The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-19
K|LOHANA
ART SHOW
Fine Paintings Are
Placed on
View.

The fall exhibition of the Kilohana
Art League was open last night for the
members for first view. Altogether
exhibition OF which many deserve
credit. The Hawaiian Islands offer
numerous beautiful subjects. and most
of the exhibitors and taken advantage of
On the other hand the brilliant vivid
colorings of the tropical scenery is an
exceedingly difficult thing to reproduce
and requires very true eye for color
L ing, as we'll as considerable technique IN
the handling of the palette and the
brush. Thus a number of the pictures
exhibited showed either In one way or
in the Other the deplorable truth that
Joined.
Taking the pictures OF each OF the
exhibitors by themselves a great diff
ference in the several works is often
noticeable, the same exhibitor having
in several instances very good works
hanging at the side of paintings OF a
much inferior quality.
Among the exhibitors Mr.. Theodore
Wores undoubtedly takes the first
place. Several of his large paintings
such as Beech Woods, Sussex. En-
gland Dorothy" Street in Ikao.
Japan" Evening in the South Downs,
Sussex" and others were masterpieces
with their perfect drawing. coloring and
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some of them of Hawaiian scenery.
were also very beautiful.
Miss Anna Upjohn's large oil-paint-
ings Children" Day Dreams" etc,
constituted another row of well execut-
ed and thoroughly artistic work and
were very much admired. Miss Up
johns work has heretofore been but
little known in Honolulu.
Mr.. Howard Hitchcock had a great
number of works on exhibition. Among
them the paintings representing sharp
contrasts of light and shade such as
Sunset" and "Kilauea at Night" were
mastery productions. although smaller
canvas with marsh in the foreground
possibly might take a still more favor
able pace, on account of the success
with which Mr.. Hitchcock has succeeded
in depicting the still, restful atmosphere
OF the scene. 1t seemed, however, as II
there was quite a difference TO be motto
ed in the grade of Mr.. Hitchcock'S
works. probably owing to the enormous
number of subjects which he has treated
during the past six months. a small
water color, Canoe Cave, Kona," by Mr..
Hitchcock, IS one of the most beautiful
water colorS in the collection.
Mrs. c. Pond had only one picture to
show, but the excellence of this little
canvas makes II remarked. 1t Is a sunset
view from the Ala Moana, and the beau
faf
makes It one of the gems of the collec-
ton.
Miss Helen Kelley also had several fine
pieces of work on exhibition. There is
probably no one in Honolulu who has
such marvellous success in painting flow
er pieces as Miss Kelley. Her ''Poinci-
anas" and Hibiscus were vivid and
beautiful reproductions of these flowers.
Among the other paintings ''Twilght In
California" by s. B. Smith, and "On
Kauai" by Lou Sheong, are well worthy
of mentioning, although there are many
other pictures which show considerable
talent. 1t was rather curious to find the
names of two Chinese among the list of
exhibitors. They are pupils OF Mr.. Hitch
cock, and their work was equal to many
and quite bit above some a. the other
pictures. Their names are Lou Sheong
and L. Teng Chong, and their produc-
tons certainly show talent which with
proper development, ought to be of no
mean order. Miss Alice Tabor exhibits
several pictures representing California !
subjects. as the "Old Washington Hotel
Monterey" "Old Theatre, Monterey"
Mission. San Luis Rey." Priests
Home. Monterey" and others. Miss May
Mott-Smith Bird exhibits several differ
ent kinds of artistic work among which
are a number of portraits and a couple
OF carved ivory heads. From Miss Kate
Horner's brush there is small Hawaii +,
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gate has been perpetrated by both Julian !
GreenweT and Miss Alice 3. Tabor.
Mr. Philip H. Dodge has a couple OF
"Bit of Garden Wall, Monte |
rev." and a fantastic picture. Dreams
of Early Night, Venice" Mrs. Willis |
has several pictures on exhibition. They
all represent Hawaiian scenery, and
among them is a picture from the pictur-
esque old South Sea Island village, which |
has now disappeared. Miss Parke exhib-
it's small painting Of the small rock ISL
and Mokolii.
Among the other exhibits were a
couple of artistic wall paintings by Miss
Anna NJ. Upjohn and a fine carved koa
by Mrs. Alfred Cooley. A num-
Der OF hand painted Christmas cards, ex-
ecuted by different members OF the club.
are for sale at the exhibition The Art
League intends to procure funds by the
sale of the cards TO procure a piano for
the rooms.
In the gathering last night the artist,
the Naecenas as well as the society peo-
ple of the city were represented. Among
those present were the following: Judge
and Mrs. Frear, Mr.. and Mrs. Tenney
Peck. Miss Castle. Mr.. II. Mott-Smith,
Mr. and Miss Newcomb. Mr.. and Mrs. T.
Give Davies, Mr.. and Mrs. Hebron, Mrs.
J. S McGrew, Mr.. Parke, Miss Parke,
Mr. and Mrs. Marx. Mr.. and Mrs. w
w. Hall. Captain and Mrs. Pond. DR.. and