The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-16

doing pictures and sketches that at.
tracted some attention" Mr.. Bunday
was saying in his Soft voice as we
seated ourselves IN his gallery room.
facing his finished pictures and
sketches. "Up to that time, | had
not seen a good picture, nor did
see one for a long time after l came
to Indiana, little more than five
years old. with my parents. We had
come from North Carolina. My father
was a farmer all his life.
Mr. Bundy's old home was near
Greensboro, Guilford county, North
Carolina, where he was born May 1,
1853. The family made the long trip
to Indiana in prairie schooner, pass
ing through the scenery of the Vir-
ginias, with ample time to see It.
1t is said of Mr.. Bundy by his friends
here that the varying color, and big
wonder of the landscape so impressed
his child mind that it remained with
him an abiding inspiration to see
beauty in nature and to try to find a
way to express what he saw.
Remembers Painting.
He says: ITO this day | can re-
member the Hawks Nest almost well
enough to paint it, The family, father,
mother and nine children, settled in
| the Quaker neighborhood of Monrovia
in western Indiana, and there in the
! Quaker school, dubbed "Boneset semi
nary" Mr.. Bundy received that early
| training which still holds him as a
disciple and follower of the Friends
! church.
Indeed, I've had struggles" he
went on. quite candidly when l men,
| toned those early adventures into the
realm of art, the great book of nature.
( "When | came to Richmond, there
was no demand for pictures at all.
! When 1 came here 1 taught for eight
years in Earlham college. There was
no salary attached to the chair, I had
! 10 take it for what l could get, and
therefore, earned only a good living.
So / had to cut loose from it and go
out and work with nature. l couldn't
get the art class to go out all at one
time, except on Saturdays, and then
could not do anything to develop my
own talent.
His Early Struggles.
'fThen I began to paint all the time,
leaving the college in 1896. So 1t
seems that began about "a years ago
here in Richmond, and I've worked
around here for 33 years. In the first
eight years, you understand, / lectured
on art and was head of the art school
at Earlham Since leaving that col
Iege. I've been painting all the while
My early pictures were almost given
away in order to get the Richmond
Art association started. T. A. Mott
superintendent of the Richmond
| schools. now superintendent of schools
| at Franklin, Ind. was my right-han0
man here. The art association was
1 started in the year after left Earl
ham. Two or three artists at that time
were doing some good work. They
went out often, sketching together
and they decided to give an exhibition
of their work.
Instead of having a selfish exhibit
ton of our own, we decided to joir
with some women artists and go In
together. Our first exhibition, here
in the Richmond high school, was
held in 1898. Mr. Mott being then
head of the schools. Incidentally, he
was our best help in putting the asso
citation on it's feet. Mrs. Ella Bond
Johnston, wife of DR.. Melville F
Johnston, should have the biggest
share of the honor. We could not
lhave done the work without her. She
is still active in the art work of the
city. DR.. Johnston, her husband, is