The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-04-24
FIRST VIEW
OF 'k|LOHANA

The Kilohana Art League held first
view reception last night, the occasion
being the thirtieth semi-annual exhi-
| bition of the League.
The reception was very well attended
and pleasant evening was spent.
wandering from one canvas to another.
chatting with friends and slipping cool
lemonade.
Among those who received were:
Mrs. Howard Hitchcock, Mrs. W. NJ.
Graham, Miss Grace Robertson, Miss
Alice Spalding, Miss c. Garden, Miss
McStocker, D. Howard Hitchcock.
Gordon osborne. Chas. R. Frazier, DR..
A. n. Sinclair. ]. H. Cation.
There are fifteen oils and thirty-four
water colors in the exhibition, OF which
D. Howard Hitchcock contributes thir-
teen of the former and twelve of the
latter.
The next largest exhibitor is Jos. I.
Whittle with twelve water colors.
Alice Spalding comes next in number
of exhibits with four water colors.
Otto Wix has three in this class.
While the number of exhibitors in
the classes mentioned is very small
the general standard of work is higher
than has been the case at recent ex-
hibitions of the league. Some of the
canvases are as fine as anything that
has ever been seen here.
The ceramics and modelling section
is well worth attention and contains
the work of such well known artists
as Jane Lishman More, Anabelle Low,
Augusta Graham, Gordon osborne,
Mrs. L. Abrams, Miss McStocker, and
Miss NJ. E. Chapman.
The Photographic section contains
much fine work from the cameras of
P. w. Perkins, Chas. r. Frazier, A.
Gartley, DR.. A. n. Sinclair, Dr. w. R.
Brinckerhoff, D. Howard Hitchcock,
and j. H. Cation.
The finest things in the oils are per-
haps Hitchcocks Barking Sands of
Mana" and Canoes"
This artist has reached a higher
ideal in his present exhibits than he
has previously attained and is un-
doubtedly Hawaii's artist par excel
lence.
In Canoes one sees three canoes
drawn up on a sandy beach with a
typically Hawaiian sky and sea TO
lend the charm of color to the scene.
Barking Sands of Mana" shows a
hill of white sand on sandy plateau,
with green vines climbing upward.
Behind are purple-brown mountains
and on one side the breaking sea.
Prominent in the picture is a pool of
still water in which the lovely blue
of the sky is tellingly reflected.
Grace Robertson has a graceful study
in oil of the Alamanda flower, which
was generally admired. The picture is
very tastefully framed.
Kauai Beaches by Hitchcock is a
fine sea effect and the distant table
land is tellingly done. The lauhala
tree which makes the centerpiece of
the picture is lifelike and the artist
has treated the effect of the wind on
the leaves very happily.
Trade Wind Clouds" by the same
artist was painted on a mountainside
at sunset. Overhead great clouds ap-
pear to b e on the point of rolling
down the mountain, and looking at the |
picture one can almost feel the night |
wind blowing.
THE Shore Line, Kalalau" by Hitch |
cock is a powerful study and this and |
the study of the barking sands en-
body the artists best ideals of land |
scape painting and are possibly the !
finest work that he has done in this |
particular line.
Inside the Reef" another Hitchcock, !
all the sunny gladness of an
Hawaiian morning by the sea. In the
canoe may be noted a small boy max
ing a great show of padding while an
old man is seen to be doing the hard /
work
''Manoa from Waikiki by the same
artist, is a sunset study, and is re-
markable for it's wonderful valley COL
bring which is an emerald blue, for
hat is perhaps the best way to de-
scribe the fairy light which sometimes
floods the cleft of Manoa.
Hitchcock has two volcano pictures,
'Halemaumau at Night" and Sun
rise from Kilauea."
The latter is a unique study and in
t the fires of the pit are made to pale
he sunset rays flashing on the snow
appel peak of Mauna Loa. The atmos-
Dhere of the pit is depicted in a great
iegree of its awesomeness and alto
yether the picture is the most sem
;ational in the exhibition.
Gordon 'Usborne shows a miniature
If his statue of the late President Nc
<inley which is to be erected in the
lew High school grounds. The pose
5 excellent and the likeness of the
nartyred president a telling one. Cor
lon osborne is a sculptor of n ore than {
promise.
Otto Wix, in his three water colors, s
) the same splendid draughtsman and
God technician. His studies showed I
D fine advantage in the light last night {
ut they seemed, somehow, to lack {
hat atmosphere of Hawaii which it is q
iven to so few to reproduce. G
Jos. l. Whittle, on the other hand, /
bows a number of simple studies 7
hitch are singularly effective Wheth- f
r it is a native woman sorting limu
n the sand, a girl wading, or a sketch c
the cocoanuts at Waikiki, Whittle S
as caught the true Hawaiian spirit v
nd has imbued his little canvases r
18th sentiment and feeling. His types c
re almost Sarkaesque o
Diamond Head" shows a cloud
lsting its shadow over the sea 1t is s
lst the same effect that one may n