The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-13

| Upper Judgment OF SOL
Lower right-Tschaegle's bust
OLD FASHIONED
EXHIBIT ON VIEW HERE
What might be termed an "old-
fashioned exhibit is being shown
at the Heron Art Institute during
these summer months in Gallery VII,
which as a rule is reserved primarily
for the exhibition of canvases from
the permanent collection Of the Art
Association often supplemented by
individual loans. This exhibition is
made up for the most part, of paint.
ings from the latter years of the
nineteenth century and tho early
years OF the twentieth and to our
present day eyes, accustomed now
to the tendencies of modern art,
seem in both subject natter and
technique to belong to an olden
time.
They are mostly paintings pur-
chased or acquired by gift during
the earlier years of the Art Associa-
ton and represent the type OF
paintings popular at that time. There
is a Bierdstadt painting of "Whyte's
Lake, Estes PARK" which is reminis,
cent of the paintings which adorned
our grandmother walls. There is
a scene on Loeb Lomond by Arthur
Parton, a goose girl, in the older
style. by Walter Shirlaw; a summer
in northern italy, by Milo Bar
toluzzi, and others of the same type.
There is Theodore c. Steele's.
Munich Girl" painted in Munich
in 1884 and decidedly OF that period.
After the Shower" by William NJ.
Chase is Of the same era, while Ed
ward Bells Ready for a Walk,
John Loves The Sycamores," and
Frank Duveneck's Marine" are all
quite obviously in a style that has
passed. 1t is OF interest TO show
these paintings at this time. Many
Of them have not been exhibited re-
Gently, so that not only is an
opportunity given TO the public to
see them during these summer
months. but they also afford a point
of contrast with the much earlier
period of the Colonial Art of America
and the later and contemporary work
of our artists. Many lovers of art
and particularly of paintings still
find great pleasure In contemplating
this school of paintings Of their own
generation, the generation just past
or about TO give way to the new
era Of painting typically expressed
by such men as Luis Mora. and VIII
liam Nicholson, two one-man shows
recently exhibited in Gallery XI.
The two annual exhibitions of
Fifty Books Of the Year" and
Painting for Commerce." shown
in the Court only for the period
from Aug. s to the %. have proved
to be unusually fine this year.
The Fifty Books of the Year" are
shown in six cases in the Court,
three OF them upright cases against
the East Indian carved screen. In
these three are installed books with
gay covers, books with bright il
Illustrations and brilliant printed
pages. The other three cases are
fiat floor cases and provide a splen-
did opportunity for studying the
beauty of the pages of the books
which are exhibited therein.
One case exemplifies the beauty
Of simple black and white type
when we'll planned and well set up,
while in the other two the attrac-
tiveness Of color, engravings and de-
tails. in addition TO handsome type,
is set forth
The specimens of Printing for
Commerce" show equal excellence
in ideas and craftsmanship and, it
would seem. a higher standard than
i'm either of the exhibitions shown
here in the two previous years. The
types of work shown vary consid-
erably in subject matter, of course,
and also show a wide range in style
and general character.
There are dignified forward sheets
SUCH as the Yale University leafiet.
1.-The Associates in Fine Arts at
Yale University; there is the de-
cidedly informal and humorous type
of broad sheet; and quaint and
dainty announcements. But how
ever varied in tone. they all have
common bond of fine workman
ship. The business man who ad-
vertises. the individual who receives
direct mall advertising. and all
who love fine books and pamph-
lets have a share in these two ex-
hibitions. Special attention is drawn
to the fact that they will be shown
only through. Sunday. Aug. %.
Director MacLean has returned
from four weeks spent nj excavat-
ing a mound in Sullivan County,
one of the first systematic efforts to
excavate and record the burial rites
of the aboriginal American people,
known as the Mound Builders.
Twenty-sevens burials have been ex-
cavated, including -artifacts includ-
ed in votive offerings, all Of which
60 TO the State Museum. This &C.
tivity, under the auspices OF the
historical bureau, of which G. B.