The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14
STATE WINS FAIR
ART SHOW HONORS
California Exhibitors at Seattle
Awarded Grand PriX and
Gold and Silver Medals
ROderiCk Gale Captures Water
Color Prize and Mrs. Plot
ner Miniature HOnOrS
By Margaret Marshall Doyle


the awarding Of the prizes in the art
exhibit at the Aleskan-Yukon exposi-
tion has not vet been made public. it
is good news to learn that the Cali
fornia gallery carried off the grand
prix over the main gallery and the
French exhibition.
In fact, California should be very
proud Of its clever artist colony, for
it was local painter. Roderick Gale,
who took the grand prix in the water
color competition and Mrs. Rose
Hooper Plotner who carried off the
highest honOrs in the miniature
awarded, John r. Gamble. william
Keith. G. Ca6enasso. Joseph Greene
baum, Theodore Wores and others were
among the winners. while many of our
best known painters were included in
the list Of those receiving silver and
bronze medals and honorable mention.
In the book binding field Octavia
Holden carried of the medal, and Mil
dred Holden received a gold medal for
her display of wood carving. which
was purchased in its entirety before
the close OF the exposition.
To Evelyn Almond Withrow must be
given a great deal of credit for the
for not only did she supervise the af-
fair. but she was also one OF the most
indefatigable workers in the field. and
the overw helming honors given TO the
state are in a great measure due TO
her untiring efforts in pushing forward
the entire display.
Because Of a slight delay in the
return OF the various canvases
the official prize winning list viii not
be made public for a few days. In the
meantime the Warmest congratula-
lions are being rendered TO the artists,
who have helped by their work to
place California in the foremost rank
OF the art colonies of the world.
From the studio Of Miss Minnie Shep-
hard in ST. Helena have come six or
eight attractive little water color
sketches, which are on view this week
At Schussler's art rooms in Sutter
street. Two or three Of these are
road scenes in the mountains done in
The spring season, all of them being
typical Of the setting around ST.
Helena. one sunny stretch of road
the artist has handled very deIica tely
is that leading under the arching trees
10 the Parrott villa. In St. Helena and
The countryside about the lights are
particularly strong and the spring and
autumn colOrings MOST intense. In
seasons Miss Sheppard brings out this
effect her light ethereal, sun touched
greens in one being IN pleasing on
rrast TO the vivid brilliancy of the
autumn tints in the other.
a Forest Scene" near Sulphur can
yon is difficult subject 10 handle skill
fully It is practically a view of
foliagS only, in deep shades of green,
but Miss Sheppard in catching the
light on the trees and the slope of the
ground has beautifully brought out
the golden food of sunlight that helps
10 make the picture. The gem of the
collection however. is White Sui
phur Canyon" itself The scene beau
tiful in itself is worked up in a rich,
deep. dark purple tone. The only high
lights in the picture are in the sky,
swept by purple clouds and in a touch
OF the water that reflects the light
from above. All else is the deep, sub
dueu, almost gray purple tone so often
seen IN clouds and hills toward the
close OF q wet afternoon. This is the
most brilliant, decidedly. of the works
on view 1t is exquisite in coloring
and feeling. showing the sympat thetic
understanding the artist has of nature.
These pictures are to be displayed
in Schussler's but for a limited time
Miss Sheppard is spending the month
of November here, but with the first
Of December she viii return to St
Helena and reopen her studio. She
expects to be busily at work for the
winter months in preparation for the
large exhibition she viii give in the
spring in one of the local galleries.
This exhibit should be very interest
ing, as not only is 1t the first Miss
Sheppard has held here in a long time
but there are 10 be many wonderful
water color studies on view, repre-
senting fascinating little scenes in the
mountains not before developed by our
local artist colony
Another good coming exhibition viii
be that Of the recent oil paintings of
Miss Grste Hudson. The artist has
been at work all summer in her studio