatic and melancholy
notes were usually absent.
Brown county has been found TO
be the spot ideal for the natural
ness in beauty that artists so love
Peopled by the long, lank hill folk
who live in log cabins and still ea'
corn bread. it is 20 the artist nm IN
cultivated fairy land.
or the same school, and OF equal
interest. was L. O. Griffith, whose
exhibit of etchings has so delighted
/ exhibit audiences here. He talked
on "Etchings." and explained the
process by which his work is done
A metal plate is covered with wax
and asphaltum and the picture Is
made on the wax with q fine needle
I Then the wax and asphaltum are
scraped off. and the plate is linked
il is then ready TO be printed. He
also described the method Of max
/ ing block prints. and dry points, and
Illustrated his lecture with the
works or exhibit
The etchers who are represented
az the exhibit are. Gustave Bau-
mann. +. Ceser. Elizabeth ColweN
+ Charles w. DahIgren. Robert Lee