The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

later released. the following state
n1ent Is of interest:
1T had been supposed that an ar
ticle on the Chicago Academy of Fine
Arts with Illustrations in the nude
caused this monthly magazine TO be
. excluded from the postofice. Later,
:. however. it was learned through tele-
grams from Washington that ii was a
p reproduction OF Jean Dominique Angus
lin Ingres, masterpiece, La Source, TO
which objection had been made.
The picture is declared by c. H.
Stranahan in his History Of French
=. Painting 10 be probably one of the
greatest art masterpieces in the
Louvre in Paris. It represents q nude
woman standing and supporting a water
5ar. over her shoulder with the left
esrm''
A geat deal has been said about the
presentation Of the nude in days gone
by. but in the interest Of art 1T had
been hoped that the days when II was
necessary 10 present draped figures TO
g shocked public had been relegated 10
the past along with other undesirable
things. Auguste Rodin. Frances great
sculptor. who has presented the human
form.-in in marvellous poses and concep-
3 tions undreamed of by a lesser genius,
has this to say of his own work:
ARTIST COPIES NATURE
People tell me I create; that is not
true. God alone creates. man but re-
veals. The greatest poet, the greatest
musician has found his poetry, his
music, IN nature. Our Gothic cathe-
drals-what are they but the faithful
transcription of natural form. the arch
ing. trees of the primevaI forest, the
birds and beasts and sea shells? The
men who gave US the churches which
are today the greatest glory of France
were passionate lovers OF nature. l am
convinced that this is true of all great
art periods Ny one effort is TO repre-
sent what I find in Gods creation
above all. in the form of man. which
IS the highest most perfect of archi-
.tectural- constructions"
There is an old French proverb
which covers the ground. 1 leave it to
an Intelligent public TO discover.
MANY JOIN ART ASSOCIATION
AIRS. Anna l. McNulty, a director Of
the National art association of Chicago,
who is in the city for a few weeks for
the. purpose of obtaining members in
San Francisco and the surrounding
towns, states the aims Of the associa-
tion as follows:
z
tzed 10 meet the growing demand for
art knowledge in America. The So
clety supplies its members with COM
prepensiEe text written by the leading
art instructors of America, among
whom may be mentioned Russell Stur-
sis, conceded to be the Nestor of art
critics in America; dorado Taft, A NJ.
Brooks, A. M; William o. Partridge,
Alfred V. Churchill, A. NJ, and Edmund
Buckley, A NJ. Phi. D., the editor in
chief. The text is illustrated with 500
p: reproductions of the worlds master
pieces"
Mrs. McNulty has been successful in
securing a membership of 500 who are
> interested in art in San Francisco,
Berkeley and Oakland. 1t is this So
:. ciety which publishes the Fine Arts
journal
EXHIBIT OF APPLIED DESIGN
:: A most interesting exhibit of applied
design by Frank Ingerson of the Pratt
Institute, New York. will be held this
week IN Berkeley, later coming to >this
city. Ingerson is becoming well known
es the originator Of some most unique
and charming designs. especially of a
number in the geometric manner. Sew
eral OF these are to be seen at a little
art shop in Geary street, and they are
good examples of what may be done in
this style OF work. Ingersons teach
ing is also unique. His pupils are told
TO take any object in nature, and from
1t evolve some design which, while II
reminds one OF the object chosen, does
rot reproduce ii in conventional lines.
An architectural frieze, for instance,
may consist Of design so cleverly i'm
itated from the owl that it is only
by scrutiny Of the squares and angles
Composing the design that one is able
30 place the elusive resemblance which
you seem always about to lay your
finger on On the other hand, when the
meaning is made clear you wonder how
you could ever have seen anything
but an owl in the ingeniously con-
structed and perfectly harmonious con-
ception- A number of other examples
OF this artists work will be seen al
the coming exhibition. Ingerson is also
a water colorist of merit. his fancy be-
ing for wild flowers in unusual and
pleasing pOrtrayals.
EXHIBITS IN Los ANGELES
C. p. Nelson, who has been a year
iin San Diego teaching art in the pub
lie schools. says the Los Angeles Elk
press, has returned to Los Angeles fo
The summer. where he has opened al
exhibition Of his recent water color
AZ the Blanchard gallery. There ar,
about so pictures in the collection, on
wall being devoted entirely to mis-
sion sketches.
Chris Jorgensen is doing splendil
work IN the Yosemite. his redwoo
studies showing all his well know
g1ower and the inimitable freshness o
delineation which makes the sight o
one OF these monarchs on canvas
thing 70 be remembered One canva
IN particular. already sold, pictures on
of these forest kings. it's crest bathe
in the light OF a sunset glory. while tn
trees surrounding. dwarfed by such in
finite majesty, are enshrouded &
shadow Its immense height may b
fragined when it is seen that othe
trees OF a goodly size are forced {
Gppear as pigmies by the side OF thi
"Baldur. the beautiful" A wealth
san Franciscan has purchased this can
vas as a gift 10 his wife.
WARNS OF ART FORGERIEs
Apropos Of the large number Q
forgeries that are being palmed o.
on unsuspecting art buyers at enor
nous prices, the Pail Mall Gazett
has this TO say:
a certain Partisan dealer a fel
years ago bought one picture each {
the following artists: Corot, Daubig
ny, Diaz and Theodore Rousseau H
next engaged a skillful copyist at 100
francs a month. and secluding him
country 1,frn -,