Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-26
GREAT PAINTINGS
ON EXHIBITION
PAUL DE LONGPRE'S WORKS
ATTRACT LARGE CROWD
Beautiful Compositions Numbering
One Hundred and Fifty to Be
Seen at Home of Ininltable
Artist in Hollywood


of paintings at his Moorish villa in
Hollywood is attracting larger crowds
than ever before and 1t Is estimated
that when 1t closes at least 10000 per-
sons will have seen the wonderful
flower studies. For many years Mr
de Longpre has been acknowledged the
foremost of artists in his special line,
and although methods have broadened
and standards have changed since he
first won recognition, his delicate tech
nique has continued to command ad-
miration. This year there are one or
two canvases Of broader treatment
than that which distinguishes most of
the artists work and he has caught the
atmosphere of the garden. There is
an outdoor feeling that makes the pic
lures more than the truest of botanical
studies.
Mr.. de Longpre exhibits nearly $50
specimens of his beautiful art. Again
one may see the Haunting roses, the
gorgeous poinsettias and the modest
daisies he loves to paint and of course
there are humming birds and bees SO
has difficulty to believe they are not
alive. Among the oil paintings upon
which the artist puts the highest values
are the Summer Flowers" a wonder
full composition. Another great can
vas presents bunch of purple lilacs
and big red peonies. No one can ham
die the blues and purples better than
Il
his lilacs are remarkable in their shad-
ings which give a quality almost i'm
possible for the ordinary painter to
obtain.
White Flower Canvases
But it is the white flower that is the
despair of most artists. In this years
collection are white flowers done in oil
and also in water colors. Among these
are poppies, snowballs, coreopsis and
white stalks mariposa lilies. orange
blossoms, white daisies a bridal bou-
quet of white carnations and roses,
white phlox mingled with blackeyed
susan, white and purple solanum,
Easter lilies, white clematis, and white
Lady Banksia roses-all in oils. One
of the most beautiful of the canvases
upon which have been reproduced the
white blossoms is one presenting
bunch of white fringed poppies. In
this Mr.. de Longpre has used all his
rare art in the painting of the shad-
ows. Among the water colors is a
bunch of double cherry blossoms which
il a masterpiece in it's way, for the
colors are managed so that there is
peculiar transparency in the shadows.
Next to the white flowers those Of
yellow hue are the most trying to
paint. There are many yellow studies
on the walls of Mr.. de Longpre's big
reception rooms this year. Among
these are California poppies, seemingly
as real as any that grow in the newly
washed fields around Los Angeles,
black eyed susans, daffodils, chrysan-
themums, dandelions and yellow roses.
Best of all to those who love the
acacia are the fluffy yellow flowers now
splashing many bush with a store of
gold.
While the artist shows a great fond
ness for studies Of familiar plants-he
is as great in painting foliage as in
catching the brilliance of the flowers
the orchid has challenged much atten-
tion. Some OF the studies of the rare
and aristocratic exotics are master
pieces.
Louis Prang Visitor
It is not strange that visitors from
every country in the world covet the
canvases which preserve so perfectly
the glory Of the rose and the beauty of
the lily. Among this seasons pilgrims
to the exhibition came Mr.. de Long
pres lifelong friend, Louis PEang, who
discovered the genius of the young
Frenchman long ago when the young
painter first commanded attention In
America. Mr.. Prang was doing Won
ders with his art of lithographing and
he found the flower pictures just what
he needed GS studies from which to
copy. Thus the father of what came
to be famous chrome spread abroad
clever limitations of the paintings now
acknowledged to be the best of their
kind produced within recent years. So,
when Mr.. Prang went to look at the
latest dcnleVemeIlS OF LHe painter,
there were many "reminiscences in
dulged in. A dinner party had been
arranged by Mr.. and Mrs. de Longpre
and the two old friends talked art
reminiscently in a way that would be
of special interest to all who remem-
ber what the Prang flower pictures
meant to the public a few years ago
before good pictures were within the
reach of those who lad not much
money. In the course of this conver-
sation Mr.. Prang said that he had
made enough reproductions of de Long
pre- paintings to supply every family
in the United States with two color
prints.
The demand for the real pictures has
increased as the need of the chromos
has diminished and now it is no Won
der that number of the new pictures
have heen sold The exhibition will