The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-27

ART LEAGUE
EXHIBITION
ManyFine Pictures
Shown by
Artists.

fered to the members OF the league. II
private view. Whether in oil or wate
or crayon the picture makers have &C
oping their wonderful possibilities and
giving a real treat 10 lovers OF color
and form.
IH or the less than 100 examples OF the
n work OF the various artists of the city
there are none without points OF merit
and upon each wall there hang gems
sometimes modest ones, but which re-
pay the interest OF the observer. II
would be invidious to select from the
number one as OF the very first rank.
yet there fingers in the mind of n Wis
itor memories OF golden sunshine and
blazing sky. of a summer sea upon a
| shining strand. and OF brilliant fields
and cleaning ponds and flowers.
| The view of the pictures Was had
/ last evening by a very small company
| of enthusiasts. the play having drawn
the major portion OF the lovers of the
beautiful. Yet withal II was a COM
\ pany OF those who have the good OF
the league at heart who cheered the
workers BY their presence. The visit
ors were received by ID. Howard Hitch
cock or President +. II. Dodge and al
ways there were clusters of friends
about looking for the best examples of
! the work OF the various painters. So
that the visitor was made completely
at home. During the entire evening re-
Treatments were served and the inspec-
ton lasted until late. the hum OF talk
testifying TO the interest. The display
thus inaugurated will be open to the
public from . to o'clock and again |
frsm 10 8 o'clock until June s.
I'm point OF interest the Individual ex- |
'hibit OF ID. Howard Hitchcock. from the
view that IL II Hawaiian. leads the 1
whole. The list OF this artist Is an ex-
tremeiy wide one this time and. too.
there IL but one Of those subjects which
he treats with such a breadth OF con-
ception and such intensity of palette.
the volcano In action. The view Sc
iected for exhibition is given the right
OF line In the display and Is in the
usual full color scheme and high light
and shade effect. But TO this must not
be given the front rank In the many
examples OF the work OF this artist this
year. There are two pieces which stand
out with brilliance OF stars on the nlakai
wall. and they divide the interest The
best. perhaps. II choice must be made.
IN the Fleeing Sunshine. DriftIngl
that has been chosen for depletion. The
IL or the golden light on the
distant hillside. and between there falls
n neeting shadow which turns the
green's TO purple In spots and puts a
light touch upon the brightness OF the
landscape. The Vista In KalIhi VAL
ey'' Is treated with vigor which shows
the values OF the lights and the cloud
shadows upon the hills. There is again
4 touch In the catching of the blaze OF
glory In the full sunshine which makes
he picture stand from out among it's
fellows. The foreground is handled
wen with more skill. for the tropical
'reens Of it's deep underground are true
md effective. To some there Is even
'reater value given to the brightness
n the view OF "Punchbowl Across Ke-
salo Marshes" In which there are so
many exceilences that there Is hardly
DOM for adjectives. The fact seems
be that there has been caught in
hese examples. as well as the other
ain;inGs OF Hitchcock. a fieeting light
fhich glorifies the landscape
Wores has the center OF the long wall
nd divides interest for the effective
ess with no one else. The center of
interest as seen in this display is the
ortrait OF the late Justice McCully n
lecture made to hang in the Supreme
curt room. 1t is a speaking likeness
nd the handling OF the flesh is of the
ighest virtue. Most prominent piece of
'ork OF Wores Is Making KavG, Sa-
ioa- This gives an opportunity to
how young girl seated upon the floor
orking over a wooden bowl. The red
rowns of the arms and shoulders, the
lack OF the hair and the color OF the ,
overs all combine to make the picture !
portrait which has in IL the southland
o. a.. HAL
iinr overlooked perhaps by those who I
, not give to the pictures time enough i
see them thoroughly. Oceans
'Tand." where the shining sea curls G
bon stretch OF sands which has In i
All the color OF the colds and the )
'pth which distinguishes the produc- .
PMS OF this artist The atmosphere ia %
United with an excellence which gives i
2 composition n right To prominence
nich study Is sure To- award IL. There
. several other things of wores r
hich have been seen before. a
Several paintings by Miss Grace Rob :
is"n are given place upon this wall =,
ID the handling OF the subjects gave i
the friends OF the recently returned 4
tist great pleasure. There Is in the a
'rk OF Miss Robertson as indicated
the examples which she has chosen D
display. vigor which indicates that q
? method has been broadened by her r
idy abroad. The study in Greys" =
NJ. but ~ laid with great care. "A e
untry Lane" and Marshes are ex-
emily done. the latter showing n rare
ich OF the foreground. -
frS. Helen Kelley has done "A won
-ftil piece OF work In Where the
les Grow" being a corner OF the llly
I'd az Waikiki. which has been DOOM A
BY Progress The green's are vivid TT
hapS. TO one who has not had the o'cl
rninE effects too bright. but there IL Y.
'oiutc life In the picture. The CO. ing
nuts are n excellently painted. the Der
den browns or the dying fronds be- bus
rcrroducsd with hdelity. There are this
rr examples OF the artists work. but can
= would BE- sufficient 90 establish her i,.r,
nt 10 plaec on thc line thci
r. May Nott-Smith BIRD shows her CIR.
satiii;y in her work in the exhibit A
81 t.eI- ~ nuch % excellence. In
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