The San Francisco call., 1908-04-12
Landscape Artists Should Paint Nature
As It Looks, Says Visiting Painter
BY Lucy B. jerome


San Francisco. and peculiar interest
museum.
Letimer Is established in his home
IN Fourth avenue. which he intends
TO utilize as studio quarters. and where
ne Is getting down TO work again He
has been travelling much Of the time
since the fire. though for several
months after it he was camping out
With a large class of pupils near
Healdsbgrg. Latimer has remained
faithful 70 his first loves-the red
woodland has some picturesque and
well executed studies OF the very heart
Of the forest. There are also glimpses
OF hidden and sunlit depths and tiny
streams threading their way through
moss and ferns In places where man
hnds it hard to penetrate The noble
redwoods are portrayed IN all their
majesty, in many different compost
tons Scenes from Pacific Grove on
the Russian river near Healdsburg, mo-
tably Dry Creek and studies Of San
Ia Barbara and the country about Los
Angeles show that Latirner has not been
idle. He proposed giving an exhibition
this spring and to that end sent be-
tween 25 and 80 canvases to Schussler,
but the idea was abandoned. However,
later on il may be revived. He Is al
ways busy with classes, but manages
to find spare time for his own Work,
and hopes to accomplish much tnis
summer when he goes on long sketch
ing tour.
At Paul Elders on Van Ness avenue
an exhibition closed yesterday which
contained some IL or IA volumes in rare
and beautiful bindings, the work or the
French artist, III. Charles Meunier. Con
oerning the charm of these volumes, A
Won End, in the New York Scrip, says:
The work of this distinguished
French artist is rare expression Of his
personality. NJ. Meunier is man or
broad culture and exquisite taste, who
has thrown himself into his work with
a rare enthusiasm. He says that the
book should have a life of its own in
garment of it's own. To attain this the
binding must conform to the style or
the epoch and 10 the character of the
text His binding of the Vie Boheme'
illustrates this point. The symbolism of
the lady's slipper spreading its petals
among various artists insignia, with
the cat of Mimi at the base of the elab-
crate yet not too labored design, is so
transparent as to convey the whole
atmosphere of the text. L'Oeuvre ct
TImage.' a little quarterly edited by
NJ Meunier, with all its simplicity, is
q perfect specimen u luS dEtiot : clSAO
Typography, formal illustrations and
even the subdued tints Of the plain
paper teach a valuable lesson"
Among the books which the French
artist has placed on exhibition are Les
Trophies" by De Heredia; Nine. de
Lucy" by Anatole France; Les Buco-
lioues." by Andre Chenier, and
Selected Poems" by DR.. Edward
Robeson Taylor
The Arts and Crafts exhibition,
which was held in response to a gen.
eral demand for an exhibition OF spe-
cial textiles, was extremely successful,
the work of the contributors being OF
such a character that It elected many
expressions of praise. The special lace
exhibit consisting of Danish laces. the
work Of Miss Christianson. Florentine
embroideries by Nine. Francesca, and
several fine specimens OF lace work be-
longing 10 centuries gone by and loaned
for the occasion by their owners was
most interesting and attractive. A
hchu, made in the Victorian period and
owned by Mrs. II. G. Meyer, was a rare
and valuable piece OF work. The Swed-
ish weaving and embroidery by Mrs.
Lindstrom and the specially designed
rugs by Mrs. Dozier were worth study
in themselves, while the work in
printed and stenciled material by Isa-
belle Percy is well known. The laces
made by Russian peasants was also
shown. and the ItalIan lace specimens
by Mrs. Broggi attracted many ad-
mirers. The general spring exhibition
OF the guild of Arts and Crafts will be
held this week, beginning April II. and
continuing for two weeks.