The San Francisco call., 1909-11-21
In 3 the 9 Art 9 World
By Margaret Marshall Doyle

The William Keith exhibition at
Vickery, Atkins & Torrey's gall
teries is one of the most notable and
striking of the year. the 27 canvases
on view showing to the best gadvan-
tage the artists rich and effective
style.
They are all Characteristic Keith
scenes, but of them two stand out
as especially remarkable, the more so
because. hung in proximity, they
are in .vividly contrasting keys. One,
called April Weather" represents a
rolling meadow scene in the bright
moist greens of early spring. with
COWS at pasture in the distant hol-
low. The grass bordered path in the
foreground leads by the moss grown
rocks to the far away blue lake. which
reflects the blue patches of sky show
ing through the riffs in the lavender
gray clouds. Beyond is a chain of pur-
pie blue hills, and over all the back
ground is a faint silver glow. The
coloring is perfect, bright and airy and
springlike, but what renders the pic
ture most wonderful is the play of
light and shadow. The dark shadows
thrown by the masses of heavy clouds
are relieved by the subdued, not too
golden. sunlight drifting through the
riffs.
In pleasing contrast is his Close of
Day" painted in quiet even tone
that suggests a great loneliness. Com
ing along the path is a solitary figure
homeward hound. The landscape is
treated in the afterglow light in beau
tiful shades of dark subdued green,
with distant hazy view of a silver
lake, touched by the last glow of the
dying sunlight. The deep purple tints
of the clouds are crested with silver.
which floods the whole center of the
canvas with glorious play OF light.
The scene is representative of the
fast approaching night and is repose-
full peaceful and appealing. OF these
two pictures it is difficult to make a
choice as TO which would take the front
rank; both are so excellent, each in its
own individual key. which in both diff
fers from the rest of the canvases
hung in this view
The painting entitled Russian River
Valley is in the golden tint so pc
culiarly Keith's own The stream is
silver gray, and the sky In contrast to
the russet gold of the landscape and
the vivid touch of brilliant orange red
In the setting sun. Another scene also.
worthy of special mention is The
Oaks" painted beneath a threatening
April sky.
All of the canvases are in Keith's
masterful style, with the sureness of
touch so characteristic of his land
scapes. The view is to continue for
another week.
One of the most interesting OF the
coming exhibitions will be that of the
canvases of John c.. Gamble. 1t will
begin Friday November 26, at the
Schussler galleries in Sutter street
There will be about 80. paintings hung
In this view, notable among which will
be the landscape that carried off a gold
medal at the Alaska Yukon exposition.
Most of CANDLES studies are settings
in the foothills done in the height of
the wild flower season. giving to all
his canvases bright vividness of
touch. that is often startling, although
not exaggerated. Gamble left last week
for an extended European trip, in COM
pany with Willis z. Davis
While his plans on leaving were not
at all definite, he did not expect to- re-
turn for at least a year. during which
time his attractive studio in Monterey
will be closed.
From November 80 to December
the local colony of artists viii hold