Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-09
AMONG THE ARTISTS.
The Deft Hands OF the Painters of
Los Angeles.

Los Angeles.
Until the Royal Academy of London
accepted water color painting some years
ago it was looked upon rather as an in.
ferior art. Of late years it has been
claiming the pre.eminence as an inter-
prefer of the most tender and mysterious
passages of nature, in landscape, cloud
and sea effects. 1t is now admitted by
the most cultured of living artists to be
the most poetic medium of color, and in
England (whose school of landscape in
water color ranks first) it is being adopted
for sketching and rapid studies by many
of the most eminent academicians. For
atmospheric effects water color equals if
not eXcelS oil.
The studio of J. Ivey is in the Cali
fornia building. The scenic advantages
of California have been of late years
widely made known by the pencils of
many noted artists, but they have multi
piled the best known scenes only, such
as Yosemite valley and other wonderful
places but Mr.. 1vey has worked only
upon the immediate neighborhood, show
ing Los Angeles at dawn and at even
tide proudly sitting at the feet of the
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crown flushed with rosy beauty. The
vale of Glendale asleep under her noun
tain battlements is favorite walk of the
artists. As the majority of Mr. :Ivey's pic
lures go East and to England he is doing
grand work in giving to the world the
p,esentment Of the sunlit semi-tropics.
He has just completed two large
pictures ior patrons i'll England
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caflon, above Pasadena; the other view
Of Los Angeles from AngeIeno Heights
at the junction of Western avenue and
Adams streets. The former is strong
and broad piece of work, with most
delicate play of light and shadow and
delightfully."- clear foreground.
"After the Rain" is a pretty bit
sketched three miles above Cotton on the
way to Redlande; the San Bernardino
range in the distance with snowy peaks.
The artist has caught the juicy greenness
of the foothills after rain and the inde-
scribable silvery lights and transparent
shadows of the blue mountains.
A large picture just completed is the
wreck of the ship Kespigidera at San
coloring and portrays the half sunken
vessel lying under tie cliffs by the light
house.
A charming work is sunset effect
looking up the boulevard to Santa
Monica. A shower has just fallen and
the wet lustre of the grass is fully caught
and from the two figures in the fore
ground to the farm buildings in the dis
tance there is delicious purpling of
shadow, while the reflected light on the
,>oolo Of wotor u1 M cilUpr-praV
A neat bit is a mass Of rocks in San
Gabriel caflon. 1t is O study of reflected
light and even the grays on the massive
houlders are tipged with the sunset-giv-
ing purple.
The Arch Rock, six miles from Santa
| Monica, is a splendid work, and has
never before been painted. There is a
good sweep of afternoon light on the
rock.
A large picture has another view of the
nook in Eaton Canon, before mentioned.
1t is a warm, strong and broad work and
is perhaps the best of the artists ex-
hibits.
Two ideal pictures, Brought Home to
Die" and "As Fresh as the Sea-" give
the wonderful atmospheric effects for
which Mr.. Ivey is pre- eminent. The
fret is q weather beaten schooner left to
rot by an old sea wall, and the other a
sketch of beach and ocean, in which not
the palpable, but the felt mistof the sea is
most realistically suggested.
Among the works Mr.. Ivey has exc
cuted is a view of Glendale for Major
Bonebrake. a reproduction of the same
for Judge Rosa of Glendale, and view
OF Los Angeles from Hope street for. 9
patron in Chicago. Mr.. Ivey has also
twelve works at the Water Color Exhibi
ton cow at San Francisco. This exhibi
ton under the auspices of Morris & Ken
uedy is of high order, having examples
of the best colorsts of America, England
and Italy. AS Mr.. Ivey's works are al
from subjects in and about Los Angelo
!. the beauties of this sun-kissed sectiol
will be seen and admired by thousand
who have only heard her praises.
NEW WORKS BY MRS. F. H. ROGERS.
n Two beautifully executed pastel draw
ings by Mrs. F. H. Rogers are on exhi
It nition in the window of the milwaukee
l. Furniture Company, on Main street. er
i titled "Winter in Canada" and "Winte