The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-24
PLEASING
PICTURES
An Exhibition of
Clever Genre
Work.
MANY ORIENTAL
CANVASES
Paintings of a WeII-Known Arts.
Mr.. Wores to Portray
Local Subjects.


artist in Japan, charming stories of jap
anese anecdote and folk-life, of the Incl
dents of travel and the everyday life of
the people. These tales Were illustrated
lists work in Japan, genre pictures of
great interest and merit
The artist-author was Mr. Theodore
Wores, who is now staying in Honolulu
with the intention of gathering in the
beauties of the Islands and who has
of his pictures now on view at
room IL, Progress block Mr.. Wores' por-
traiture attracted considerable attention
Art League exhibit, but this is but
branch, and the least interesting one to
most minds, of the artists work. The
collection now on view at the Progress
block is one not to be missed, not only
by those directly interested in art from
the standpoint of a connoisseur, anna
teur or otherwise, but is an opportunity
not to be lost by every one interested in
pictures that tell tale of human life
and interest, whether it is a story of the
Orient or of scenes closer to home
Mr.. Wores spent five years in japan
studying the quaint customs and bril-
liant coloring of the land of Madam
Chrysanthemum. The results thus CLEAN
ed pictorially have been exhibited in nu-
rope and America, bringing the artist
fame and; supposedly, fair share of
fortune as his reward
Most of the canvases painted on that
tour are now on the walls of private col
lectors,3 but the material gathered has
sufficed, for many other paintings, many
of which are now at the local studio.
Mr.. Wores' five years of earnest study
has reaped a rich harvest. Imbued with
a long actual association, scenes of the
ris gardens, the lotus ponds, the cherry
blossoms and the streets of Japan. en-
Iivened With the people of the land, glow
upon the convasses in all the vivid col
bring 'of the model.
Like Rowland knight, MIR. wores pre-
serves the balance of interest in his
paintings equally between still and ami
mate life, and makes his backgrounds
tell the story equally with the figures.
Whether it Is bronZed and aged priest
with a young devotee and attendant as
temple shrine, a japanese Irritation, OF
the portrayal of any of the numerous
phasessin the life of the little brown men
and women. Mr.. Wores is perfectly al
home with assured touch, a thorough
familiarity with his models and the
charm of sure and practiced artist who
finds himself in land where color
reigns supreme.
To ;Californians many scenes in anC
about Mon terey will be found attract
i've. Here gain in the land of roses anc
blossoms Mr. Wores' talent as a coloris
shows, to advantage. The redwoods
charming hooks in old gardens or ii
monastery closters. the manzanita
brush, all the rare shape and coloring o.
the semi-tropical fora of California i:
reproduced with fidelity accumulated will
artistic selection.
Some early work, done during a tive
years" trip to England, notably a master
ly pasfef; will recall the slopes and wood
ed spinheys of the Sussex Downs to res
ident children of the old country.
Prominent among the paintings is 6
canvas called the Lotus Dream Land,
one of the ideal visions Of the artist, b,
he genre, animal or landscape painter
that one always longs but seldom find:
time toiSpaint.
| The evening mist rises from the lotu:
pond purpling the distant sunset, anC
half wrapped half hidden in the haze
floats above the closed blooms an idea
| figure of a woman, the impersonation o.
the Spirit of the Lotus; dangerous, Sc
ductive, altogether beautiful. The sub
ject offers opportunities for subtle har
mony of color that have been fully
grasped by Mr. Wores The figure Of
h.
picture is in many respects the most re
markabIe that has yet been exhibited il
this City.
Mr.. Wores early art training was ac
quired in Munich but such has been the
peculiar field Of Oriental subjects taker
up by the artist that traces of no dis
tinct school can be traced in the work
Oriental garments and Oriental coloring
have wrought for Mr.. Wores a technique
of his own. Oil is of course the princi-
pal medium though boz. water color
and sometimes pastel are adopted.
Mr.. Wores is at present painting IT
the beautiful grounds of Ainahau and
Is enthusiastic over the opportunities pre-
scented by the local field.
There are some stunning bits" said
the artist. Gin Mr.. Cleghorn's beautiful
grounds. bits that, with pretty and typ
would make ideal subjects. What inn
presses me here particularly is the ex-
IRENE vividness of the coloring- After
leaving canvas overnight, the first i'm
preston next morning is that you must
have mistaken the key. This Is an ideal
land for the artist and the painting OF
it would be a labor of love-"
The heat and the mosquitoes have act
ed as deterrents to Mr.. Wores' work in
Hawaii so far, though he trusts soon to
be sufficiently acclimated and inoculated
to go ahead. Meanwhile he is looking
for types to serve as models. Mr.. Wores
paints almost entirely out of doors, q
necessity with the modern colorist who
is also a realist
The exhibition in the Progress block.
which has been opened at the sugges-
ton and for the convenience of admir-
ers of the artists work, Is worthy of
more than a passing visit and should