Arizona republican., 1907-05-22
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stage director or the BelascO Theater
turned his fine talent i'm a new direc.
tion-that of painting-and he now of
fers the Los Angeles public the result
| of his happy labor. thirty-one can.
vases in oils. mostly of that .pictur.
esque part of Arizona. which the actor.
artists could see from the porch of his
home in Tempe. The remaining pic
lures. 10 the number of six. are from
California and Canada.
Mr.. Bosworths alertness and versa
tility have ceased to surprise us. We
know. both from observation and hear
say. that he is a man of unusual in
telligence and culture. and we have
gotten Unto the way of expecting him
10 do things" And he is certainly
doing them. He acts and directs. he
writes fiction, and gives lectures on
dramatic art. and it is even said that
he is now writing a romantic PLAY
dealing with times and persons that
have so far evaded the limelight. He
also paints pictures.
The first impression one receives on
entering Steckefs gallery, whore Ho-
bart Bosworth's latest pictures of
ARIZONA are hung. is that of the paint
er's absolute sincerity. He has paint
ed these scenes because they appealed
10 him. and his eye has been single:
therefore he has seen the truth. and
therefore his pictures are without
trickery. They are simple and direct
studies of nature. painted by a man
who loves both art and nature too well
not TO be superbly-and perhaps reck-
Ia El hon Ae,r II, l., ,1s.,-
! fear me that nature has OCCASION
ally betrayed her devotee's simple
honesty. for she has smilingly lured
him on TO try to paint the imprint
able. The result. now and again. is a
canvas of some crudity of color-glar-
ing and grandiose. or without either
atmospheric or decorative charm. Yet.
despite these lapses. or rather because
Of them. Mr.. Bosworth succeeds in
winning our respect and admiration
He has dared do all that may become
a man." and even a little more. He
has handled his brushes like weapons
of warfare-and his occasional defeats
have only proclaimed him a bigger
hero. They fail. and they alone, who
have not striven."
Arizona is so scenic that il offers
appalling difficulties to the painter of
easel pictures. How is one to get the
so-called atmosphere. that is. the
refined nuances that rising vapors give
10 a landscape-when he may not see
the cloud mo bigger than a mans
hand" for over a year? Where local
color is so very local that. though il
may be in a mountain fifty miles
away. IL still seems to shrek out at
one from distance of twenty feet?
OF course. not being a professional
painter and having had no technical
training whatsoever Mr.. Bosworth
has not always been able to express all
that he has felt: his hand has not al
ways followed his inspiration. The re-
suit. as be IS a man of delicate percep-
tion and refined sensibility, is work
that has much poetry but not a great
deal of strength. II is lyric often. epic
never. II has good and agreeable
color. for the most part. but. being
sketches made directly from nature. its
composition is not always according
to the cut and dried rules of the pur-
lists. Many people will like it all the
better for this fault-if it is a fault,
and not a virtue.
We NAV expect. | think. ever better
and better work from Mr.. Bosworth's
brush. Time and experience will give
him the freedom and strength that he
needs. He is already the fortunate
possessor of invaluable artistic assets
noble sincerity, poetic sensibility.
and much temperament. | should add
courage. for his exhibition proves that
he is afraid of nothing; and he has
certainly thrown down the gauntlet to
the critics.
A review of some of Mr.. Bosworth's
pictures makes me wonder why found