Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29
LOS ANGELES LOVERS
OF ART GIVEN TREAT
Many Beautiful Canvases, the Work of Eminent
Foreign Painters and of Well Known Local
Artists Are on Exhibition
nv ALMA NAY COOK.

water colors exclusively and gains some
very charming effects Mr. Pyne's
ia ather was a close friend Of Ruskin ana
the eminent critic took a great interest
In the young man and helped to direct
his first art studies. Mr.. Pyne has
promised to write his recollections of
Ruskin for the local Ruskn Art club.
Work of Local Artist
To Los Angeles people perhaps some
of the most interesting work will be
that of Ralph Davidson Miller. an ar
tist who has long resided In the Angel
! City in comparative obscurity.
True, several years ago Mr.. Miller
painted some pot boilers" but these
are of the past and Mr.. Miller is now
using his brush to better purpose. His
work within the past few months shows
great advancement and the canvases
now being shown are worthy of favor
able comment.
Mr.. Miller has two landscapes, both
woodland interiors, which show good
| technique, coloring and q tonal quality.
One Is in greens and the other browns.
But Mr.. Miller excels in his Mexican
subjects. 'Ill Work Tomorrow" so
characteristic of the land of manana,
| is one of the best canvases shown by
this artist, and shows his talent for
figure work. The languid yet crafty
look in the Mexican, who, by the way,
! is smoking the inevitable cigarette, is
true to the Mexican nature, and the
| technique in the zarappa of high colors
| is one of the best bits of his work.
Mexican street scene by this artist
carries out the hot, sultry atmosphere
] of Mexico, which even penetrates the
shadows. The old fashioned OK team,
carrying a load of greens, which ara
subdued tones, is creating dust in suf-
ficient quantities to suit even a Mex
ican. The figures which are intro
duced are in good composition and har-
mony with the picture. the houses fur
nishing a harmonious background.
! With work of this grade Mr.. Miller
should win for himself b place in the
local art colony, which he will doubt
| less strive for on his return from Dem
yer, where he is now on visit.
Work of "cowboy Painter"
| c. M. Russell, the Cowboy Painter"
| has one canvas on exhibition of a recent
date, which shows a marked improve
ment over his earlier work. The ac-
! ton in this work, which portrays an
attack on wagon trail, is good and the
coloring especially pleasing.
| j. w. Nicoll is showing moonlight,
which is one of his best works, and a
landscape which is also of merit.
4 Another local artist Miss e. Thomas.
ihas a Holland scene, In an Old Dutch
Kitchen" which shows depth of tonal
quality and human touch in the old
, lady in the foreground.
The exhibitions which are now on
; only emphasize the great need of the
city for public art gallery, where
only works of merit would be hung. In
such place local artists, as we'll as art
students, would study the methods,
technique and mannerisms of the
worlds painters, and thereby gain a
wider knowledge.
To every spiritually conscious man
there comes, sooner or later, to some
often, the day of fasting in the desert.
1t is in his bitter hour of discourage
ment, under the juniper trees, that art
comes to him as the ravens to Elijah.
| to feed his SOUL,
Goethe once said: ''ff l had but six
pennies in the world 1 would use three
of them to buy me a loaf of bread and
with the other three 1 would buy a
white hyacinth to feed my soul"
Los Angeles has the bread-she now
needs the food for the soul.