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THE' MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY TRIBUNE: A FIJI 2 191G (I: yacht. bv the sain of the third work which him The Astor Trust Co. consented to act as custodian of fund. Women Drive Mall Wagons. Berlin, April 1.

Threo hundred women are now driving horse-drawn mail wagons in lierliu, according to an announcement by the postoifiee Vivid Paintings of Far West by William Leigh Are on View the Painting by Erickson to Be Given to Hospital however, lie gives the feeling An exhibit 'of paintings which will doubtless prove popular opened Monday at the Beard Art galleries and con it encouragement, and' finally success. sists of paintings of the great West by William K. Leigh. There aro many pictures of incidents of the still un V. Ada Wolfe, Local Artist, Says She "Hates Sentiment in Art tamed Western desert with its brilliant coloring and its picturesque cowboys and natives.

Mr. Leigh has been for years a magazine and book illustrator A BENEFIT TO THE WORKINGMAN As a direct benefit to its sav. inp.s depositors the German American Bank, Plymouth and Washington Avenues "North, will make First Mortgage Loans to them on improved Minneapolis property and will make No Charge for Commission for making the loan. Part of, or the full amount of loan may be paid at the end of any' six months period. Interest 6 per cent.

Finds Conditions in Minne apolis Unfavorable to Artistic Growth, and Expresses Scorn of Commercialism in Art. of litter desolation which must possess the Indian, who has halted his pony on the upper ledge of a great canyon and searches, with straining eyes, (some familiar landmark. Of the larger canvases, "Voice of tho Desert" is one of the most mieeesM'ul, with its coyotes uttering with uplifted heads their long, lonely howl. The most artistic, of the productions are the "llopi Mother," "ilopi Artists" and "The Hising Moon." Mr. Leigh was in West Virginia in IStiti and is known to the public through his illustrations in which he has specialized in Western scenes.

At 12 he received a one hundred dfllar prize from Mr. Coi'-oran of Washington for a draw ing of a dog. At 17 ho went to Munich and worked there with I'ro femora Roufle and (lyses. Ho received a silver medal at tho Munich academy anil honorable mention at the 1'aris salon. The present exhibition includes 1'2 canvases.

Tho paintings will remain on view until April tf. and many ot the paintings, especially the large ones, are illustrations tellUig of the thrilling incidents of life in this wild country. The smaller paintings have greater claim as works of art and, with their broad handling and brilliant color, are extremely interesting. It seems almost a disadvantage to paint in a country which makes so many pictures, because to the spectator the scenes have an unreal aspect, although they may be perfectly true to nature. His training as an illustrator has inclined Mr.

Leigh to paint in too many details and to leave too little to the imagination. In such a painting as her profesilou have bewailed. Hie also made what seems an excellent suggestion, that studios be built in the new art school building which could Je rented at moderate prices to Minneapolis artists. Such aAplan would meet great need and would be one help to tho struggling artists of Minneapolis, who lvcciva so little from their fellow citizens. Miss Wolfe in summing up the art conditions in frinncapolis has "I halo sentiment in art." Such was the one cmiliilenee emphatically stated, which Ada Wolfe, the Minneapolis painter whose canvases have been creating Mich favorable impressions at local exhibits, vouchsafed in a recent interview.

The life of an art writer woulil be easier, but perhaps not plcasanter, if artists, usinjr the word in its narrow sense, were easy to interview. Unlike- actors and musicians, 4 Paid on Savings German-American in And afterwards have been strenuously claimed by the city which did nothing to further their success. Miss Wolfe has studied with William Chase' in gew York and Eobert Koeh-ler of the Minneapolis Art school. To him, and especially to Gustav von ischlegle, who was formerly instructor at the Minneapolis school, she feels that she owes the most gratitude. She received a prize at the State Art society's show in 1913 for her painting "Sails," and was represented In the exhibition of work by Minneapolis artists, and in the recent exhibit' of work by artists of th Xorthwest.

Both times she received very favorable mention in the newspapers. A New Portrait. She has painted still life and landscapes with such success that it was with great interest' that the writer viewed a portrait which she has recently painted and which has never been publicly shown. It is, like all her work, simple, unaffected, strong, and true to life. The pose is an unusually successful one, because it gives the impression of natural ease.

Many portraits-are spoiled by the stiff or artificial pose, that arranged look, which removes them from the sphere of life to that of the studio. In speaking of this, Miss Wolfe suggested that many artists arc unable to get away from their school' training and consequently always paint models Instead of human beings. The portrait is that of a young girl of full-blooded' type seriously at the spectator with large, dark, unfathomable eyes. She has full red lips, bright color, and dark hair; her green-striped waist is open at the throat and she wears a skirt of brown material. Taken by herself she has no particular claim to the beauty or interest, but she has been painted with such strength, such truthfulness, such understanding, that she makes a deep appeal to one's interest and sympathy.

The admiration that one has for this painting is of the same kind that Rembrandt arouses. Subjects which are dull and even ugly in themselves, become absolutely fascinating under the hand of the great master, and one can see that the ideal which he reached is the one which influences Miss Wolfe. The excellence of this portrait promises well for Miss Wolfe's future success along this line, and it is to be hoped that she will not have to wait for New York to give her the recognition which she deserves. In business thirty years. Member of the United States Government Banking System.

Eesourcee over Three and a Half Million Dollars. Carl Olaf Erickson. Carl Olaf Erickson, the well known Minneapolis painter, has presented one (if his landscapes to tho Scandinavian Woman's Suffrage association for pres. entation to one of the hospitals of the city. Tho association is selling votes on which tho buyer mav indicate his choic of hospitals and.

lias printed on the ballot the names of the Swedish hospital, Fairvie.w hospital, and the Deaconess hospital, but the voter may name another if he wishes. The contest will remain open until the latter, part of April aud the money reaJized from the votes will go to the association. Mr. Erickson was represented in tho exhibition of work of Minneapolis artists by a painting called "Kef lection." s. mm vm ft 'Jm OFFICERS F.

A. Gross, President. Charles Gluek, Vice President. Henry Doerr. Vice President George E.

Stegner, Cashier. J. A. Kunz Assistant Cashier. A 'IN- if; fc- If Jr 1 i V- I I I i 2S -I -V ol Wildcat in Hunters' Lodge.

l'hilipsbiirg, April 2. When members of the Crystal Springs Hunting club visited their quarters in tho Clearfield county woods recently they were confronted by a big it showed fight it was quickly dispatched. It weighed nearly f0 pounds fin 1 1 was more than four feet long. Miss Jackson to Resign Position at Institute NOKTIIKKN SPRINfi HKDI 1.K TO I.AIiK MlNNKTONKA. The llreat Northern Railway spring schedule to Lake Minuetonka will go into effect Sunday, April 2.

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LEIGH. At t'ip lu-nnl Art Oalli- made public. Mr. Stevenson Heott of Scott and Fowles, 510 Fifth avenue, who purchased three of the artist's painting at the recent Lambert sale, two of which have been sold, seat word that he wool, I donate to the funds whatever profit he might make Miss Margaret T. Jackson, assistant director of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, will resign her position and leave on the first of May for the East.

Th reason for her departure is her desire to Btudy in the East. She will visit several museums on her way to the coast and will attend the conven- Art Paper Calls Painting by Kendall Repellant an editorial entitled "Blot on the Spring Academy" the American Art Js'ews raps the New York academy, Sergeant Kendall, and the city of Chicago. The article refers to a paint-inir exhibited bv Kendall called "The A Good Time To Begin a Savings Account in this hank now. New accounts are being opened here But there is a i- i Special Indoce licnt to open a account at this time," at what is called tho. period," which' comes four times a year.

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OLFE. -Portrait by Ida Everett. Bphins" which it calls a repellant work and which it says would never, it is certain, have passed the 'jury. ---is I mi 1 wlrosg constant exploitations of their own personalities develops in them a frank egotism which makes it an easy and pleasurable task for them to discuss their ow'k-ecomplitimentH, artists are, as a ruBvery modest and prefer to Jet their work speak for ft! "HE figures which show Goodyear Tires to be equipment on 21 per cent of thecarscounted cities can have but one 1 4 in 71 This -it can and so, bat! ffja-'general public always ia personalities and likes to iaow something about a person whose wsrrk j-it has admired. Miss Wolf i tr.ij-ually ehv and reserved and asc-sl of questioning eonli lead her to at any length about her pietnre.

She I is as sincere and unaffected a h-r work, and its virile strength is ia Kendall being a member of the academy had the privilege of his picture hung without it passing through the hands of a jury. "The fact that the picture was shown without any opposition at the last annual exhibition of the Art Institute of Chicago a city in which the police 'pulled' the pure and lovely 'September Morn as indecent does not justify its acceptance in New York," says the editor. Tho picture, is all the more unpleasant because it comes from an artist whose beautiful paintings of mothers and children have led the public to think of him as a man of rare refinement. The whole affair is surprising and unpleasant. The Blakelock Relief.

The plight of the painter Ralph A. Blakelock. who has lately, it is said, A' keeping with her statement that 1 meaning, and that is decid-edly clear: Goodyear is the favored tire with the great majority of tire buyers. The basis of this emphatic preference cannot be price; for many brands sell for less than Goodyear. It is Goodyear quality and Goodyear features of construction which make Goodyear Tires go farther, last longer, and so cost you less in the end.

4. ys fa. r-; -v y-w- vn A- Vt i A- shown some signs of a return to reason in a desire to paint once more, and of his widow and family, has OOOWEAR A tJW TIRES Easy ti)(etfrom Coodytar Senlce Station Dealers Ewtymhtrt she "hates sentiment art." The adjectives, pretty and dainty, which have been foisted upon the feminine sex by people who forget that sex has no place in nrt, do not apply to her paintings. The average person look" in at Miss Wolfe's work, and not knowing the artist, would probably lake it for a man's work, but Miss Wolfe herself, with her pretty blue eyes, her fair hair and shy is feminine as she can be. A Surprising Statement.

When asked it she had any theories about art she said none except that she wanted her work-tp be broad and simple. And this it certainly is; she has learned to mako one brush stroke tell as much as another artist would tell in a dozen. And with her the impressionistic method is a means to an end; die is not the slave of a manner or theory. Although in her landscapes and still life studies, her color ia rich and even brilliant, she has a rare color sense which prevents her making the gaudy productions which some of our modem artists are guilty of. fehe consented to make the following interesting and almost startling statement of her ideas about art: "Art, above everything else, needs albsoluto freedom for its growth.

Can we find freedom in our existing society! Are we not all slaves? I fear we do not even know what liberty means. If you want to be a painter, then first lie a rebel against anything which has a tendency to en-lave you. Your attitude of mind is wfiat counts in the long" run. Commercialism of any kind kills art. The commercial artist does no go gladly to his work; on the contrary he despises it.

lie has not the courage of his convictions, and submits to his existence tike a slave. He does nothing to promote the spirit of true art, he becomes a coward and will not sacrifice even the powder on aroused great interest since attention has again been called to -the facts by tho somewhat sensational price, reached by his large upright "Moonlight," purchased for the Toledo Museum at the recent Catholina Lambert sale. It is now proposed to hold a loan exhibition of Blakelock 's works, including tho canvas in rpiestion, at the Keinhardt galleries, 5fi5 Fifth avenue, opening April o. This is being arranged by Mrs. Van Renssalaer Adams for the benefit of the artist, who, it is stated, mav lie shortly released, in care of his family, from the Middletown asylum.

In the display will also be former Senator Clark's $15,000 "Moonlight." In the meanwhile, the Artists' Fund society, whose attention was called to tho case by the American Art News, has, through its board of control, arranged to assist Mrs. Blakelock with a small sum monthly for a year. The society hopes to inteiest other societies. An appeal is being prepared to picture dealers and collectors to subscribo to a fund, which the society will be pleased to administer, for Mrs. Blake-lock's benefit.

The pressing need, it is held, is, for Mrs. Blakelock and her family, for the unfortunate artist has everything that is needed for his comfort at present. Mr. A. Augustus Healy, president of the Brooklyn made the first donation on Wednesday to the R.

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Loose Treads By our Rubber Rivets. Insecurity By our Multiple Braided Piano Wire tion of tho American Federation of Arts -in Washington and the convex tion of -t! 0 Association of Museums. I II Base. come to tho same sad conclusions which practically every other artist has reached here, that there is practically no opportunity to exhibit, and little encouragement or patronage. Because of these conditions she is anxious to go to New York where many other artists driven from Minneapolis" by the indifference of those who should be interested in them have met wlth oppdrton- She will 'upend the summer at her summer home in Connecticut.

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