The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-01
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George M. Stone has just completed
| for the National Reserve Life Insur-
ance company, an oil painting 80
inches by As inches, entitled IA
Refuge in Time OF Storm. It de-
tected by cliffs, rocks and walls, in
4 which a large fleet of vessels rides
secure from the angry sea- whose
twaves beat vainly on the encircling
tbarrier. The work. altho accomplish
led within ten days, is fully up to MI
Stones excellent standard of painting
| The National Reserve Life company
Intend to reproduce the painting IN
its original co1ors and use the picture
on their calendars. literature and poll
cies.
It will be on exhibition in window
of the Pelletier stores on Insurance
Day" of Thrift Week." which will be
observed neGt month.
1 Mr.. Stone has also recently painted
on order of Mrs. Rebecca Wells Tay-
tlor. president of the Kansas Federotion
of Women's clubs, a portrait OF her
husband, G. H. Taylor of Lyons, Kan.
This portrait was unveiled Thanksgiv-
ling Day, at which Mr.. Stone dinea
with the Taylors in Lyons: ~
| From Lyons he went to Ponca CITY,
|okla., and painted portraits OF the
late George Miller, of the 101 Ranch
and of Mr.. Mi1ler's daughter, Mrs.
William H. England.
Kenneth Adams, a former Topeka
man. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Adams Of Seventeenth street and Jew,
ell avenue, has a studio in the artists
colony at Woodstock, N. Y. he is
working at both landscape and por-
trait paintfng. Mr.. Adams is spend
ling the holidays with his parents IN
Topeka. He brought home with him
several interesting and beautiful land
lscape paintings.
David Overmyer. whose studio Is at
S1S Kansas avenue, is at Work on
beautiful mural painting representing
an oriental textile market, In prepare
ton for the exhibit of the works OF
kansas artists which will be held In
Topeka next month, under the aus
pices Of the Topeka Art Guild.
| Another Topeka artist who has
promised to contribute some OF his
work to the exhibit Of Kansas artists,
is Frank Mcdonald. Mr.. Mcdonald
| recently came to Topeka from Kan
lsas City. He is said to possess muci'
talent.
The Kansas Stockman for this
month has a striking and artistic
cover design in pen and ink. showing
the evolution and development OF
modern high bred cattle from the
Texas 'long horn and tracing their
ancestry back to fancied derivation
from the buffalo. This cover Is the
work of Irwin Smith, an employe OF
the Kansas Stockman.
Work that is creating something OF
! a sensation In the art world at the
present time, is that OF Clare Sneri'
dan, an English scuiptoress ana nooei'
Ter in clay.
{ Mrs. Sheridan took up her work
. seriously, as eonsoling diversion FOL
lowing the death of her husband, who
: was killed in the world war. z.u.,
Her specially is portrait busts. First
she modelled typical war heads and
, faces as she saw them in army camps
J and hospitals during the war. espe-
ciaIIy those types that would impress
the suffering and cruelty of war
ouired the power of instantaneous
mod eling-the ability to produce q
vivid, characteristics likeness of the
subject in one or two sittings.
From war time busts her rapid
Technique enabled Mrs. Sheridan to
PASS successfully to portraiture of the
war-worn statesmen and politicians OF
| Europe Her ability to complete
portrait bust in few short sittings
made it comparatively easy to gain
/ access to the busy men on whose
, shoulders rest the apparently hope
! less task of repairing humanity
blenders Of the past six years.
II She has produced a remarkable
likeness of Herbert Henry Asquith and
: of her mar kinsman Winston CHR
chill. also of many other British nota-
! bles including Sim Feiners. While con
: tinental Europe not excluding boil
shevik Russia, has come in for q
goodly share of her attention.
!; Mrs. Sheridan visited Russia at the
! invitation of the bolshevik ambassador
to England, travelling by way OF
= Sweden, in which country she was the
Y object of much distinguished attention
S While at Moscow, Russia. she was
E given a room in the Krer1lin Tor q
studio and the majority of the boil
E shevik leaders, including Lenine and
Trotzky, sat for their ikenesses.
= Mrs. Sheridan's one adventure into
abstract art is a figure of victory. II
/ | is a thoroly original conception, to-
, tally devoid Of any suggestion of tri-
umphal JOY. A seated figure of a
i classic warrior, indicating by posture
I and expression total exhaustion and
detection; the only suggestion of vic.
= tory being the still unbroken sword
a held in the soldiers limp right hand
The Industrial Arts magazine foi
= January, 1921, contains a short but
. instructive article entitled THE Glass
: Project in Design" by Edware
: Lake, professor of art and design ir
!, the University of Illinois. 1t deals with
projects or problems Of artistically ar
| ranging initial letters or ornamental
: designs in given geometrically SHAPED
Il spaces. The article gives the student
many clear simple shints. and is &C
companied by page of illustrations
showing now some of Professor Lakes
: pupils have worked out their prob
4 lem in a pleasing manner.