Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-30
DIFFERENCES ARISE OVER ART
EXHIBIT
SOME PAINTERS GRUMBLINe
Show Opens In Newman Gallery, Un-
der Auspices Of the Ruskln Art
CIub--Many Canvases
Are Hung

joicing another is bemoaning fate and
pouring down scathing epithets on the
heads of the powers that be.
The difference of opinion has arisen
over the Ruskin Art club exhibit,
which is being held in the Newman
gallery of the Blanchard building. The
exhibit was opened yesterday with
collection Of pictures Of which any or
ganization might we'll be proud.
The exhibition is the first which the
Ruskin Art club has managed inde-
pendently, and the leaders Of the club,
under the direction of Mrs. Housh,
have been working increasingly to
make it n success Their aim has been
to have everything for arts sake and
for arts sake only. In previous exhi-
billions the names Of the jury members
have not been made public, but this
time jury was appointed including
some of the leading artists of Southern
California, and their names were pub
lished at the same time the invitations
to submit pictures were issued.
In doing this the women hoped to at
tain q high grade in the exhibit and
also convince all exhibitors that pic
lures would be judged only accord
ing to their worth.
Say Partially Is Shown
Since the pictures have been hung
some of the artists whose works have
been rejected say that the members Of
the jury have put in their own pic
lures to the exclusion of others.
There were about 176 pictures sub
mitted, and of these seventy-three have
been hung. The jury Is composed Of
seven members-Benjamin c. Brown,
Fernand Lungren, Granville Redmond,
Leonard Lester, Henry Koch, Charles
f. Lummis and E. F. e. Klokke. Mr..
Brown has five pictures hanging, Mr.
Redmond seven, Mr.. Lungren five and
Mr.. Lester five, making a total of
twenty-five pictures painted by mem
bers of the jury.
Some of the other artists, whose pic
lures have been rejected because Of
lack of merit or lack of room, accuse
the members of the jury Of showing
their own to the exclusion Of others.
Whatever the opinion of the artists
may be, the fact remains that the pres
ent showing is a most creditable one.
I'VE love first when we see them painted
Things we have passed an hundred times-nor
cared to see,'
says Browning, and the force of this
truth is brought horne with a visit to
o-t Co1i
Of it's beauty when seen through the
eyes of the artists, and what might be
to some the most commonplace of
scenes takes on new interest when
clothed with the love of the artist.
Canvases All Harmonlze
When the doors were opened yester-
day at 10 o'clock, the last touch had
been placed in the beautiful little gal
lery. The canvases are grouped with
view to making the whole harmonize,
and excellent judgment is shown.
Among the best Of the canvases are
those showing landscape scenes. The
works show that the artists have gone
deep into the heart of nature as she ex-
hlbits herself In California. Two pic
lures which are attracting much atten-
ton are mount Lowe at Sunset" by
Benjamin Brown, and California
Landscape" by Granville Redman.
Both were exhibited at the St. Louis
exposition.
Three monotypes, delightful In color
ing, and two small nudes, "A Bit of
Blue" and "The Orange Drape," con-
stitute the showing of Lillian Drain.
Fannie e. Duval, in exhibiting "Vio-
that is just what it pretends to be,
and Blowing Bubbles" is the only 9TH
er one shown by her.
Lester's Collection
Leonard Lester's collection includes
five water colors painted in England,
and they are in strong contrast to the
California landscapes. Three etchings
are shown by Marion Pope. Two of
grapes are painted by Julian Leonard
and Elizabeth Borglum.
The "Surf at Sunset" by Elmer
Wachtel, is a valuable addition, as he
has achieved a most pleasing embodi-
ment of the sunbeams and the waves.
Mrs. Wachtel, or Marie Kavanaugh,
is showing four paintings. Live oaks
on Oak Knoll Ranch," the only one by
Jacob Koch, gives a desire to know
more of this mans work. Fernand
Lungren's Moonlight on the Desert"
is perhaps the most daring exhibited
by him and is typical of the man.
In the Ruskin Art club room at the
east of the main gallery the Keramic
club presents an excellent showing. The
exhibit includes the work of twenty ar
lists. and they are showing many diff
ferent styles of China painting, The
loan pictures also add much to the ex-
hibition. as there are about twenty-five