The San Francisco call., 1908-09-13

ffyed in, cried HaWthOIhe
expressing his detsstation o,.,c,I Oh
and mortar. And let US make our
h,ildines mean something" may be
said to be the cry of the newly develop
ing sense of beauty as applied 10 DEC
oratiye interiors which place the last
stamp of completeness on construc-
ton and breathe into it the VerltaOle
breath of life.
This is just what certain artists are
doing. Piazzoni is busy with murai
designs of large scope and equally
large meaning which are 10 be seen on
the walls and ceilings of two OF the
principal buildings of the city. one
of these mural paintings is to typl1y
California. Those who have seen the
drawings say that nothing SO eX-
pressive of notwithstanding OF
California in her wide, sunlit spaces. or
in her great stretches of land, or In her
mighty purple peaks-has ever peer
conceived.
1t is California, indeed. that Piaz-
zoni has pictured, they say, but IL IS
California with all her mystery, her
wonder, her beauty and undying draw
ing power that holds you. 1T is Cali
fornia before the gringo came; with
her sunny valleys. unspoiled by the
foot of man; her fertile plains where
fiocks have never grazed-her virginal
soil. her rich promise se-these are the
meanings which may be read in this
painting of Piazzonis, and when placed,
it will be a worthy product of his brush
and power. for PiazzOni is profoundly
decorative in his work; even his smaller
paintings of European scenes bear the
impress of great decorative talent.
Bruce Porter is at work along the
same lines Putnam, Cummings and
Florence Lundborg are engaged in
work which will mean the beautifying
and enriching of the city When the
movement in decorative art has at
tanned momentum, it may seem like a
revival of pre-Raphaelite days II
costs no more to install beauty or
grace than it does to obtain things
merely useful. and the builders of the
city are coming into the realization of
a truth
The Studio building is filing up
again after the summer vacation Of
it's people The classes for the older
pupils will be in full swing soon, and
the bare reception room where few
stray paintings still hang on the walls
in memory of the last exhibition,
echoes to hurrying, busy footsteps.
Bruce Porter has q big studio on the
ground floor, Julie Heynemann has the
top story floor; Mrs. Mention, who is
still in GreenDraes william OaETlSdn
who will reach here from his Falls
River studio in October, and Lucille
Page, a student of sculpture, all have
quarters here. and find them about the
most desirable ones in the city under
existing conditions.
An exhibition of the work Of the ar
lists in the Studio building, together
with a few others, will be given some
time in November.
Ralph Stackpole has recently ar
rived in this city from Paris. where
his sculptural work was favorably re-
ceived. This artist has achieved salon
honors, and it is probable that his
name will be among those exhibiting
in November.
Seymour Thomas. the American
painter, who was born in Texas, but
who married a California girl Miss
Helen Haskell, and went to Paris about
five years ago, has won success in
portrait work. his latest achievement
being a portrait of Duca MarinO Tor
lonia, which is said to be a wonderful
likeness. He has had many distin-
guished visitors at his studio in Ak
les -Bains, among them being King
George of Greece, with his suite and
some friends. The king was much
pleased with the artists work and ex
pressed his satisfaction in warm terms.
Thomas best known work is The In