The San Francisco call., 1908-11-29

The English fishing villages are espe-
csally interesting in their representa-
tions of short skirted, heavy shod
women, and the rude costumes OF the
; fisher folk. All manner of scenes are
depicted-Normandy women washing
their linen on the stepping stones OF
the brook; the old bridge; shepherds $
nut in Wales the cove of fisherman
in far off Cambria; a charming and
beautiful effect of the entrance TO
Clovelly; Irish hut, and richly
tinted Venetian landscapes. looking as
If they had been rainbow tinted by
some magician and thrown upon earth
to dazzle mortals The famous salon
flower picture is also on exhibition.
and number of the rose, heather and
apple blossom renderings for which
Mrs. Chittenden is celebrated The
piece of work, wonderfully delicate and
elusive. The exhibit. which should
command interest, will close Decem-
ber 5.
The exhibit by the Sequoia club of
the work of local artists has proved
very successful several pictures hav-
Ing been sold and a good deal of at
tention attracted to it, Among the
sales We're pictures by Bertha Stringer
Lee, Sophie NJ. Brannan. and Will
Sparks. Dassonville also disposed of
number of his inimitable photographs.
An exhibit of the Curtis Indian photo
graphs, of which the artist las hun
dreds, obtained at no small cost and
labor from the various Indian villages
in all parts of the United States, will
open on December IA, and will con-
tnue until the 18th. Mr. Curtis is a
Seattle man, well known in the east.
where his work is in much demand.
On December 2 the Arts and Crafts
will open it's annual exhibition of the
work of its members. The exhibit will
comprise all branches of wood carving.
book binding, lace making, picture
making and a hundred other of the
u1n1cult trades which require infinite
labor, patience and skill. The Christ
mas sale will be held while the exhibit
Is open, which will be for one month
Ihe ldora park exhibit being so sue
cessful, it is expected that this smaller
exhibit will be equally so.
A new catalogue has been issued by
the curator of the gallery at Del Monte
which shows a number of new pictures
recently hung as follows: Cypress
Point" by Dickman, several oils by
Burbank; Canoe Landing" by Emily
Travis; Poppy Field" by M. de Neale
Morgan; an Indian portrait, Hoy by
Grace Hudson, noted for her Indian
figures. and one by Piazzoni, "A. Corner
of the Villa Borghese." The gallery has
lost c. Chapel Judsons painting, "The
Oaks" it having been purchased lately
by Mrs. William Fries.
number of competitors have en-
tered the lists for the prizes to be
awarded the best design for the Sloat
monument at Monterey. The competi-
ton closed yesterday and the results
will be watched with keen interest. 1t
is hoped that something really good
will be the outcome.
Blanche Letcher has reopened her
studio in Berkeley.
Signal honors have been accorded
Hansen, the California animal painter,
on his recent exhibition in Chicago.
His large painting, "a Stampede of
Horses by Horse Thieves" has been
sold and will occupy place of honor
in the Auditorium hotel in Chicago be-
tween a Rosa Bonheur and a Schreyer.
As noted before, every one of Hansen's
big pictures has been snapped up in
the east, and Frederick Junior of the
Potter art gallery of Santa Barbara,
where most of Hansen's work is ex-
hibited, is to be warmly congratulated
on the manner in which the exhibitions
have been conducted