Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-30
LOS ANGELES HERALD: FRIDAY MORNING. 80, 1909.

school studio Friday and aSturday, April 10 H.
Miss Chandler thoroughly understands ine
handling of charcoal, and her drawings IN TINS
medium may be said to portray color in a most
pleasing manner their many values producing
the desired effect. Her drawing Is rprceIuA
and composition good 1.-THE Marshes Ipswich
Mass" presented many good qualities IN
landscape drawing. Roadway. Monterey.
and Cypress Trees, Monterey" were especially
strong and well executed. Her woik Al GA =
rather more tmid, though the largest and
boldest one shown, Woodstock, New 1ork,
possessed good vibration of color, and was
broadly treated. Two small pictures in which
charcoal was combined with water color were
effective and pleasing in color. The deiignt-
fully unobtrusye color scheme OF the interior
of the normal school studio, chosen by Nellie
Gere. principal of this department. offered an
excellent background for showing these pic
lures. EXCEPTIONALLY good work done by the
pupils Of these able teachers was also seen,
comprising line drawings, designs for fabric
decoration, color work, block printing and
stenciling. The exhibition to be held at the
closing of the school year is being looked for
ward to with interest.
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An instructive and interesting exhibition OF
color and artistic photography, book plates
rare old volumes, beautiful bindings and ia
nous autographs was given at the Friday Morn
ing club Tuesday, April 20, the collection haV-
ing been made by Florence Gardiner Moore,
young woman of artistic taste and ability. The
work in photography represented Laura Adams
les, and will be for some time, executing COM
missions for portraits and other work. Inc
plates shown were not only fascinating IN color
combinations and effects, but in composition
and personality, showing the artist behind the
camera. Mrs. Armer has exhibited In many
salon collections in New York and London, and
received the first award in Goerz lens prize
competition for a splendid study or heao'
which was to be seen in this group. Her port
rats are full of expression. the lighting well
understood and handled, character and sentl-
ment playing strong parts in her portrayais'
We see in many of them a wealth OF ideallty
and a realization of all truth and beauty IN
nature most delightful composition showed
a mother and two nude children; another fine
picture was Of mother and child showing
Mrs. Armer's talent with these subjects
She showing of book plates embraced early
American examples, loaned by olive Percival'
who also contributed a number OF interesting
autographs among others Charles Dickens and
a group of juvenile books belonging to the
eighteenth century. Artistically bound books
from the Dove press, and other noted Dlnders'
were loaned by Irving Way. Those VINO klndiy
contributed to the showing OF old BOOKS were
Mines E. K Chase, Edison, Shattuck, Barton,
Williamson, Lppncott. Adelaide II. WOOD, l.
H Preston, DR.. Dorothy Moore and Mr.. D II
Clover. DR.. Varnum's collection Oh autographs
of presidents was also to be seen, and group
of old volumes from the Dawson Book Shop.
a.
Emma Waldvogel, designer and craftswoman,
holds class in design on Saturday afternoons
al the school of Art and Design. Among the
members of the present class are MISS Loud
of the department Of art, Polytechnic high
school; LYDIA Price, supervisor of art, santa
Monica schools, and Mary Harlano' miniature
painter and teacher.
So
sorolla y Bastida, the Spanish artist who
created such a furore in New York by the ex-
hibition at the Hispanic society of his wonder
fu. portrayals of sunny Spain and her sunny
side of life, is to paint portrait OF President
Taft It will be most interesting to see the IN
depreciation of the American given by TINS
spontaneous and vivid painter of Latin blood
and spirit.