The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10
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LANDSCAPES SHOWN
BY CAMERA CLUB
Akron Exhibit Falls Be
low Standard of
Others.


In the latest exhibition OF photog-
| raphy at the Capital Camera Club
/ the work OF the Akron Camera Club
| seems 20 fan below the standard Of the
/ circulating exhibitions with which the
/ local society has been favored during
this season. In other exhibitions there
has been noted the influence Of promi-
nent Photographic workers. who have 10
a large extent created a school OF their
own. and who have proved themselves 70
be leaders in their own circle With
the Akron Camera Club there is a
noticeable absence Of leadership and a
lamentable lack OF purposefuI work.
The exhibition OF thirty-seven photo
graphs is confined Almost entirely 10
landscape work, q branch Of photog-
raphy IN which there is abundant on
portunity when guided by wise seIec-
I ton for the production Of the most
attractive pictorial work In this d.
Z rection, that OF selection. the Akron
( Camera Club has failed 10 appreciate
its opportunity
Landscapes Are Small.
The landscapes presented are unfor-
tunately Of small size II is not bv this
criticism intended 10 establish A stand
ara or size as standard OF excellence
I SIZE Gas but little to do with actual
merit. but 10 possess merit a photo
graph, however small or large. must
i nave ABOUT Il some evident purpose
10 merely copy a landscape IS bun
copying, not creating or idealizinE. To
/ De a realist may have the commend
able merit OF truth. bur all HIustra-
I tive truth is not interesting.
To present for exhibition a common
I place landscape with a monoton0us
unreal sky is only partial realism. for
the sky has color and atnosDberIc
Quality. even though it be represented
ID monochrome. To picture q snow
scape with an expanse Of snow as white
IS me whitest paper is not even faith
Iul copying. for the snow. 4 there are
alado"s- does NOT in nature represent
cast iron enameIed surface.
Cloudless skies. represented BY white
paper or what is at times worse nv
l paper tinted 10 an INN anna -.
value; unattractive landscapes made a.
unreasonable conditions OF Uzbt- So
meal rendering often faulty. these som
20 be the strongest Characteristic ~
me exhibition from Akron.
II Is true that there NAV - sas-
dtl-one llls collection two portraits %
el l-.l. which by their exceuence are
4
I &c quality. be- this only causes = $500
/ tlLai the members OF the society sbS,,Id
o-ilSe slcn careteSsness in -learnfra
- oLaulles Of landscape DhotoEraD DIV.
Gu ms IN & locality evidently ~ v0-si
py nature il the camerfsts would C7,-I--
oscgLhe accustomed 10 seeing the ba.sT,-
" u ana passing the commonpIace-
Miss Clara Barrett Strait. q nYnf1 ~
The Corcoran Art School. is comDiar5nr
a second portrait Of Senator Tiuua1
This portrait. when completed. viii ha
presented 20 Clemson COLLEGE NJ. Sou-r
carolina, an Institution in which sen
ed for some time
Inz portrait is in some parti~ulerS
ttLls similar 10 a former portrait by
ne same artist, painted FOR me Win
ll51o Normal and Industrial College.
sH insult ulloE Tor girls. III which The
SENATOR IS also deeply Interested IN
nc ialef portrait. the artist has y-ar5a5
ti-e arrangement OF the left ann ,sr5
- -.aitl, ana an some minor change has been
H-1uS IN lne accessories one cannot
/ overlook the evident sincerity a. mr.
49, anu the care with which these
portraits have been handled.
~ may Dc said that the artist has
ret maps overlooked the bruSgue force
Iui personality OF the Senator. and has
presented a SIudiOus serious ra~soD-
ese' IN which strong derern nation &
--' ms t9L-sIsicAOUS ClErdCr aTfS~fc In
Cctcr, the portraits are pleasing aus
icr me purpose for which thew ra~e
peen painted. and from the limited on
PoFlunlty for SittinSs. this Young arr
Isl mas performed a difncuIt rasL- n, IN
acceptable manner. Miss Strait rarrr--,
Cd last week from her home in TaD-
caster. s c.,
an the twelfth annual exhIbftfs7 ar
tne carnegie Institute. now in progress
N Plttsburg- the unique feature OF rbis
idTge collection Of pictures is th.- c7I-
iecQou OF the works Of Winston Homer
when nave been loaned for this ex-
hloitlon by various art museums. fn-l1Jd-
( thS the Corcoran Gallery Of Art This
Z i the first serious attempt TO assemble
from al OF the possible sources the
works or this conspicuous American
Painter
twenty-five canvases have been CO..
iected- sufficient number to give 10
the public proper estimate Of the
power or this artist who has created
ms own field Of art work. and has fol
lowed his own chosen path in the uav
OF art Interpretation Notwithstanding
his thorough independence in the stvIe
OF art expression, he has never seen
misunderstood
The story Of his canvases Is written