Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-06
EXHIBIT OF PAINTINGS
 AT CONVERSE ART GALLERY
Work of Paul Douglass, Former Stu
 dent of Norwich Art School.

Paul Douglas of New London, a for mer student in the Norwich Art school, has an exhibition of his paint ings in the south alcove of the Con- verse Art gallery. The exhibit opens this afternoon at o'clock and will repay a visit of inspection by all those interested in portrait painting and landscapes.
 MT. Douglas received his first art instruction in Norwich under Director OZias Dodge and Loyalty returns to give his first exhibition here. Since leavine the school here three years ago. he has had three years further study in New York, one year under William NJ. Chase and two years at the Art Students league.
 The collection shown consists of 32 pictures selected from last summer work. few of the views are taken in New York, but the greater part are painted at New London and give bits of river, harbor, ocean or landscape near there. These are very good in color and in the life and atmosphere of the scene depicted. The rapidity with which MT. Douglas works-one of the sketches having been painted in fifteen minutes-enables him to catch the fleeting moods of nature and portray passing effects in strong and vital way. Two excellent exam ples of this are the Opening in the Clouds. which is a strong picture, full of movement and effect. and the Gray Day, showing the surf and rocks of the Midway shore. Autumn Splendor IS brilliant piece of coloring, and the Schooners. a clever sketch of the two vessels at Mystic with subtle under standing of their proper relations to each other and an atmosphere strong ly suggestive of the water color work of John Sargent. But the best part of the collection is the portrait work. This is MT. Douglas strong point and the work which he wishes to follow up more particularly. The portrait of his mother is a fine piece of work, simple, dignified and restful, full of refinement and sympathy. In technique, too. it shows good work and the influence of of Mir. Chase's teaching in the treat ment of the hair. Another large DOT trait is that of Rev. Lewellyn Pratt, DID,. which all the latter's friends will be interested in from it's lifellke pose and individual character. The portrait of the girl in white shows clever treatment of the brush in the way the airy. flmy material of the dress is brought out and the pose IS an extremely graceful one. This DOT trait was finished in three Sitttngs.
 One sitting only was taken for the portrait of Cecilia, a sweet girlish llt- tie figure There are also portraits of the artists brother, Philip E. Doug las: of Lawrence Nieland, Thelma Girl on the Beach, Portrait Sketch and two sketches of Laughing Girl and Laughing Boy. The other paintings in- clude Barges-a New York dock scene Rocks, a Gray Day, Still Life, a Bit of Groton Shore, 'Schooners, Sunlit Shore, Gray Day Landscape, Autumn Splendor Kids in Swimming, Surf sketch, Two Schooners. Rocky Shore Late Afternoon, Hazy Morning in the Harbor. Sunset sketch, Opening in the Clouds, Morning in the Harbor The Last Sunlight, Evening in the Harbor Street Scene, New York Shaw's Cove, Autumn Woods. sketch; sketch of Barges, and Sunset in the Harbor