FINE ND 237 .C679 A4 1915 CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FINE ARTS LIBRARY THE MEMORIAL ART GALLERY ROCHESTER, NEW YORK AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS MADE IN INDIA BY COLIN CAMPBELL COOPER AND EMMA LAMPERT COOPER A COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS. MINIATURES, AND SCULPTURE FROM THE GUILD OF BOSTON ARTISTS Miniatures by Mathias Sandor iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil OCTOBER THIRTIETH TO NOVEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH NINETEF.V HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THE MEMORIAL ART GALLERY IS OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 10 A. M. TO 4:»0 P. M., EXCEPTING ON SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS, WHEN IT IS OPEN FROM 1:30 TO 4:30 P. M. FEES DAYS: WEDNESDAYS, SATUR- DAYS, AND SUNDAYS. OTHER DAYS ADMISSION IS TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. MANY OF THESE PAINTINGS ARE FOR SALE: FOR PRICF.S APPLY AT THE DESK OR AT THE OFFICK OF THE GALLERY. THE MEMORIAL ART GALLERY ROCHESTER, NEW YORK AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS MADE IN INDIA BY COLIN CAMPBELL COOPER AND EMMA LAMPERT COOPER A COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS, MINIATURES, AND SCULPTURE FROM The Guild of Boston Artists miniatures by mathias sandor OCTOBER 30th TO NOVEMBER. 28th 1915 Fwe Ah PAINTINGS OF INDIA COLIN CAMPBELL COOPER TITLES 1. THE TAJ MAHAL, AGRA (Afternoon) A Palace Tomb built by the Emperor Sbah Jahan in 1648 for his favorite wife Mumtaz-i-Mahal. It is supposed to have been designed by a Vene- tian named Geronimo Verroneo who died shortly after the building was commenced. Its architectural relation to St. Mark's at Venice would seem to bear out this statement. Both Shah Jahan and his wife are buried in the crypt. 2. SUNRISE, BOMBAY The sun comes up over the bay in a blare of brazen light. This pic- ture is the effect as seen from the windows of the Taj Mahal Hotel on the Apollo Bunder. S. KANGCHENJUNGA. HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS This great mountain is seen from the town of Darjeeling, an English settlement clinging to the side of the foothills some 7000 feet above the sea. Kangchenjunga is 28,156 feet high. Not far away from this peak rises the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, which is over 29,000 feet. 4. THE PALACE GATE, UDAIPUR Udaipur is the Capital of the native state of Mewar in the Rajpu- tana. Entering the gate of the city, one leaves behind everything modern and steps back seemingly several hundred years ; costumes, customs, and architecture are all of another age. The Maharaja is said to be more averse to modern influences than any other ruler in India. The picture is of the inner gate of the Maharaja's palace during a procession. In the upper part of the palace is the Zenana, or women's apartments ; a huge block house with gardens and passages guarded by eunuchs. The women are never allowed to leave this portion of the building. 5. GATE OF THE MAHARAJA'S PALACE, JAIPUR This picture is of one of the highly decorated gates in the pink city of Jaipur in the Rajputana. Jaipur is peculiar in that the whole city is laid out in wide, straight avenues, the houses being painted a uni- form pink color with white decorative designs in figures and flowers. It was built in the early eighteenth century under the Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh. 6. THE GANGUOK GHAT, UDAIPUR Not far from the Maharaja's Palace is this water gate and bathing ghat on the lake Pichola. Here the women come and go all day carrying water to the town in huge brass jars, often balancing two at a time, one above the other, on their heads. Elephants come here to drink, and sacred cows and bullocks wander at will. 7. BENARES, THE BATHING GHAT Against a strange setting of curious architectural forms moves a motley crowd whose shifting resembles the turning of a kaleidoscope The eye takes in a conglomerate mass of colors rather than singles out any particular person or group. Pilgrims from all over India come to bathe in the waters of tlie sacred Ganges at Benares. Many come to die there. The towers of the temple of Siva, where are the burning ghats, are seen in the distance on the left. 8. THE SCHWE DAGON PAGODA, RANGOON The Pagoda proper is a structure 370 feet high, and very much resem- bles a huge dinner bell. It is entirely gilded, the upper part or handle being covered with gold plates which are contributed by the natives and cost about three hundred rupees— one hundred dollars— each. Round about this great central building are numerous temples such as the one shown in the picture. They are built by wealthy Burmese to propitiate their gods. Each temple contains one or more statues of Buddha ranging from ten to fifty feet in height. It is said that in the foundation of each of these temples a treasure of money or jewels is placed. Bronze bells are hung at the entrance and are struck by the worshippers to invite the attention of the gods. 9. THE TOMB OF NIZAM-UD-DIN. NEAR DELHI The caste system in India is a very interesting study, and to the outsider is often very amusing. Nazim-ud-din is said to have been the founder of the Thug Caste, at a time when highway robbery and murder were considered not only a most respectable occupation but were also a meritorious religious function. Under British rule it has, however, not been encouraged, and there are very few avowed members existing at present. Many natives come to worship at this holy man's tomb. 10. A CEYLON FARMER 11. VILLAGE NEAR LUCKNOW A bazaar in a village in the outskirts of Lucknow. 12. HEAD OF A CEYLON FEASANT 18. THE TAJ MAHAL. MOONLIGHT Seen under any light, the Taj is always exquisite. In the eaily morning, veiled with the fogs of the river Jumna, on the banks of which it stands, or in the afternoon sunshine, it resembles a jewel more than a building. It seems to lose nothing of its charm under the glare of the midday sun, and at night in the moonlight it is mysterious and fascinating. 14. A TAMIL GIRL, CEYLON 15. DELHI STREET (Drawing) 16. A STREET IN MARTIGUES, FRANCE 17. SKETCH AT MARTIGUES 18. SPRING 19. SOUTH PORCH, CATHEDRAL AT CHARTRES (Water Color) 20. A PLACE IN THE SUN (Water Color) SI. BROAD STREET, NEW YORK (Pastel) EMMA LAMPERT COOPER TITLES OF PAINTINGS 22. BAZAAR AT UDAIPUR At midday in the bazaars one sees places where are being prepared in huge black pots various savory comestibles simmering over little fires built between stones. These stews are ladled out and carried / away by the natives to be eaten in private, for not even the shadow of a person of lower caste must be permitted to pollute the food of a Hindu. Therefore, one seldom sees a native eating in public, or if he does, he has chosen a corner of the wall which he faces, thus preventing any intrusion. The decoration of the tiger and the holy man in this pictiu'e is painted on the wall of a small temple, of which there are great numbers in all Hindu towns. 33. STREET IN DELHI Delhi is a more or less modern city by reason of its large English population, but there are still certain quarters which retain all their native characteristics. This is especially so in the neighborhood of the great Mosque built by Shah Jahan about the middle of the seventeenth century. Here are found many picturesque corners and streets. British rule has given a system of running water and it is a common sight to see natives performing petty ablutions at the hydrants while others wait to draw water. 24. BURNING GHAT, BENARES There is no city in India so sacred to the Hindu as Benares. From the most remote districts they come to bathe and be cured in the waters of the Ganges. Many come here to die. On the steps of the Temple of Siva is the Burning Ghat. It presents a scene of activity at all hours. During famine time the entire steps are covered with funeral pyres. The bodies are brought on stretchers, the men's covered with a white cloth, the women's with red. The nearest of kin lights the fire, and soon after the whole family retires to the bathing ghat close by, for the ceremonial bath. 25. A CANDY BAZAAR, UDAIPUR One of the least modern cities in India is Udaipur. On the main street successive shops, called bazaars, show manufacturers making all sorts of things. The jeweler and silversmith moulds his wares ; the armorer hammers his flintlock guns and cimeters; the money changer sits surrounded by heaps of coin ; all just as they have been doing for hundreds of years.. Shaving, cleaning of teeth, massage, and other ablutions in public are customary. There is little false modesty and no impropriety. 26. A HOLY MAN'S TOMB, AGRA There are very many professional holy men in India. They exist on alms given them by the credulous natives who hold them in great esteem. To gain applause and as an exhibition of religious fervor they subject themselves to all sorts of self-torture, one of the least comfortable being to have themselves jolted in a springless cart while reclining on a bed of spikes or nails. This picture is of the tomb of one of these holy men. It is on the road just outside the hotel gate at Agra. 27. BAZAAR AT LITTLE AGRA This small town is situated beyond the famous Taj Mahal. The streets are very narrow, the people courteous and curious, and numerous monkeys run along the roofs and walls, jumping from one house-top to another. These monkeys are great thieves, stealing anything left unguarded, much to the discomfiture of the inhabitants. 28. ENTRANCE TO A TEMPLE. JAIPUR Jaipur, the one pink city of India, is laid out with great regularity, having been built to order by an astronomer prince in the eighteenth century. Many of the streets are one hundred and ten feet wide. Perhaps its most remarkable feature is its color, which is a uniform pink and white. The walls are covered with frescoes in brilliant colorsof portraits of kings andqucens, of elephantand tiger fights and other strange occurrences. 2». DELHI FRUIT STAND Just opposite the steps of the Jama Masjid or Great Mosque, is the corner shown in this picture. The proprietor of the fruit stand, the stock of which is very small and consists of pieces of sugar-cane and oranges, squats here by the hour without fatigue. The natives seldom remain standing for any length of time while talking ; if they wish to have a real gossip, they all squat — in a manner quite impossible for the rigid joints of an European. .•JO. BOMBAY STREET A corner in one of the populous streets in the native quarter of Bombay. 81. STREET CORNER, UDAIPUR This narrow street leads from the lake below to the center of the town. All day women come and go bearing brass water jars on their heads, and occasionally a lazy elephant, a sacred cow. or a camel loaded with merchandise lumbers by. 52. CANDY BAZAAR, AGRA Candy stores are everjrwhere quite numerous in all the native towns in India, as sweets form an important part of the diet of the Hindu. Rice is their principal food and, except among the Mohammedans, no meat is eaten. With this limited menu it is said that a man can support a family on four cents a day. 3». CHAUK BAZAAR. LUCKNOW In India. Europeans have their residence in the cantonment, a. section entirely separate from the native quarter. This old gateway is the entrance to a native village in the outskirts of Lucknow Inside the grate is a street of bazaars, most interesting and picturesque There is very little for a tourist to purchase except as souvenirs, since all of the articles in these bazaars are for native consumption. 34. TEMPLE AT LITTLE AGRA Throughout India one finds temples and mosques in the busiest streets of the towns. The white building, to the left in the picture, is one of these temples. Beneath are the usual open bazaars, with the proprietor on the floor surrounded by his goods. CuBtomers do not enter, as bargaining is done from the street. 35. STREET OF DYE HOUSES A very narrow street in Little Agra where there are many dye houses. Smoke and steam pours from the doors when the operation of dyeing is in progress. 36. DYE HOUSE AT UDAIPUR The dye houses in this town are particularly picturesque, as all the work is done in the open. When drying the "Sarais" (the native costume worn by all Hindu women) two men take each a corner of the six yard piece and run down the street with the thin cloth flut- tering in the breeze. It is quickly dried in the hot sun. A design is then sometimes stamped upon the cloth with wooden blocks, ^1, of course, being done by hand. 37. SNAKE CHARMER 38. WATER CARRIER 89. CEYLON HOUSE SERVANT 40. NATIVE QUARTER, BOMBAY (Water Color) 41. TOMB AT AGRA (Water Color) This tomb is one of the several within the enclosure of the Taj Mahal. 42. LEOGRYPHS. RANGOON. BURMA (Water Color) These huge representations of lions are built of brick and covered with plaster. They represent the tenderhearted lioness of the legend who is said to have nursed the king's son when he was abandoned in the forest. When he grew to man's estate, he deserted his foster- mother, whereupon she died of a broken heart. In remembrance of her devotion, figures of lions are placed in front of all pagodas. 43. ITALIAN FARMHOUSE PAINTINGS, MINIATURES, AND SCULPTURE FROM THE GUILD OF BOSTON ARTISTS PAINTINGS FRANK W. BENSON 44. Shimmering Sea 45. The Gray Room DWIGHT BLANEY 48. Surf, Mount Desert 47. October, Cape Cod F. A. BOSLEY 48. Arrangement 49. The VioUnist WILLIAM W. CHURCHILL 50. The Interior 51. The Lady and the Fan JOSEPH DeCAMP 52. The Blue Lady JOHN J. ENNEKING 58. Autumn Brown and Gold GERTRUDE FISKE 54. The Old Homestead LILLIAN WESTCOTT HALE 55. White and Gold PHILIP L. HALE 66. Snow White and Rose Red WILBUR DEAN HAMILTON 57. Spring MARY BREWSTER HAZLETON 58. The Young Violinist WILLIAM J. KAULA 59. Across the Valley LOUIS KRONBERG 60. Grandmother PHILIP LITTLE fil. From an Old Pasture 62. Morning Mist MARY L. MACOMBER 63. Love and Memory ERNEST MAJOR 64. The Birch Grove RICHARD S. MERYMAN 65. Mount Monadnock HERMAN DUDLEY MURPHY 66. In Porto Rico 67. Tropical Sea MARIE DANFORTH PAGE 68. Genevieve Walks. WILLIAM M. PAXTON 69. The Blue Jar LILLA CABOT PERRY 70. Easter Morning 71. A Pair of Blue Eyes GRETCHEN W. ROGERS 72. Girl Laughing ALBERT FELIX SCHMITT 7i. A Summer Idyl 74. Blue and Gold HOWARD E. SMITH 75. My Wife ROSAMOND L. SMITH 76. Farmington Interior 77. A Piece of Mischief ALICE RUGGLES SOHIER 78. The Egyptian Amulet EDMUND C. TARBELL 79. Young Girl Studying LESLIE P. THOMPSON SO. The Prelude 81. Windy Day off Satuest THEODORE M. WENDEL 82. The Hay Field. CHARLES H. WOODBURY 8S. Mount Monadnock MINIATURES BERTHA COOLIDGE 84. Marie 85. Portrait of an Old Man 88. Portrait of Mile. O. SALLY CROSS 87. Miss Helen Sibley and Doll 88. Portrait of Mrs. Rogers MARGARET FOOTE HAWLEY 89. Portrait of Miss Mary Robinson 90. Study of a Farmhand LAURA COOMBS HILLS 91. The Red Flower JEAN NUTTING OLIVER 92-96. Group of Miniatures EVELYN PURDIE 97. Madam Cacavilla 98. Miss Elsted SCULPTURE FREDERICK W. ALLEN 99. Nydia 100. Cain 101. Torso 102. Primeval Prayer CYRUS E. DALLIN los. The Medicine Man 104. The Protest 105. Appeal to the Great Spirit ANNA COLEMAN LADD 106. Elenora Duse 107. Music 108. Gertrude Kingston BELA L. PRATT 109. Spring RICHARD R. RECCHIA no. Portrait of Raymond Porter 111. Siren LUCY CURRIER RICHARDS 112. Carnival lis. The Sapling (Sun Dial) MINIATURES BY MATHIAS SANDOR 1. ADELINE I. ABBY, DAUGHTER OF MR. J. D. ROCKEFELLER, Jr. S. MR. RICHARD ARNOLD 4. MISS K. CRANE 5. MRS. F. P. CAMPBELL 6. EUGENIA, DAUGHTER OF DR. HORACE BOWEN 7. JUSTICE CHARLES L. GUY 8. HARRIET, DAUGHTER OF MR. H. G. PILCH 9. MRS. STEPHEN KELLY 10. DR. LOUIS PEISER II. MRS. H. G. PILCH 12. MRS. J. B. STEPHENS 13. PORTRAIT PAINTED FROM A DAGUERREOTYPE 14. 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