The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-01-07
THURSDAY.


Just.at present there is very little
going on in Topeka art circles. As
previously stated, the Topeka Art
Guild has planned to hold Several ini-
portant exhibitions this winter. The
first and most i'm portant of which is
the Bepeker exhibition Of paintings.
which IS scheduled to open on January
Il and continue until the gath. Owing
to the fact that Topeka has no. suit
able art gallery either public or. pri-
vate. much difficulty has been expert
enced in finding a suitable place to
properly show these wonderful pic
tuEes..- On the day on which this was
written a meeting of the executive
COMMITTEES of the art Guild was to
be held for the purpose of selecting
a suitable exhibition place, .z..-. AS.
IL the. exhibition PLACE. is definitely
decided upon at that meeting, the fact
will be annsuHeed in The state Jour
nal at the earliest possible date.
It is said that most OF the pictures
on exhibition at. the New York gal
leries just before the holidays were
of small size, tho of good Quality. This
would indicate that those artists. OF
a1commercial turn of mind, those who
paint pictures for the purpose of sells
ing. them, have taken a. cue from the
QLESEElL Ake1I0 LlklkCS- anu I'D
work that is suitable. for adnrning the
honAe of the man of modest income
The writer. in making this assertion,
realizes however, that the size, Of q
picture does not necessarily determine
its artistic or COMMERCIAL value
An exhibitiea eem PFisins two hun
dred and twenty-five photographs and
drawings of American architecture
shown at the galleries of the Royal
Institute OF British Architects in Lon
don has just ended The EXHIBITS
ranged from examples of earliest CO.
ioniaI work down TO such modern
structures as the Woolworth building
the Bush terminal. the postoffice and
the. Rennsyfya MIA raiTay staten in
New York, the Institute Of Technology
in Boston and the Scottish Rite temple
in Washington. D. c. -.
It is said that this exhibition
aroused much interested comment.
and elected many expressions of ad-
rniFation from leading British archi-
tects. It is said further that Arnerican
architectural methods. and their bold
fresh adaptatiops from standard
styles are having a pretotnd influ-
ence on their brethren across the wa
ter.
ARTS and Decoration for Decem-
Der and January contains an article
on Benjamin west, Americas first
great painter The article tells also
of a project now under way to tprn
Vests birthplace at Swarthmore. Pa.
into 4 West museum. and of the in
tehtion of having q big exhibit of the
works of BenJa min West in the, art
department OF the Susquf-Cent etsnial,
to be held at Philadelphia in 1925.
BENJAMIN West was. born in 1888
OF Quaker parents. The QEakers re-
garded art as oae4of the woElds wick
ed vantties. but Vests mother vas a
woman of common sense realizing
that talent and genius are God given
and therefore not to be ignored or
Suppressed.
lis said that Vests first notable
effort. was q painting OF his baby
brother sleeping in his cradle The
Young artist executed the picture with
Of the tai of the family. cat and his
colors were concocted from, clays 5bor-
rowed from visiting Indians and from
indigo purloined from the family
laundry. rl...sSztss 3.
He was finally sent TO PHILADELPHIA
and allowed TO take Instruction under
what meager tutors that small colo
NAL city then afferdede and At the age
otis he set up a studio and became
a professional portrait painter. Later
he spent a year In NeW-Tufk- In the
year j ga JEestr Esnt 10 Italy, where
he remained three years, achieving
sufficient celebrity TO secure election
as an honorary member to the acad-
entes. of Florence. Bologna and
Parma In 1762 he vent to London
and remained there the rest OF his
life
Soon after going to London he made