Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-06-09
The art League

formed a League which it is
hoped will be supported, and en-
coursged by Ill who desire to see
Hawaii follow along in the wake
OF civilization. and Honolulu, not
alone in practical and every days
ideas. become the equal of the
capitals of the world.
A representative of the HoLo-
xUA was invited by Mr.. Howard
Hitchcock to visit the exhibition
of the Art League at the store of
King Bros. on Hotel street.
Responding to the invitation the
HoLoxUA man called around this
morning at the studio of Mr..
Hitchcock, and found the young
artist busily occupied with
class OF ladies who desire
to learn how to draw and
how to paint. Mr.. Hitchcock
kindly left the class to work out
their own salvation and absented
himself with the reporter. The
object of the Art League, said
Mr.. Hitchcock, is to encourage
local talent and to endeavor to
stimulate and elevate the taste for
art among the people. As it now
is, four fifths Of the "best" people
DON know the difference between
a painting and a daub. 1t is to
be hoped that the efforts of the
Art League will help to refine the
coming generations. The propo-
sition is to hold semi annual
exhibition of works of art. Every
body will be invited to exhibit.
and a jury vail decide if the
offered works are worthy of ex-
hibition or net The principles
followed by the great European
Art Exhibitors will be adopted,
with such moderations, as the
infancy of art IN this country
demands. Many people here have
studied art in Europe among
whom the most noteworthy are
Miss A. Parke, A. Hutchinson and
Howard Hitcl cock.
The exhibition at King Bros.
is worth inspecting. In spite of
the narrow room the different
works are given justice to. 1t
would take too much space to
mention all tho works exhibited.
The portrait Of DR.. Geo. Trous-
seau by Howard Hitchcock is
excellent. The artist painted it
from photogra phs and desorip-
tions and he could not have been
more SUGGEST IL in his task even
if he had known and loved the
Doctor as the Hawaiian people
did. The Queens Hospital
should secure the picture. 1t
belongs there and would be
proper memorial of the ever
humane, ever friendly physician.
Mr.. Hitohcook's Village By
Road" is a superb work. Nothing
can be said bstter in its favor
than it was accepted in 1893 by
the jury OF the Paris Salon
and exhibited. Anybody CONVEX
SAINT with the stringent rules of
the Salon, and the difficulty for
foreigners to exhibit, viii know
what an acceptance means. The
landscape is fresh and lively in
tone, and will remind all foreign.
ers from the North of the old.
sweet home.
Miss Parke'a water oolors are
very delicate and exquisitely
carried out In the smallest de.
tail. Diamond Head is one of
the prettiest and most natural
description of that spot that any
brush could produce 1t is to be
hoped that Miss Parke will often
devote her talents to local scenery
Her New England Field is
also very artistic, and shows how
studious and careful of execution
Miss Parke is.
A. Hutchinson. the we'll known
sculptor, has several works on
exhibition. While many ::prefer
the bust of Robert Stevenson. the
gem among his works undoubted-
ly is the bust of Henry Carter.
the young son of c. l. Carter.
That work would be admitted to
any exhibition in the most fasti-
dious circles 10 Europe. The
bust is in plaster. but should
certainly he worked in marble.