Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
DEPICTS DESERT
LIFE ON CANVAS
PROF. JUDSON'S PAINTINGS
ARE ON VIEW
Brush Of Artist Gives PoetlcaI and
Mystic phases to Studies In
Garvanza Fine Arts
College

Every phase Of the desert and It's
life is depicted in the exhibition OF
paintings which will be opened tomor-
row by Prof. w. i. Judson, dean of the
College of Fine Arts, University OF
southern California, at Garvanza. The
pictures have been placed in the art
gallery of the college and viii be open
to the public during May.
"a Song of the Desert" is the gem
eral theme of the paintings, which gives
poetical phases seldom realized by even
lovers of the desert Life on the reser-
vations, where the Indians live, love,
marry and die, as white people do in
cities, is given by this talented artist
in his paintings. Occasionally he has
caught the pathetic and the old old
story, ever new, the same in the desert
as In the city home.
Prof. Judson has given his new pic
lures Biblical titles, which were sug-
gested by the similarity of climate and
conditions between life in Southern
California and Palestine. The exhibit
covers every phase from early dawn
and sultr-y noon, to mystic night. For
beautiful expanse Of wintry desert the
pictures to be shown have not been
equaled by local artists.
For technique, composition, coloring
and handling the paintings are especial
ly fine. Several Of the paintings that
were shown last year are also on view.
ldyl Of Desert
IAN Idyl of the Desert" strikes the
keynote which is carried out in a
symphony of color and poetical feeling.
1t shows an Indian brave and maid on
horseback. the brightly-clad figures
blending we'll with the yellow bios
SONS of the desert
"Where the Carcass is There VIII the
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and feeling, and this quality is one of
the most successful in the exhibit One
instinctively feels that the rock in
the foreground, on which the vultures
are resting before swooping down on
their prey, conceals tragedy, whether
of human or animal life, is left to the
Imagination of the beholder.
Mystery is a somewhat similar quail
fly in painting as in poetry. 1t is con-
tinually inviting the imagination to ex-
cursions into the realms of all pleasant
possibilities. For those who have no
Imagination there are painters OF
turnips and brass kettles. The storm
effects, from the moody clouds to the
cloudburst, are among the best in the
collection. This is a mood of nature
seldom caught in all its elusiveness.
Shows Tired Travellers
"And He Lighted Upon a Certain
Place and Tarried There Because the
Sun Was Set shows the tired traveller
sleeping on the earth. This gives a
feeling of desolation which is only ac-
centuated by the browsing burro in the
distance. The gun placed near his
right hand indicates perils as we'll as
loneliness.
"The Shadow of Great Rock in a
Weary Land" shows a tired old miner
resting in his tramp, with a heavy
laden burro. The contrasts in this pic
ture, with the warm reflections in the
shadow of the rock, are fine in feeling,
while being vivid.
Perhaps one of the finest in the col
lection is fine tonal picture depicting
the stately eucalyptus with a gray sky
and sea beyond This painting shows
great feeling and the technique of a
master hand.
The paintings shown by Prof. Judson
at Ford & Smiths gallery will also be
shown at the coming exhibition.