Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-13

ed in 1888, STUDY of Lady" Milo NJ.
Stoddard, Between Two Lights" One
good point is their excellent likeness.
That of Mrs. John V. Posey might be
criticised for drawing, and that of Mrs.
Julian de Lecaonu for the modelling of
the face, as 1t lacks in comeliness.
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The School of Art and Design at
Westlake park has recently placed sew
eral of its students in desirable posi-
tions. Miss Evelyn Almond Withrow,
chief of the art department for the
California building at the coming Yu-
kon and Seattle exposition. selected the
work of three of the students to be
placed in the art section.
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At meeting of the Painters club
Tuesday evening. April g. j. Wells,
collector, was elected an associate
member. A committee of arrange
ments was appointed for the purpose
of securing a place for an exhibition
to be held by the club the last two
weeks in October, the spring exhibition
having been given up entirely. The
fall exhibition will probably be at the
Blanchard galleries.
Mrs. William Cole has opened an art
school in the Blanchard building, in
which Jean Mannheim, painter, will
have charge of classes. Mr. Mannheim
is an artist of unusual ability and
power, and one who has had wide Eu-
ropean experience and study which es-
| pecially equip him as a master for
students of drawing and painting.
Martin j. Jackson is executing por-
trait of a child, little Miss Marcelle
Kline, in small full figure. Mr.. Jackson
formerly devoted much time to por-
traiture, having taken up landscape
painting only since coming to CALI
fornia.
At the Kanst galleries are to be seen
several interesting paintings by Frank
Coburn, who was recently admitted to
the Painters club. These paintings
are not intended as pictures for the
home, but present good effects, and
show the artist to have fine color sense.
One is of the Pacific Insurance build
ing, called "a Bright Spot on a Rainy
Day; and other is of the Walker the
alter at night. Other new pictures at
these galleries are by Ida Burgess of
New York, who lately exhibited with
John La Fargo. The most important of
these pictures is Moonlight, Central
Park New York." which is executed in
Raphaelli colors, form Of oil color
made into firm sticks and used like
peculiar to itself. This subject is rem
dered in very pleasing tones of color
and is good in composition. There are
two other oils; and two water colors
which show that this artist has no feel
ing nor understanding of that medium.
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Rustum Vicaji will begin an exhibit
ton of his paintings at the Kanst gal
leries April 10.
Three hundred paintings are now
hung in the new picture gallery of the
Vatican, many of which were brought
from the Lateran palace and private
apartments of the Vatican. The new
gallery is arranged in seven halls,
which open on a court, each OF which
is used exclusively for a particular
school or period in the order following:
Group of Byzantine paintings; paint
ings belonging to the Tuscan school;
Umbrian school; TRANSPORTATION by
Raphael; Titan and Venetian masters;
sixth century paintings; works by for
eign artists, Sir Thomas Lawrence be-
ing represented by his portrait of
George " of England.
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Works by the late Augustus Saint
Gaudens which have been on exhibit
tion at the Corcoran gallery, Washing
ton, will be shown at the Carnegie in
stitute, Pittsburg, during the interna-
tional exhibition to be held April 20 to
June 80.
The interesting exhibition now be-
ing held by Los Angeles Camera club
in the Blanchard gallery will be re-
viewed next week.