Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-15

\ ors having taken advantage Of the
opportunity to view the collection Of
paintings by this popular artist.
The last week in November a num-
Der of canvases by eastern painters
will be on view at this gallery, to re-
main until after the holidays. Leon
ard Ochtman, John c. Johanson
Charles Curran, Bruce Crane, Edward
| Gay and e. Irving Couse are among
| the men represented and the exhibition
promises to be a notable one.
The main exhibition room Is at pres
! ent devoted to a collection of water
colors by Mrs. S. NJ. B. Dando of Venice.
! The exhibition opened on Monday with
a reception during the afternoon and
evening which was largely attended,
| and the admirable flower studies re-
! ceived much favorable comment. The
paintings exhibited are unusual in size
| for water colors and show a skillful
| handling of this medium on such large
/ surfaces. The artist is especially sue
cessful in her treatment of chrysan-
| themums, and a large study of roses
is a rarely beautiful flower study. An
other arrangement of brilliant roses
! thrown upon a table bearing a silver
| tae service shows unusual facility in
the handling of still life Several paint
ings of yiolets are most pleasing and
the well rendered fruit studies received
their share of appreciation This is
| Mrs. Dando's first exhibition in Los
Angeles and announcements of others
in the future will be received with in
terest.
Miss Leta Horlocker gave most de-
lghtful talk on pottery on Friday
afternoon at Blanchard hall. This was
the second of the series of lectures on
art subjects to be delivered during the
| season, and the attendance shows that
the course is proving one of interest
ts-
| The art colony of Los Angeles now
| claims as one of it's members Rob
| Wagner, the eminent painter, who has
come down from Santa Barbara and
taken the studio formerly occupied by
| Alexander Stirling Calder at 625 South
Figueroa street. Mr. Wagner has
taken a class of advanced pupils, be-
| ginning this week, who are working
| from the model each day and availing
| themselves of this opportunity for in
! struction in painting from master of
| the art. Visitors will be received on
Friday afternoons during the season at
the studio, which is a most attractive
one with its examples of the painters
interesting delineation of charming
women and forceful portraiture Of men.
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The exhibition of handicrafts sent
I to the Seattle exposition by the College
of Fine Arts has carried off a goody
number of medals two gold medals
and six silver medals having been
awarded to the exhibits of work in
pottery and copper work.
s.
One of the important exhibitions of
the season will open at the Blanchard
gallery with public reception on the
evening of Tuesday, November is, the
second annual exhibition of the work
of representative oil painters. The ex-
} hibitors will be Elmer Wachtel. Will
liam Wendt, Rob Wagner, Jean Mann
; helm, Helma Heynsen jain, J. Bond
! Francisco, Benjamin c. Brown, John
w. Nicoll, Hanson Puthuff, John H.
Rich, Frank Sauerwein, c. A. Fries,
Carl Oscar Borg, Franz Bischoff and
Ralph Mocine. At the same time Jack
Gage Stark will formally open his one
man exhibit in Assembly --rt hall, an
| event which is anticipated with in
! terest as Mr.. Stark comes direct from
Paris with his paintings of the i'm
pressionist school. Elizabeth r. Bur-
ton will exhibit in another section of
the gallery her work from the Seattle
exposition.
s.
The studio of Elmer Wachtel and
Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel, on the
slope of Mount Washington, is once
more open to visitors on Sunday after
moons during the winter. While both
Mr.. and Mrs. Wachtel exhibit in Chi
cago and New York and other eastern
galleries, their work is seldom seen
/ in Los Angeles outside of their own
studio, so well lighted and admirably
fitted for an exhibition room. and
pilgrimage to it is always a rare pleas
ure. We have grown to expect from
| both these painters strong, sincere in
! terpretations of nature, handled in
manner showing unmistakable knowl-
| edge and power. In the eight large
! canvases recently painted by Mr..
Wechtel we note the unusual apprecia-
tion of the solidity of the earth which
| characterizes all his canvases. Somber
though they may be in some cases.
they are most satisfying in their ex-
preston of the grandeur of CALIFORNIA;
| landscape. "The Arroyo Seco" is a
| noteworthy rendition of the beauty TO
be found in that treasure trove of the
painter, and early Evening, Midsum-
mer," is most beautiful in its lumin-
| Gus color. October Afternoon" and
"Above the Valley" both show splen-
didly painted trees. strong in brush
work and effective in composition.
Some one has said of painting that
| oils are epic while water colors are
lyric in quality but this distinction
can hardly be made between the work
of these two artists, one in oil, the
other in water color. 1t would be hard
to find painting in any medium to
which the word epic would be more
applicable than Mrs WachtePs Won
derful aquarelles. One of these that
we linger over is the Sunset Clouds"
beautiful in it's tonality and it's eX-
quisitely painted sunlit skies. All the
skies this artist paints are marked by
their atmospheric quality, whether the
rain-washed skies distinguishing one
or two of the most beautiful landscapes
exhibited last year or filled with the
warmth of such color poems as 'Tran-
quill Evening" and Sunset in the
! Canyon