richardson rome winters in kansas city

In 1929 Richardson Rome came to work for John H. Bender at the Alden Galleries in Kansas City, MO. He worked the winter months of 1929, 1930, 1931, and 1932 as a lecturer and manager. In the fall of 1933 Rome stepped down. That year Alden Galleries published High Country: An Artist's Colorado, a collection of fifteen block prints by Rome. He held an associate membership with the Kansas City Society of Artists. He was one among several that had a studio at 1718 Holly Street in Kansas City.

Here is what J. H. Bender said about Richardson Rome in his monthly publication Fine Prints, Vol. 3, No. 3, February, 1934, pp.66-74.  Double click on image or text to see it larger.

(Fine Prints, Vol. 3, No. 4, February 1934, p.66-75, courtesy of the

Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, 14 West 10th St, Kansas City, MO, accessed December 4, 2010. High Country: An Artist's Colorado, courtesy of  Nicholas Angelo Fine Art, http://nicholasangelo.com/dynapage/IP6153.htm, 4089 Ute Highway (Highway 66), Lyons, Colorado, (303) 823-0607. Minnesota Prints And Printmakers, 1900-1945 by Robert Crump, Minnesota Historical Society, p.157, accessed November 18, 2010.   Old Estes by Dave Tanton, http://www.oldestes.com/Rome%20-%20Come%20Up%20and%20See%20My%20Etchings.htm, accessed November 18, 2010)

1937 listing

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KM (courtesy of 1937-1938 American Art Directory, page 280, purchased, accessed December 22, 2010)

Ethel Greenough Holmes, Kansas City painter

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Lovely Fall Wooded Landscape                                               Oil Painting by Ethel Greenough Holmes

Mrs Massey Holmes was the School Committee Chairman for the Fine Arts Institute, when it was located at 1020 McGee Street in Kansas City, Missouri. She was listed as a painter in the 1917 American Art Directory, Volume 14, page 515. As a Kansas City arts patron, Ethel once encouraged her friend, Birger Sandzen, to paint a famous Colorado mountain peak. She purchased a smaller canvas for herself before commissioning an enlarged version she intended to give to the Nelson-Adkins Museum.  The presentation of “The Great Peak” to the Nelson in 1938 was quite an affair, and was attended by Sandzen himself and noted Regionalists John Steuart Curry, Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton, among others. (Click on http://themuseumfreak.wordpress.com/category/nature/ Scroll down to view the Aug.17th entry) 

(Article by M.K. Powell, courtesy of Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, 14 West 10th St, Kansas City, Mo, accessed December 4, 2010)

Roy Wetherill, landscape painter

 Roy Wetherill was born in 1881 in New Jersey and for many years sailed at sea in the merchant marine and under many flags. After moving to Kansas City, he was a member of the Kansas City Society of Artists and was affiliated with the Kansas City Art Institute as a student and instructor. Double click on images to see them larger.

Boats At Pier by Roy Wetherill, print

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 (printed leaflet courtesy of Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library,14 West 10th St, Kansas City, MO, 38276 Vertical Files Special Collection Finding Aid : SC 63, Box 6, Folder 27, accessed December 4, 2010)

1934 November - Kansas City Art Institute - Missouri

The Lighton Studios opened in October 1930. Artists met at 1718 Holly Street to talk about art. A few years later, in 1933, the Kansas City Art Institute began their Fireside Evenings. As a result, many folks gathered around tea to chat about art and listen to speakers. It was natural for the Institute to host an annual exhibition for Lighton's group.

 

(May 1934, Bulletin of the Kansas City Art Institute,courtesy of Missouri Valley Special Collection, Kansas City Public Library,14 West 10th St, Kansas City, MO, accessed June 24th, 2010)