The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29

worked out and will please. Miss Nor
gan intends leaving for. Monterey next
week to begin her work for the sum-
mer.
Hubert r. Chaplin has really fine
collection of pencil and charcoal draw
fngs, and the collection Of monotypes
by Stanton is also worthy of more ex-
tended mention A monotype is a diff
fcult thing to execute and Stanton has
handled his one color subjects admir-
ably, infusing into them a Light and
color effect usually deemed impossible
when working under such limitations
regarding treatment and color scheme.
On March 10 a talk was given to
the Studio club by Mrs. Anna Frances
Brigham at her home. STA Thirty-second
street, Oakland. A paper on the work
and methods of that eccentric genius
Whistler was read and discussion In
vited- Mrs. Brigman's paper was q
mastery appreciation of Whistlers
powers and limitations and. In the
course OF the open discussion which
followed, Charles Keeler observed truly
that while Whistler was dare devil
and a scamp no one had as yet been
able to initiate him any farther than
the superficial excellenoies of his work.
Back of Whistlers work lay the man.
and that is why artists fail In their
effort to follow him along similar lines.
The personality of the painter enters
so largely into the merits of his work
that one imitator of another mans
style is like borrowing his brush and
expecting to attain to his mastery OF
his idea.
At the home of the Arts and Crafts.
~ o4oy
is being held preparatory to the usual
spring one which will take place In
April Some very good work is shown
in the bas reliefs by Miss Ferrea, who
has under way q panel for installment
over a fireplace which shows num-
Der of figures with tambourines, Gym
balls and horns, evidently among the
flowers of a garden. The conception
of the panel is quaint and enective
and the characters purely ideal. When
completed 1t will be tinted In soft gold,
brown and ivory colors and, II the
original idea is carried out, the ERECT
will be notably soft and harmonious.
The panel is designed for ARIZONA.
Dassonville, Oscar Maurer, Adelaide
Hanscom (now married) and Emily
Pitchford have some excellent work in
photography. The Hanscom idealized
photographs are wonderfully hne- Tney
are not new, but her illustrations of the
Rubafyat are always impressive and
strong and one views them with pleas
ure over and over again.
Robert Aitken, Maynard Dixon and
several other artists of the San Fran
cisco contingent are piling up orders
and work In New York and incidental
ly having a royal time. Dixon is so
busy that he has hardly time to ac-
complish all the work on which he Is
engaged, while Athens latest work is
said to be a head of Gordon Ross lit
tie daughter Campbell, which should
be a success if the charm of the child
ish model is capable of reproduction
The Boston Sunday Globe says: "In
April the national sculpture society
will open what is now expected to be
the most important and extensive gem
eral exhibition of American sculpture
ever held. 1t is to be held in the
Fifth regiment armory in Baltimore, a
room with some acres of floor space
big enough to take in the largest
monuments, with space to spare for
trees, plants, shrubbery and flowers as
a setting. Almost the entire list of
active sculptors in this country will
contribute. The show is given under
the auspices of the Municipal art So
ciety of Baltimore
Arthur Putnam has completed his
fountain, representing two pumas on
a rocky base with water running down
the rocks, for the st. Francis hotel,
after much hard labor and experiment
ing with his casting furnace. 1t was
Putnam's idea to cast the fountain
himself, and three times he made the
effort, but each time a slight flaw
necessitated the doing of the work
again. Aided by Hammarstrom and
Cummings, the furnace was kept go
ing for several nights in succession,
none of the three even thinking of the
lack of sleep, but when the third at
tempt proved a failure the work was
sent to a foundry, where it was cast
without flaw Putnams animal work
was one of the features of the Paris
salon, where he exhibited shortly be-
fore his return to this city, and it is
said by the French critics that no such
work has been seen outside of the |
great Barye's. Putnam is an ardent
worker and is just now engaged on
1ifesize figure of Father Junipero |
Sierra, which is destined to be one of
series ordered by lover of sculpture
in San Diego.