The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10
SCULPTORS FINISH
SLOAT MONUMENT
Imposing Bas Relief of the Fa=
nous Commodore to Grace
Monterey Site
CreditabIe Exhibition on View
at California Conservatory
With Striking Paintings
B. Margaret MARSHAL Doyle

work lust completed in the clay is the
Sloat monument. on which Earl Cum
mings and Arthur Putnam have been
engaged for the last month. The money
for this monument, TO be erected in
Monterey. was recently appropriated
by the government and their design
was the one selected out of the % sub
mitted by the New York committee IN
cSarge Last week the government Of
ncials accepted the work Colonel Lun-
deem expressing himself as well pleased
with the result The monument viii
be very strong and effective. It is
surmounted by a large eagle with
wings outspread. On the front in bas
relief is a profile view of Commodore
Sloat with the wording below:
Commodore John Sloat took possession OF Cali
5oFR5s Z isse in the name Of me united S''sS' 'D'
The PEDESTAL on which the eagle rests
and the base of the monument are ga
landed with oak leaves.
There are many pleasing pieces of
sculpture in progress in Cummings
studio in Clay street, done in the
strong, free style that characterizes the
work of this artist. Chief among these
is the decorative work for the entrance
gate Of the University of California,
now nearly finished. 1t is to be car
ried out in marble and bronze One
of the most beautiful Of Cummings
works is the bust in marble Of his
wife. II is particularly well handled.
The clear cut features are strongly
brought out and the pose is perfect
and very graceful It is one of the
most delicateiy and daintily executed
Of Cummings works and should be put
on exhibition TO show him at his best
The exhibition now going on at the
California Conservatory OF Music in
Preside avenue is very well worth a
visit There are representative works
on view Of many Of our prominent ar
lists and all are strong and striking
examples Of the good work they have
been doing. Eugen Neuhaus has par
1icularly stunning canvas displayed
which shows him at his best Il is a
scene in the Berkeley hills. with San
Pablo bay in the distance. The view
in itself is very beautiful, showing TO
best advantage the rich, rolling, golden
brown fields with their darker hollows,
-be COWS in pasture, the dark green
trees to the side and the distant pale
green view Of the ocean and sky with
the indrifting fog hanging low over
the water. IL is handled IN Neuhaus
distinctive style that lends 10 all OF
his .canvases charm peculiarly their
own.
Anne NJ Bremen has two very ef-
fectfve little oils. A Picnic" and rOn
the Beach" Santa Barbara. The latter
shows lust a stretch Of sand and the
deep blue of the ocean, with saiieoat
or two TO break the horizon line A
group Of children are represented IN
the foreground
There are two attractive busts on
view. the work Of Ralph Stackpole. one
of these. the bust Of Signora Garbini,
is the property Of 5. CUneO. The other.
the study for a Bacchante, is very
eracefuI head. attracting considerable
attention.
Arthur Putnam has only one piece
exhibited. a California lion at rest. 1t
: strong. as are all of Putnams crea-
lions. especially when he is depicting
animals.
WIN Sparks is represented by two
or 5hree delightful landscapes. rich in
color The most effective of these Is
his Autumn Evening. San Joaquin
Bayou" 1t is striking scene IN
shades OF dark green, painted in the
aftergIow. The sky is deep tint
and is reflected in the deeper green Of
the water The eucalyptus trees are
particularly Well handled in the half
dusk, while The cottag ge home is rem
dered bright by the last of the sunset
glow Sparks is doing some good
work. which later in the season may
he put on view in a collective eXhi-
bitiOn.
Mother and Child" by Matteo San
dona, is the only charcoal study dis
played, and is in quite different note.
not only TO his other paintings on
view. but TO any of the other works
in the exhibition AS the name i'm
plies IL is d study Of mother-an
italian mother-With her baby in her
arms, resting against her shoulder.
The faces are pretty and very sweet
in expression but II is the mother
light in the woman's eyes-a wealth
OF earnestness, tenderness and love
that singles out the picture from his
other efforts and makes it remarkable
Emily Travis has a number of can
vases on view, a very appealing one
being her portrait Of a child asleep.
Among her many little oil sketches
perhaps the most praiseworthy is AT
hay schoeners is caught a view of the
city. il is the light and the color
however, that are the charm of the
picture. Every color OF the prism in
sky and water have been caught fan
tastically by the painters clever brush
and blended in perfect whole.
Oaks at Greenbrae," the only paint
ing hung by Mary f. Menten, is a
good sample Of her style. IT is a dull
day, and the landscape is worked UP
under TIE gray sky in shades of green
and golden brown. The sturdy oaks
are strongly painted and the noun
tains in the background are well
brought out.
There are several monotypes exhi-
bited. the work OF H Hammerstrom.
and one scene in oils by him, which is
worthy of special mention. It is a
study in the pale green moonlight
Of the towers Of San Dominicano. and
is very striking and beautifully
handled.
Gottardo Piazzoni is represented by
several very effective oil paintings
not the least remarkable of which is
his Sunset country roadside scene
in shades OF gold and yellow. His
Isle de Ia Jatte.' however, has ap-
pealed even more TO the great ma aior-
ify II is a little French sketch in
tones Of gray and green and has ex-
cited a great deal of very favora HE
comment for its beautiful setting. its
dsintiness of execution and a certain
unioueness that makes it distinct
~ separate note TO his other works
A larger canvas by him is entitled
summer" II is painted with a faint
pink glow over lake and hills and
fields, and is receiving very high
praise from art critics.
Olga NJ Ackerman has some good
portraits exhibited, among which NAV
be especially mentioned her painting
called AT a Concert" The rant e.-