The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-31
MANY PAINTINGS
 OF OLD LYME Annual Exhibition by Art ists Who Have Summer Homes in That Lo-
 cality.
PROCEEDS GO TO
 REBUILD CHURCH
Studies by Edward Rock Attract Particularly Favorable At
 tention.

The annual exhibition of pictures, painted by the summer colony of ar lists at Old Lyme and the delightful country thereabout Is now partly open ed, and will continue until Tuesday, Sept, 3. The proceeds from the sale of pictures and of the exhibition will go to the fund for the rebuilding of the First Congregational church, which was burned ealy in July of this year. The church is said to have been a most artistic structure, typical of the eigh- teenth century architecture, and there are several paintings of it in the ex- hibition.
 The exhibit is shown in the Public Li- brary at Lyme, the first and second floors being given over to about one hundred paintings and sketches.
 There is no doubt about this being the best showing of paintings so far, and the sketches of some of the young
  artists who have taken inspiration from the charming environment of de- ightful Lyme and places in the near vicinity show that the nature of the place gets into them. They have to put atmosphere into their pictures, there Is so much of 1t around, and it is all so good.
 The pictures are all worthy of men, tion, but among some of the critics and in the opinion of the hanging commit tee Lewis Cohen's The Willows and Edward Rocks painting of "The Plume" are among the very choice ones. MT. Rock has two charming studies of ''An Abandoned GardenY which attracted particular attention. Frank Du Mond, who has a summer studio at Grassy Hill, about six miles from Lyme, has six pictures which are perfect reproductions of portions of the country about his home as seen from that place and Allen E. Talcott of Hartford, whose summer home on the Connecticut is one of the most beauti- full in Lyme, also has a group of lands capes one of them showing a portion of his farm land
 William H. Howes pictures of cattle are exceptionally good, one large cam vas a barnyard scene being intensely l human.
 William S. Robinson's dainty sketch "By the Brookside," is gem, and is shown in exquisite style. It is q bit of landscape near the ''Brookside Stu dios," which are at the Griswold home, MT. Robinson also exhibits a large can- vas Evening Mists' an enchanting treatment of the sketch of country it includes, under moonlight mist MT. H. L. Hoffma'a's sketch Ten wick Point" and some smaller sketches about Fenwick and Lyme were charac- teristic and chaaningly dainty. i MT. Willard L. Metcalf's Valley Be- hind the Hills" received worthy praise 1 from every side, and will add new lau- rels to those already won by the artist. At the Corcoran exhibition in Wash ington last winter MT. MetcaR won the Clark prize.
 Mir. H. R. Rowe has winter scene of the country hillside, and gives there | in ah admirable idea of a New England winter landscape.
 Carlton Wlggins has cows for his particular outstanding features-a large canvas showing pasture scene. HIS son, Guy Wiggins, one of the younger painters, shows much promise as an artist, treating his landscapes in a big way.
 Clark c. Voorhees, shows two paint ings, one of them being the church by moonlight, this subject being of special l interest to all
 William Chadwick has two studies of figures, one showing a girl at her em- broidery, another a girl reading in sunny window in which stands hand some fern.
 w. H. Singer, jr, exhibits for the first time this year, his best canvas being "Shadowed Spring" His treat ment is free and large.