The San Francisco call., 1907-02-25
Many Paintings Of I High Merit
atSketch Club Exhibition
BY Hanna Astrup Larsen

cacy, it is too small for the large can
vas and the picture as a whole lacks
the strength of her other works.
Another woman artist who is highly
adept in her portrayalS OF children Is
AImira Austin Judson. She has but
one picture in the exhibition. a charm
ing little girl whom she calls Helen
Olga NJ Ackerman has contributed
portrait of Oscar Wilde said to be an
excellent likeness; a portrait OF young
lady, study Of little girl. Green
Coat" and Two Sisters" The last
named is the picture OF two young
girls. one reading a letter. the other
leaning to look over her shoulder. Her
work combines delicacy and refinement
with beauty OF outline and harmony Of
color.
"A Busy Morning Is one OF Bertha
Stringer Lees best scenes from her IA
vorfte sketching haunt. the water front
The artist depicts the atmospheric ef-
fects often seen near the front, the rosy
light Offering through a gray haze.
Mrs Lee Is at her best in her shipping
scenes. She also has a good picture OF
The Overhanging Fog" at Monterey.
Another OF the same locality shows
rather too wide an expanse OF white
sand
Some strong work is exhibited by
Aida Ghirardel1t. A Dutch interior at
tracts a good deal Of attention II In
the picture OF a young Dutch girl
very sDutchy'' indeed-wtth a homely,
strong face and hair smoothed down TO
a little knob, a piece Of knitting IN her
hands. The figure OF the girl and the
background Of whitewashed wall en-
livened by red and yellow panels Is
treated with a realism that Is almost
harsh Strength rather than attract
fveness is the chief quality OF her 'Por-
trait of Miss H and OF a little
scene from Venice
Among the things that instantly at
tract most visitors to the exhibition Is
an exquisite water color by Lucia K
Mathews. showing the bay at Monterey
with low gray sand dunes and green
sweep of bay broken only by a single
tree in the foreground There is a deli
cate beauty in the simplicity OF tho
composition and in the soft transpar-
ence OF the coloring. Mrs. Mathews
charms most OF all by the spiritueUe
quality Of her work.
The Last Snow" by Eugene Neu-
haus, a view OF the high mountains
with patches Of snow lying in the hol-
low under a real summer sky, has all
the cool crispness and vigor which dis
tfnKuish his works. Lake Majella"
by the same artist. gives the cool, calm
and shutin feeling OF the mountain lake
very we'll
Maurice del Niue is successful in his
paintings Of the oak tree. One OF his
best is now IN the exhibition. The
drawing Of the tree, the massing OF
the foliage and the atmospheric ef-
fects were all well handled. and the
picture for all its simplicity has a SYM
pathetic feeling that stamps IL as the
work of an artist OF much talent.
Mary c. Brady has contributed an oil
painting Of Telegraph Hill in the even
ing browns and grays, a picture full
OF poetry. She also has number OF
sketches, picturing old San Francisco
with the fresh, spontaneous charm OF
the pencil sketch.
Theo. T. Keane Is represented by
several pencil sketches and some
strong heads Of animals done in pas
tells. The collection Of miniatures is
small, one OF the noticeable portraits
being that OF Miss Laura Van WICK
by Frances Souls Campbell Rosa
laghan also have some good minia-
lures.
Other interesting pictures in the ex-
hibitiOn are Adobe Monterey" By
Evelyn Mccormick; Breaking Waves
by Percy Cray; an evening landscape.
by G. A Sturdevant: "A Gray Morn
ing" by Nellie Stearns Goodloe; Pas
sageway to Church" by Eleanor Mitch
ell; Portrait OF Japanese Girl" By
Jane R. McElroy; Portrait OF a Young
Man" by Ella K. Wormser: a land
scape. by Mary Mention: Eucalyptus"
by Thomas McGlynn: Sketch OF the
Fog on the Bay" by Haidee Tobriner !
and a water-color sketch. By Amy
Bronson Dewing.