Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-12
CANVAS CHARMS
ALL BEH0LDERS
Won der Tonge's Painting, "At the
Evening Hour" is Considered
One of the Best Ever Seen
in Los Angeles

"At the Evening Hour" a little
Dutch home, with a peasant mother
and a baby in it's cradle, is the scene
portrayed in one of the best canvases
that has been brought to Los Angeles
in many day.
that would attract the attention of an
untutored person as well as of a So
ciety dame, recalling the time of in
fancy and a mothers love.
Won der Tonge's painting, now at
the Salon dart. is full of mother love
and it is carried out with a master
hand. Bright colors and glaring effects
it has not, but quiet, subdued tone,
until one can almost fancy the lullaby
that the mother is singing to her young
child.
Grays, browns and a multitude of
subdued colors compose the picture,
every detail of the home life being
given in a broad manner. There is a
charming repetition of tones that in
which In reality does not seem a repe-
tition.
Harmonious Whole
The cool grays are repeated in the
walls, in the woman's coarse dress and
in the childs cradle. The light brown
of the covering of the cradle is also
repeated in the mothers dress and in
the walls, baby's cradle and farther
corner. Yet, strange as this may seem,
it forms harmonious whole, strangely
adapted to the subject.
The composition is especially note
worthy. The broad mass of half-tone
in the walls is accentuated by the light
back of the mother and the white of
her peasants cap. which mingles with
the flesh tones in the peaceful yet So
licitous face of the woman who is used
to manual toll. The mass of dark in
the right-hand corner is accentuated
an ideal composition.
Holland Landscape
Another picture at the salon is a
Holland landscape by Gorter. This
painting presents to marked degree
the cold, lonely, foggy and wet at
mosphere of old Holland.
A few trees without foliage, a quiet
stream of water in which the beautiful
cloudy sky is reflected, and a few
quiet cows grazing compose the motif
around which the artist has woven an
idealistic bit of work. The trees have
been handled with a scumbling method
which Is very effective and well adapt
ed to the painting.
Van Suy, whose work has often
| been confounded with that of Eugene
Verboeckhoven, his teacher, Is repre-
sented by three paintings of sheep. his
speciality The dull look of the sheep,
in barn with chickens nearby and in
mass of straw that is distinctly
| brought out forms a bit of scenery
that is pleasingly handled.
Painted on Goatskin
A painting in water color on goat
skin by Mollica is somewhat of a nov
city and presents a pretty bit of color
! daintily handled.
Dusette has charming sunset sky
| and Hermaners is represented by a
/ Dutch scene in oil.
| AT Solomon's gallery a recent water
color by P. Mora is being exhibited.
which is we'll handled in grays and
| greens. A marine scene by Richards
occupies place of honor, as does also
ideal heads of Joseph Greenbaum.
which have been framed during the
week Martin j. Jackson also has a
| landscape in oil, which Is good in
handling and technique
H. A. Streight, an old-time painter
of Los Angeles, is represented at his
studio by an Ohio scene done in 1860,
It is a representative piece of the
earlier American school of painting
and is exceptionally well handled in
the distance. but. like all American
work of that date. it is lacking in
strength IN the immediate foreground.
Mr.. Streight is now in California quite
an old man, but he is still using his
brush to good advantage.
Painting by Baird
Another representative of the old
school, by Baird. painted in 1870. is a
fine piece of work, and while bit mi
mute In the fence. is broad and has
great feeling. The distance is es-
pecially fine and the same feeling is
carried out I'm the background
Mr. Solomon is fast making a fine
collection of autographs of famous
men, which now includes one by Ma
poleon In 1907. John Sherman, j.,
Wheeler and several other notables.
Another of Mr.. Solomon's pet hobbies
Is rare books. many of which he has.
A history of India and one of Egypt
from the earliest times to the present.
with hand-illuminated Illustrations,
are especially fine pieces Of arts and
! crafts work A. M. G.