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 BRIEF INFORMATION 
 
 If CONCERNING IOWA ARTISTS 
 
 COMPILED BY 
 JEANNETTE M. DRAKE. 
 
 Chairman of the Art Committee 
 IOWA FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS, 1915-1917. 
 
 This is a preliminary report of a survey on Painters and Sculptors who 
 fijjwere born in Iowa and those who lived in Iowa several years. This does not 
 m etend to be complete, but contains brief information about the people with 
 
 }i!3 whom the committee has been able to get into correspondence, or have been 
 
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 gjU&tjjatle to find out about. Further information is desired by the committee. 
 
 MEMBERS OF ART COMMITTEE 
 
 ID ANNETTE M. DRAKE, Chairman 
 IRS. E. F. BILHARZ 
 S MRS. C. A. CUMMING 
 |S ; MISS EMMA GRATTAN 
 |MmRS. a. J. HOUSE 
 
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 MRS. H. R. HOWELL 
 MISS LUCELIA MILLER 
 MISS GRACE ROSE 
 MRS. R. M. SMALLPAGE 
 MRS. J. P. WHITNEY 
 
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 SIOUX CITY, IOWA, 
 MAY, 1917. 
 
LIST OF ARTISTS 
 
 ALBRIGHT, ADAM EMORY Painter 
 
 Address. Hubbard Woods, Illinois. 
 
 Born. Monroe, Wisconsin, August 15, 1862. 
 
 Lived in Iowa from age of two years until a young man. There are many 
 magazine articles about Mr. Albright. He paints children in every 
 imaginable pastime and position. Especially out-door scenes, fishing, 
 fighting bumble-bees, flying kites. 
 
 ANDERSON, JOHN O Etcher 
 
 Born. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1856. Died, 1898. 
 
 ASHTON, FRANK CLIFFORD Painter 
 
 Born. Perry, Iowa. Lived also in Des Moines. 
 
 Studied Chicago Art Institute, and with Chase in N. Y. Studio in Paris. 
 Exhibited a painting entitled “Marguerite” at the Paris Salon. 
 
 BABCOCK, RICHARD Mural Painter and Illustrator 
 
 Address. 735 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 Born, Denmark, Iowa, June 4, 1887. 
 
 Studied in the standard art schools of this country and some abroad. 
 
 BAKER, MRS. ELIZABETH GOWDY Painter 
 
 Address. 2 E. 56th Street, New York City, New York. 
 
 Born, Xenia, Ohio, 1860. 
 
 Studied New York City, Rome, Paris. 
 
 Specialty portraits in water color. 
 
 Lived in Keokuk many years. 
 
 BARNARD, GEORGE GREY Sculptor 
 
 Address. 454 Fort Washington Avenue, New York City, N. Y. 
 
 Born. Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1863. Lived in Muscatine as a 
 boy. He said, “My inspiration to be an artist came to me while I 
 lived in Iowa.” His father was a Presbyterian minister. 
 
 Studied in Chicago, and in Europe. There is a great deal in print about 
 Mr. Barnard. At 15 was taxidermist at State University of Iowa. 
 
Cartoonist and Illustrator 
 
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 BARTHOLOMEW, CHARLES L 
 
 Born. Chariton, Iowa, February 10, 1860. 
 
 Cartoonist for many leading newspapers. On Minneapolis papers 
 since 1888. 
 
 Illustrated “Bandit Mouse,” and “Pirate Frog.” 
 
 BELL, EDITH __ _ _. Painter 
 
 Student of Cumming Art School, Des Moines. 
 
 Won first prize at Iowa State Fair, 1914. 
 
 BLUM, MRS. LUCILE SWAN _ - - ___ -Sculptor 
 
 Born. Sioux City, Iowa. 
 
 Studied in Chicago and France. 
 
 Traveled abroad, especially China and Japan. Has done small bronze fig- 
 ures representing types of motherhood in the East. They are little 
 bronze mothers and children. She is traveling now and is on her 
 way to France. 
 
 BOYNTON, RAY L Painter 
 
 Address, Lake Bluff, Illinois. 
 
 CHAMBERS, CHARLES EDWARD- Illustrator 
 
 Address. 140 Wadsworth Avenue, New York City, New York. 
 
 Born, Ottumwa, Iowa, August 9, 1883. 
 
 Studied in Chicago. Illustrates for magazines and books. 
 
 CHASE, HARRY Painter 
 
 A resident of Iowa City for many years, now deceased. 
 
 Was a marine painter of some prominence. Mrs. Harry Chase, of St. 
 Louis, loaned two of his paintings to the exhibit at World’s Columbian 
 Exposition, “At Anchor off Scheveningen,” and “The Battery Park.’ 
 
 COAST, OSCAR R Painter 
 
 Address. Santa Barbara, California. Salmagundi Club, 14 W. 12th St., 
 New York City, New York. 
 
 Born. Salem, Ohio, 1851. Lived in Iowa City for a number of years and 
 visits there now. Specializes in landscapes. 
 
 COMAN, CHARLOTTE BUELL Painter 2 
 
 Address. 939 Eighth Avenue, New York City, New York. 
 
 Born. Waterville, New York, 1833. 
 
 Studied in New York and Paris. Lived in Iowa City for a number of 
 years. 
 
 Pictures in galleries in Washington and New York City. “Clearing Off” 
 in Metropolitan Museum, New York. 
 
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 COOK, WILLIAM EDWARDS Portrait and Mural Painter 
 
 Born. Independence, Iowa, August 31, 1881. 
 
 Studied in New York and Paris. Lived abroad and is there now. 
 
 Painted portrait of Pope Pius X. 
 
 COWLES, RUSSELL Painter 
 
 Address. American Academy in Rome, Villa Aurelia, via Garibaldi, Rome, 
 Italy. 
 
 Born, Algona, Iowa, October 7, 1887. 
 
 Graduated Dartmouth College, 1909. Studied in Paris. Won 1915 prize 
 for painters offered by American Academy of Rome. 
 
 Painting “Drama as a Teacher” designed for a theatre curtain won prize 
 before Kenyon Cox, Edwin Holland Blashfield and the late John W. 
 Alexander as judges. 
 
 CULBERTSON, LINN Painter 
 
 Address, Iowa City, Iowa. 
 
 Born. Princeton, Iowa, September 29, 1890. 
 
 Studied with Charles Atherton Cumming, traveled in Europe. 
 
 Exhibited in galleries of the Middle West. Paintings privately owned, 
 many in Iowa. Some are : “Wooded Landscape,” “Morning Sun- 
 light,” “Cleared Hills,” “Wooded Hills,” “Sand Spots,” “River 
 Border.” 
 
 CUMMING, CHARLES ATHERTON Painter and Teacher 
 
 Address. Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Lived through boyhood and early youth on a farm in Linn County, Iowa. 
 
 Attended Cornell College, Iowa. Studied in Paris. Now has studio in 
 Public Library, Des Moines. Painted 18 portraits which hang in 
 State Historical Building, Des Moines, and a number which are scat- 
 tered over Iowa. Has also done landscapes, still life and animals. 
 Succeeded in having the Iowa State University install a four-year 
 course in art, which is given full credit in College of Liberal Arts. 
 He has charge of this department in the University. 
 
 DARLING, JAY NORWOOD Cartoonist 
 
 Address. Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Born. Norwood, Michigan, October 21, 1876. 
 
 Began cartooning for Sioux City Journal 1901. Joined “Register and 
 Leader” staff 1906 and has been there ever since, except two years 
 with New York Globe. Remains with “The Register” from choice, as 
 has had many opportunities to go elsewhere. 
 
 DAVIS, CHARLES PERCY Painter, Illustrator and Teacher 
 
 Address, 310 Skinner Road, St. Louis, Missouri. 
 
 Born, Iowa City, Iowa. 
 
 Studied in New York and in Paris. 
 
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 DAWES, EDWIN M 
 
 Address. 1900 Third Avenue, South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
 
 Born. Boone, Iowa, April 21, 1872. 
 
 Exhibited in important galleries in this country. First picture to receive 
 attention was “Burning Leaves,” a bon-fire picture now at University 
 Club in Minneapolis. Awarded first gold medal given by state of 
 Minnesota in 1913 on painting, “The Channel to the Mills,” now 
 owned by Minneapolis Museum. 
 
 See “Art and Progress,” July, 1915. 
 
 EBERLE, ABASTENIA ST. LEGER Sculptor 
 
 Address. 177 Madison Street, New York City, New York. 
 
 Born. Webster City, Iowa, April 6, 1878. 
 
 Studied New York and with George Grey Barnard. Preferred to continue 
 study in this country rather than abroad. Written about in maga- 
 zines, especially “The Survey,” May 3, 1913. Lived in East side in 
 New York to study people. One of the first artists to reflect in her 
 work spirit of social consciousness. She feels that the artist has a 
 part to play in arousing an interest in social responsibilities. De- 
 picted East side life in dancing figures, “Rag Picker,” “Little Moth- 
 er,” “Windy Door-Step.” Love for children and appreciation of 
 human values led her to select types that until recently have been 
 almost entirely disregarded in art. The “White Slave” carries 
 “thought-compelling quality” with it. 
 
 EDSTROM, DAVID Sculptor 
 
 Address. Sewanee, Tennessee. 
 
 Born. Hvetlanda, Sweden, 1873. 
 
 Career reads like a romance. Came to America when eight years old. 
 Spent the next fourteen years in Burlington and Ottumwa, Iowa. Sold 
 papers, polished medals, worked in packing houses as a boy and was 
 famous at forty. Returned to Sweden by working way as a stoker. 
 By pluck and insistence admitted to Art Academy in Stockholm. Then 
 studied in Florence and Paris. Destroys his own work and begins 
 over again. Is a fiery worker after the beautiful. Portrays pride, 
 fear, envy and passions. Has a unique mixture of cultures, worlds 
 and times. Some of his works are “Sphinx,” “Two Souls,” “The 
 Hunchback,” “Two Clouds,” “The Cliff,” “Rhapsody.” Exhibited in 
 large cities in the world. Portraiture is most successful but he does 
 imaginative things, too. 
 
 EVERETT, MRS. MARY O Painter 
 
 Address. Des Moines. 
 
 Born. Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania. Lived in Des Moines since 1893, stud- 
 ied Des Moines, New York, Italy. Exhibited with Society of Western 
 Artists. 
 
 Work largely landscape but prefers figures. “Florence from San Miniato” 
 is one of her paintings. 
 
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 FRY, SHERRY EDMUNDSON Sculptor 
 
 Address. 147 Columbus Avenue, New York City, New York. 
 
 Born. Creston, Iowa, September 29, 1879. 
 
 Worked under Director of Sculptor at Trans-Mississippi exposition, where 
 he received inspiration to be an artist. Studied in Chicago and 
 Europe, especially Paris. Written about in magazines. Did “Ma- 
 haska,” a statue, in Paris, where he received Gold medal for it. It 
 is now in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Has done many fountains for beautiful 
 gardens. Number of pieces for Panama exposition, as well as private 
 residences. “Victory in Peace,” a memorial fountain on Staten 
 Island. “It is an idealized figure of a warrior bearing his weapons at 
 rest, yet within firm grasp, ready to be brought into play should his 
 gesture for peace be ignored, or his word of command go un- 
 noticed.” The model is in the State Historical building in Des Moines. 
 
 GOSHORN, JOHN THOMAS Painter 
 
 Address. 124 North California Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 Born. Near Independence, Iowa, February 16, 1871. 
 
 Studied in Chicago. 
 
 Most of his work is in water color. Does mountain scenes, animals and 
 figures. Some of his works are “Sheep at the Bars,” “Solitude,” 
 “Patiently Waiting,” “Harvesting,” “A Lonely Cabin.” Many have 
 been exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute. 
 
 GRAHAM, ROBERT A Painter 
 
 Address. 450 Audubon Avenue, New York City, New York. 
 
 Born. Brooklyn, Poweshiek County, Iowa. 
 
 Studied with Charles Atherton Cumming in Des Moines, Iowa, and in 
 Chicago and New York City. 
 
 Work mainly in oils, but also water colors. Exhibited in large galleries 
 of this country. Mostly interiors with figures, some landscapes and 
 portraits. 
 
 GRAY, CHARLES ALBERT Painter 
 
 Address. Washington, D. C. 
 
 Born. Keokuk County, Iowa, June 25, 1857. 
 
 Studied in Paris. 
 
 Began painting portraits for a living at 15 years of age. In art depart- 
 ment of Chicago Daily News and then Chicago Tribune. In 1903 
 took up portrait painting again in St. Louis, New York and Wash- 
 ington, D. C. Hopes to return to Iowa to make permanent home. 
 
 Painted well known people as Eugene Field, Lincoln Garfield and Mc- 
 Kinley. Reputation as portrait and landscape painter. 
 
 GREFE, WILLIAM -Illustrator 
 
 Lived in Des Moines for a number of years. 
 
 Prominent for his Illustrations in Saturday Evening Post and Ladies 
 Home Journal. 
 
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 GUE, DAVID JOHN Painter 
 
 Address. 606 Sixth Street, Brooklyn, New York. 
 
 Born. Farmington, Ontario County, New York, January 17, 1836. 
 Entirely self-taught in art. Moved to Iowa in 1852. Painted a number 
 of portraits. Many in State Historical Building, Des Moines. Painted 
 marines. Exhibited in large and small galleries of this country. 
 
 HAINES, MRS. ELLA HILLIS Painter 
 
 Formerly of Rock Valley, Iowa. 
 
 Address. 129 Haigh St., San Francisco. 
 
 “America” her chief painting. 
 
 HARPER, MARIAN DUNLAP Painter 
 
 Address. 5203 Blackstone Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 Lived in Keokuk. 
 
 Specializes in miniatures. 
 
 HARTSON, WALTER C Painter 
 
 Address. Wassaic, New York. 
 
 Born. Wyoming, Iowa, October 27, 1866. “The Brook,” “Hillside Farm” 
 two important pieces. 
 
 HITTLE, MARGARET A Painter, Illustrator, Etcher 
 
 Address. 550 Arlington Place, Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 717 Indiana Avenue,* Spokane, Washington. 
 
 Illustrated “A little book of well-known toys,” by James M. Braden. 
 
 Did mural paintings for Chicago schools. One of “Miles Standish” in 
 James Doolittle School. Worked with others on decorations of Bible 
 Institute at Northwestern University, which show style of wall paint- 
 ing used in early Christian Catacombs in Rome. Does commercial 
 designing. 
 
 HOARD, MARGARET Sculptor 
 
 Address. 140 Wadsworth Avenue, New York City, New York. 
 
 Born. Washington County, Iowa. 
 
 Studied in Chicago and New York City. 
 
 Exhibited in large art galleries of this country. 
 
 Elected to Paris Salon, 1914 and had three pieces ready to send. One, 
 
 “Eve,” in marble, was exhibited at Panama Exposition for which 
 she received an award. Recent work two memorial figures. 
 
 HOLBERT, MRS. A. B Animal Painter 
 
 Greeley, Iowa. 
 
 HOLMAN, ABIGAIL Painter and Teacher 
 
 Address. 31 East 18th Street, Denver, Colorado. 
 
 Born. Sergeant Bluffs, Iowa. 
 
 Studied Chicago, New York City and Paris. 
 
 Established Fine Arts Academy of Denver in September, 1912, and is 
 
 director of same. Several pictures owned in Sioux City. ^ 
 
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 HORSEFALL, R. B. 
 
 Illustrator 
 
 Address. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. 
 
 Born. Clinton, Iowa, 1869. 
 
 Prepared twelve habitat groups for American Museum of Natural History. 
 Illustrated “Roof and Meadow,” by -D. L. Sharp. Illustrated many 
 books on Birds. 
 
 HOXIE, VINNIE REAM Sculptor 
 
 Born. Madison, Wisconsin, September 25, 1847. Died Washington, D. C., 
 November 20th, 1914. 
 
 Lived in Iowa City for years and afterward spent summers there. Re- 
 ceived commission, from U. S. Congress to execute life size statue of 
 Lincoln which is now in the rotunda of the Capitol. Noted statue 
 of Admiral Farragut stands in Farragut Square, Washington. Com- 
 missioned by State of Iowa to make heroic statue of Samuel J. Kirk- 
 wood for the National capitol. Memorial volume published by U. S. 
 Congress. 
 
 HUBBARD, MRS. ALICE COOPER (Mrs*. N. M.) Sculptor 
 
 Address. Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Studied in Chicago. Assisted Mr. Lorado Taft, sculptor. 
 
 Did statue “Sacajawea,” Indian woman who guided Lewis & Clark in 
 their western expedition, which is in Portland, Oregon. Some of her 
 pieces are “Child and Duck,” fountain, “Child Looking in a Pool,” 
 “Dancing Nymph.” Her own children pose for her. She is now 
 doing life size portraits of her three daughters. 
 
 HUISKAMP, JOHN M Painter 
 
 Address. Beverly Hills, California. 
 
 Born. Amsterdam, Holland, August 17, 1834. 
 
 Lived in Keokuk number of years. 
 
 Did religious pictures, out-door life and still life. Exhibited Columbian 
 Exposition and at St. Louis. 
 
 HUNT, ISABEL Painter ancl Illustrator 
 
 Address. 1350 Eighth Street, Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Born. New York. Lived in Des Moines since childhood. 
 
 Studied three years in Europe. Does ivory miniature portraits. 
 
 Illustrated “Peter Pumpkin in Wonderland,” and “Lady Hollyhock and 
 her friends.” 
 
 JUSTICE, MARTIN Illustrator and Painter 
 
 Address. 33 W. 67th Street, New York City, New York. 
 
 Born. Wyoming, Iowa. 
 
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 KEELER, CHARLES BUTLER I __ -Landscape Painter and Etcher 
 
 Address. 852 Second Avenue, East, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
 
 Born. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 2d, 1882. 
 
 Graduated Harvard University 1905. Studied Chicago and New York. 
 Spent several years in Europe, traveling, painting and etching. Sud- 
 den arrival of the war found him wandering about the mountains of 
 Southern Spain, afoot with his traps loaded on a donkey and “by 
 iuck at Gibraltar managed to get as far as Edinburgh and finally 
 home in Cedar Rapids.” Has poor health. Longs for strength to 
 fight for France. Exhibited in galleries in this country and in Spain. 
 Lately interested in artistic photography. 
 
 KEFFER, FRANCES ALICE Painter and Teacher 
 
 Address. Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Born. Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Studied Brooklyn, Chicago. 
 
 Exhibited water color exhibitions Chicago and New York City. 
 
 KETCHAM, MRS. HARRIET A -Sculptor 
 
 Born. Ohio 1846. Died 1890. 
 
 Moved to Iowa when five years old. Lived at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. 
 
 Studied art eight years after her marriage. Studied clay modeling in 
 Italy. Forty-seven designs were submitted for Iowa Soldiers Monu- 
 ment at Des Moines. Hers was selected. She did a bust of Lincoln, 
 Senator Harlan and Senator Allison. 
 
 KIMBALL, ISABEL MOORE _ Sculptor 
 
 Address. 246 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, New York. 
 
 Born. Wentworth, Mitchell County, Iowa. 
 
 Studied Chicago and Brooklyn and abroad. Taught drawing in State 
 Normal School, Moorehead, Minnesota, and Summer sessions of state 
 universities of Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Exhibited this 
 country and Spring Salon, Paris. Studio in Brooklyn. Spends many 
 summers in Riceville, Iowa, where her mother lives. Memorial foun- 
 tain at Winona, Minnesota, of Indian girl. Illustrations of work in 
 possession of Historical Department of Iowa. 
 
 KREHBIEL, ALBERT H. Painter and Teacher 
 
 Address. Park Ridge, Illinois. 
 
 Born. Keokuk, Iowa. 
 
 Studied in Chicago and Paris where awarded many medals and honors. 
 
 Executed mural paintings for the State Supreme and Appellate Court 
 rooms in the Court of Justice building at Springfield, Illinois. Many 
 murals for private residences. Instructor at Art Institute, Chicago, 
 Illinois and at Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois. 
 
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 KREHBIEL, MRS. DULAH EVANS (Mrs. Albert H) ...Painter and Illustrator 
 
 Address. Park Ridge, Illinois. 
 
 Born. Oskaloosa, Iowa. 
 
 Studied Chicago and New York City. Specializes in portraits of children 
 and mural decorations for homes. Designer and publisher of the 
 Ridge Craft cards for Christmas and general occasions. 
 
 LOWELL, ORSON Cartoonist 
 
 Address. 489 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York. 
 
 Born. Wyoming, Iowa, December 22d, 1871. 
 
 Member of the staff of “Life,” which publish many of his cartoons. 
 
 LUM, BERTHA Etcher and Painter 
 
 Address. 1812 S. Humboldt Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
 
 Awards for etching. 
 
 Spent considerable time in Japan. 
 
 MaeCARTNEY. CATHERINE N Painter 
 
 Address. Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Born. Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Studied Wellesley College, with Charles Atherton Cumming, in Boston 
 and Paris. 
 
 Exhibited 3t. Paul Institute. 
 
 MACY, HARRIET Illustrator and Painter 
 
 Address. 1321 28th Street, Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Studied with Charles Atherton Cumming, Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Illustrated several books. One series “Go-Hawk Series,” by Emilie Black- 
 More Stapp. Also for Major Byers and other Iowa authors. Does 
 magazine cover designing. “Fountain of the Rising Sun,” a water 
 color, just been accepted by The New York Water Color Club. 
 
 MONAHAN, P. J. Illustrator 
 
 Address. 238 30th Street, Woodcliff-on-Hudson, New York. 
 
 Studied with Charles Atherton Cumming. Illustrates for magazines. 
 
 MOORE, HELEN Miniature Painter 
 
 Address. Sioux City, Iowa. 
 
 Born. Omaha, Nebraska, 1886. 
 
 Studied Brooklyn. 
 
 Specializes in miniatures. Did one of Mrs. Leslie Carter, Clara and David 
 Mannes. 
 
 MOSER, FRANK 
 
 Formerly of Des Moines. 
 
 Cartoonist 
 
 LEWIS, AD ALINE C Sculptor 
 
 Address. Sioux City, Iowa. 
 
 Studied with J. Q. A. Ward, Julien Art School, Paris, and Lorado Taft. 
 
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 NOYES, MRS. IDA T. SMITH -Painter 
 
 Born. New York, 1853. 
 
 Died December 5, 1912. 
 
 IV hen four years old moved to Charles City, Iowa. Studied Iowa State 
 College, Chicago, Paris. 
 
 ♦ OR WIG, LOUISE Illustrator 
 
 Address. Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Born in Pennsylvania. Lived in Iowa number of years. 
 
 Studied with Charles Atherton Cumming, Philadelphia, New York, Europe. 
 Exhibits Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. 
 
 PACKARD, MABEL Miniature Painter 
 
 Address. 2031 Berksshire Avenue, South Pasadena, California. 
 
 Born. Iowa, 1873. 
 
 Studied in Chicago and Paris. Chiefly miniatures and some landscapes. 
 
 PEARSON, RALPH E . Etcher and Lecturer 
 
 Address. Milton-on-Hudson, New York and 5706 Story Island Avenue, 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 Born. Angus, Iowa, May 27, 1883. 
 
 Studied Chicago. Received many medals for work. Etchings are owned 
 by libraries and art galleries in this country. 
 
 PROPER, IDA SEDGWICK Painter 
 
 Address. 96 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York. 
 
 Born. Near Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Studied in New York, Munich, Paris. Picture accepted by Paris Salon. 
 
 REASER, WILBUR Painter 
 
 Home in New York City. 
 
 Born in Ohio. Spent the early years in Fort Dodge, Iowa. 
 
 Studied in San Francisco and Paris. Spent considerable time in Fort 
 Dodge. Exhibited in French salon many times but preferred to 
 identify himself with American art. Picture “Mother and Daughter,” 
 purchased by Andrew Carnegie, and is in Skibo Castle. Later years 
 has done decorative work on the walls for which it was painted. Be- 
 lieves in planning special decoration for a definite space. Has paint- 
 ed landscapes and many portraits which are in public and private 
 collections. Some are of Senator Allison, owned by U. S. Senate; 
 Senator Dolliver, Mr. George M. Pullman, Dr. Henry Wallace, Bishop 
 Wilson Lewis. 
 
 ROBESON, EDNA A. Miniature Painter 
 
 Address. 222 1-3 Main Street, Davenport, Iowa. 
 
 Four miniatures accepted in 1915-16 by Chicago Art Institute for exhibit. 
 Two accepted in 1916 by National Academy of Design, New York City. ' 
 
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 ROECKER, HENRY LEON __ -Painter 
 
 Address. 444 East 42d Place, Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 Born. Burlington, Iowa, July 22d, 1860. 
 
 Studied in Chicago and Munich. Received prizes for work in Chicago. 
 “Sunlight and Shadow” exhibited Chicago Art Institute, 1916. 
 
 RAYMOND, Frank Willoughby Etcher and Engraver 
 
 Address. 123 Fifth Avenue, New York City, New York. 
 
 Born. Dubuque, Iowa, 1881. 
 
 Pupil of Art Institute of Chicago. Member California Society of Etchers; 
 
 Chicago Society of Etchers; Pallette and Chisel Club. 
 
 Work in Art Institute of Chicago and Toledo Museum of Art. 
 
 RUMMLER, ALEXANDER J.__ ___. Painter 
 
 Address. Norwalk, Connecticut. p 
 
 Born. Dubuque, Iowa, July 25, 1867. 
 
 Studied in Paris. 
 
 SCOTT, ANNA PAGE__. Painter 
 
 Born. Dubuque, Iowa. 
 
 Studied Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Paris. Does mural decoration. 
 
 SCOTT, KATHERINE H Portrait and Miniature Painter 
 
 Address. 1107 North Sixth Street, Burlington, Iowa. 
 
 Born. Burlington, Iowa. 
 
 Studied in Chicago and New York. Exhibited with American Water Color, 
 Pastel and Miniature painters and other art organizations. Teach- 
 ing in Hawaii. 
 
 SORENSON, MRS. CLARA LEONARD Portrait Reliefs 
 
 Address. 1620 8th Avenue, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
 
 Studied in Chicago and New York City with view of specializing in por- 
 trait reliefs and relief decorations. Life size relief portrait of Prof. 
 Bates, of Coe College. Studio in Cedar Rapids. 
 
 STEWART, LAWRENCE O Sculptor 
 
 Address. Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Studied Charles Atherton Cumming. Chicago. 
 
 Did bust of Henry Wallace and Gov. Drake. 
 
 Interested in garden figures, bowls, etc. Teacher. 
 
 TUPPER, LUELLA 
 
 Address. 805 Locust Street, Des Moines, Iowa. 
 
 Studied Chicago, Brooklyn, New York City. Exhibited 
 Water Color Society and Society of Western Artists, 
 terior decoration business in Des Moines now. 
 
 Painter 
 
 with American 
 Engaged in in- 
 
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 VAN DUZEE, KATE KEITH Painter 
 
 Address. Dubuque, Iowa. 
 
 Exhibited St. Paul Institute. 
 
 Great joy in her work with nature and satisfaction that comes with 
 creative work. 
 
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 WALKER, NELLIE -- — Sculptor 
 
 Address. The Midway Studios, 6016 Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 Born. Red Oak, Iowa, December 8, 1874. 
 
 Studied Chicago. Assistant of Lorado Taft now. Executed memorials as 
 Stratton Memorial, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Chief Keokuk 
 Statue, Keokuk, Iowa. Group called “Her Son/' in Art Institute, 
 
 Chicago. Greatness of the mother love is portrayed. “The woman 
 draped in flowing garments and wearing a head covering, is seated. 
 
 She bends forward with her arm about the youth at her side, gazing 
 tenderly into his face. The lad, clad in a girdled tunic, seems lost 
 in devotional rapture, his face uplifted as if seeing a vision.” 
 
 WARNER, EVERETT LONGLEY Painter and Etcher 
 
 Address. 33 West 6 7th Street, New York City, New York. 
 
 Born. Vinton, Iowa, July 16, 1877. 
 
 Studied New York and Paris. 
 
 Received many prizes and has a long list of paintings. His works are in t 
 
 many of the largest galleries of this country. Some are “Broadway 
 On a Rainy Evening,” “Quebec,” “Along the River Front.” 
 
 WEAVER, FLORENCE M Painter 
 
 Studied Chicago and Munich. Exhibited in Chicago and Cincinnati So- 
 cieties of Industrial Arts. 
 
 Interior decoration business now. 
 
 WEBSTER, H. DANIEL Sculptor 
 
 Born. Frankville, Iowa, 1880. Deceased. 
 
 Work “Minute Man,” bronze; “Gen. W. H. H. Beadle,” marble, State Cap- 
 itol, Pierre, South Dakota. 
 
 Lived in Westport, Conn. 
 
 WEISBROOK, FRANK S. 
 
 Address. Davenport, Iowa. 
 
 Exhibited St. Paul Institute, 1916. 
 
 WELDON, CHARLES D Painter 
 
 Address. 51 West 10th Street, New York City. ^ 
 
 Born. New York. Studied in New York, Paris. Lived-in Iowa City for 
 years. Has been influenced by Japanese Art and makes a specialty 
 of painting Japanese children. Awarded bronze medal, Charleston 
 Exposition, 1902. 
 
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 WHITE, ALMA GLASGOW Painter 
 
 > Address. Berkley, California. 
 
 i Born. Washington, Iowa. 
 
 Studied in Brooklyn. Exhibited World’s Fair, Chicago, and has portraits 
 in State Historical Department, Des Moines, Teaching Art in a girls’ 
 school in Berkley, California at present. 
 
 WIGAND, MRS. ADELINE ALBRIGHT. 
 
 Address. Woodside Ave., Stapleton, Staten Island, New York. 
 
 Born. Madison, New Jersey. 
 
 Early years spent in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
 
 Studied New York, Paris. Exhibited Paris salon. Work is chiefly por- 
 traits and figure pictures and is exhibited in current exhibits in New 
 York and other cities. Received several prizes. 
 
 WING, FRANCIS MARION Cartoonist 
 
 Born. Elmwood, 111., July 24, 1873. 
 
 Studied Elmwood, Grinnell College, Iowa. 
 
 Lived in Des Moines for a period. Now located in Minneapolis, as car- 
 toonist for the Minneapolis Journal. 
 
 WOODRUFF, RICHARD Commercial Art 
 
 Des Moines. 
 
 Studied Cumming Art School, Des Moines, Pittsburg. 
 
 Now doing commercial art work in New York. 
 
 Awarded first place in the Department of Decorative Design at Iowa State 
 Fair in 1914. 
 
 YEWELL, GEORGE H Painter 
 
 Born. January, 1830, Harve de Grace, Maryland. 
 
 Lived in Iowa City for many years. Married Mary E. Coast, of Iowa City. 
 Studied New York, Paris. Lived in Italy for some time. Painted 
 “Interior of St. Mark’s Church.” Portrait painter. Did Governor 
 Kirkwood and others. 
 
 ZILLIG, FRITZ 
 
 Address. 4316 Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 
 
 Born. Cologne, Germany, 1885. 
 
 Spent some time in Dubuque, Iowa. 
 f Studied in Dresden. 
 
 Drawings are character sketches; express terrific emotion of tragic and 
 the happy kind. Does landscapes, also. 
 

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 The following names have been given the Art Committee, but we have 
 no information concerning them personally, or their work. We should be glad 
 for any further information. 
 
 Theodora Aulmann. 
 Nell Dare Bishop. 
 
 C. Fosmeyer. 
 
 Nellie Hagny. 
 
 Burt Harwood. 
 
 Mrs. A. B. Holbert, 
 Ferdinand Leimer. 
 Milton H. Lowell 
 
 Florence L. Martin. 
 Harold Miles. 
 
 Mr. A. Montgomery. 
 Miss Mary Murray. 
 Elizabeth Newberry. 
 R. Nordruff. 
 
 Carl Rawson. 
 
 Karl Schmalhaus. 
 
 Mrs. E. H. Sylvester. 
 George Upp. 
 
 M. Wollman. 
 
 Miss Van Cise. 
 
 Laura Van Papplendam. 
 Carl Vogt. 
 
Gaylord Bros. 
 Makers 
 
 Syracuse, N. Y. 
 PAT. JAN. 21. 1908