The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-20
ANNUAL LOAN AND SALE EXHIBITION sG0Hection oA0riginakB Drawings
 andePantings IN H4tblMAN BALL ROOM"  .Firstl Exhibit of NewspaperiArtlsts and
 Book and Magazine Illustrators
 Is Notable 5suc- A cess. .lllskti
IN H4thM#N BALL ROOM
BY ANNIE eKEMDRIcK WALKER.

the Book sands sEageaipss 1ilastrRtaTs' so, ciety open uedsaalartofOus in the baRkootnao of the ifztGlsnan.. ghe asteadanOe' was very good ana the,f1ntaEsst shown points totAa stiil' larger attehdancs ths two rerpadrfag. dsysFof the ektanfeion An art reoepfion.landtt teaAwifsbS heid this af~i lgternoon from ( to 6 o'clock to which beth ladies and@gez<Isaszn gre invited.
 The promoteFs of the exhibition have every reason to ifeet enaauEageu over it's success. While the present exhibition Is the first to be held in Birmingham, the ,arrangemsnts aSe slleeaaat can be desired. and the Hillman hallEoom is.well adopted
 to its present purpose. The leading il"
 lustrators and newspaper artdbts are rep- resented b5 their best water color work
 and original drawings the majority of
 which have bsen rsproducedNin various | publications. There are several studies in oil, but the weli4knewn waterpolorists and aztists in beaok and white form the large, part of the collection.
 The gem of the e1sbfbition is small oil lazdscaps. "Tshe RlougIlman," by Howard Pyle. Alm1ric%s grsstest illuss. I tfator It attracted all art lovers and was hung in a rather inconsptcaous place | at the far end of theeballrooIh,
 Philip de BailIen. the California artist,f has a large and hsautlful collection Of water coiors. He is distinguished for the, fine facial expression he gtwAs to hiHs work, and as he is both Q musician ands an artist, he has painted a series of women heads, in whioh he has depicted the effect of music as rniFrowed on the human face Two notable examples of his work seen yesterday were After the Ball' and "IndensionS' while the study cataloguod as '4The Sisters" showed the. artists mastery of facaai expression.
 Burr H. Nicols' art studies attracted many admiring groups. He Is q color impressionist and loves the blue skies, of Venice and its canals. Two small oan-s vases showing "A Gothic Door" in ven-s loo and "A Water Gate;' through which, was to be bad glimpse of sky, were among the more notable pictures in the snt4Ee collection, while the barnyard' scenes, the work of the same, artist, were, none the less chsapaetsristic. Besides his Venetian scenes. there was q charming canvas with the soft atmosphere of a Britanie soene
 There Is a large and striking oolleotion by Alico Barber stenhsas one of the; foremost women .illwstsaters in this coun- I try.
 The original paintings which appeared Tn '"rhe Courtship of Miles Standish" and the illustrations for ''Afiddemarch" and Dream Life" are notable examples of the artists work. Both a colorist and in black and white she excels in her mastery of detail and in feeling, and particularly Is the artists power of ex- pression seen in the dramatic grouping of the figures In several of her illustrations. Her charm in portraying secenes in which sentiment and romance enter Is seen in a little water color of Priscilla at her spinning wheel. "The Apple Tree" was a small canvas that attracted much at 'tention. Altogether the Alice Barber Stephens collection is in itself most notable exhibit.
 represented are Charlotte Harding and Jessie Wilcox Smith. Miss L. M. Halle, Lucy Lee Farwell.
 Charles H. Shows marine studies form most attractive collection. The artist Is at home in harbor scenes and mar- shes. in those quiet. refreshing, tranquil studies that mirror the sunset in the waters, the view of sailing ships. of the shore, and the names he gives to his aI..t A..fI oarly dawn. Such simple. exquisite stud les are to be found In his "Quiet Morn, !" his Anchored. and he reflects in most everything that he paints that indefna- ble mistiness of the river and its varying moods.
 Bsrenger Binger is another weH known artist who is represented His Lake Como" is a chaming water color and "on the Grand Canal" by the same artist is a beautiful study.
 Scenes in Holland are iatsrwoven in the general collection, the familiar wind mills, and quaint. Dntoh figures. being charaot eristic of foreign life.
 Jules Guerin. whose water color work and studies in black and white have made h. N one of the most eminent ar lists of the present day, has striking collection. Those familiar with his work will recall the paintings of the old French and Spanish court yards in New Orleans and hs work bears the im- press of Paris. where he worked for a number of years In the atiiiers of Ben- jamin Constant and Jean Paul Laurens. He has also painted the types to be found in rangiers and made study of color to be found nowhere outside of Morocco, MT. Guerin received the gold medal at the Louisiana purchase exposition.
 While the leading magazine and book Illustrators are represented. the work of the well known and popular cartoonists and cayieaturists makes notable and interesting collection. Davenport, opper, Eugene Gtiroy Carr, Carl E. Schultz, Foxy Grandpa" the entire coterie of newspaper favorites are represented with a fine exhibit of original drawings.
 An exhibit Of cartoons by Waiter Black man forms an interesting collection. MT.