Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-31
Art Notes
ny ELIZABETH wAGGoNER


strewn hilsides bathed in atmosphere
and light. Evening Glow at Point
Iona" is another notable canvas. Inc
many paintings of Catalina are tea-
lures of the exhibition, such as the
Lovers Cove" beautiful in color,
with the effect Of sunlight on the water
admirably expressed, or "A Catallnl
Canyon" with its sunny foreground
and glimpse of blue blue sea beyond.
one of the most delightful bits or
painting in the collection is the small
canvas showing the San Pedro break
water at high tide, most pleasing in
its limited color range, gradatlons Oh
soft gray blue, with a telling note III
the dash of pure white Noteworthy
among the marine subjects are, POINT
Firmin" and the canyases designated
as 1.-THE Summer Sea- and "A Winter
Sea-" Departing from his usual Gus
tom, Dean Judson exhibits four inquire
subjects. not combining the exhibition
to landscape entirely. OF these,
Morning Sunshine" "Pebbly Beach
and ION Coronado Beach" are. as
their titles imply, carefully composed
landscapes forming pleasing settings
for groups of figures, while the most
important, from a pictorial standpoint,
is the large canvas, THE Bather'
The striking portraits by hellud
Heynsen jain are also hung in the
main gallery, the portrait of the art
lists mother, painted with the dignity
and restraint which marks master
in the art of portraiture, and the
charming pastel portrait head of
Little jacques" showing sincerity in
the pursuit of the ideal. Mrs jain
has recently Joined the faculty of the
art school and these splendid examples
of portrait paintings add to the IN
spiration the students are gaining
from her weekly criticisms.
Two new picture galleries have been
opened for the present exhibition, one
of these devoted to the paintings and
etchings by Nell Danely BROKER, ana
the other to the work of Arley Gordon
Tottenham, both members of the fac
ulty of the school. Mrs. BROKER
prescriptions of nature, whether by
means of the brush or the needle, are
always delightful. Some one has said
that "Words alone never translated
Dante successfully, the rhythm and in
Election are required to give the full
meaning" and in the expressions of
this artist we look not for the literal
but for the true spirit of nature. one
of the strongest paintings in the col
lection is "Oak HILL" with the very
earth under it's great swirling oaks, Vi
DGaJl0P "A
canvas is the San Pedro harbor, with
picturesque ships and boats and their
shimmering reflections. Among the
color etchings, two views of San Cab
riel mission are handled with the ex-
duisite delicacy that brings mystery
and charm to familiar scenes, The
Harbor" is delightful in color and full
of interest, and Evening is a most
effective composition.
mt g Tow onln
Gordon Tottenham are not only of in
terest as being the work of young
artist. but from the character of the
productions themselves.
Such paintable old buildings as fish
ermen's huts, mountain cabin or old
mill furnish motifs in several IN
stances and these as we'll as the land
scapes are executed in gouache, with
a facile touch that gives certain
completeness to these delightfully."-
sketchy Impressions. San Pedro Fish
Cabins" with it's groups of low build
ings, shows excellent craftsmanship
and a marked feeling for the pictur-
euue. and Eucalyptus" and 1.-The
Hills are landscapes full of indiVid-
uality and charm.
crafts an extensive showing is made
of the pottery which is a distinctive
product of the school, and a fine col
lection of hand-bound books and the
basketry of Mrs Mary c. Jennings are
features of especial interest. Mrs
Alta Wood Anderson and Fred Zim-
norman show some excellent pieces oil
copper work, and the stenciling and
rug weaving executed under the direc-
ton of Mrs. BROKER are noteworthy
in the field of applied design.
The exhibition of paintings by j.
Bond Francisco at the art gallery OF
Herbert H. Hallett in the Blanchard
hall studio building was inaugurated
on Saturday afternoon with private
view Especial interest attaches to
this exhibition as being one of the first
of the season and held under such
auspicious conditions in the new gal
lerV number of small canVases,
painted during the past summer, show
spontaneity and directness that Is
delightful and places them among the
finest things this painter has yet Gre
ated Among these Grand view
Point is one that charms the beholder
with it's interesting foreground and
the vista of the Grand canyon in the
distance. suggested with admirable
simplicity. "View of the valley shows
a fine color sense and the sunset is
an imposing canvas. The small land
scape designated as a sketch" is eX-
ecuted with a freedom of handling that
marks it as a particularly strong bit
OF painting and 1.-THE Old Cedar is a
tree study that is full of character.
ION the Trail" and Lumber Team
have been shown at previous eXhibl-
tions and are representative of this
painter's distinctive style in landscape
painting The same is true of the large
canvas, Sunlight and Shadow" which
attracted much attention at the Long
Beach exhibition this summer and was
reproduced in the September number
of the Chicago Fine Arts Journal. The
exhibition will be open to the public
until November IL and will be Of inter
est to those who are familiar with this
rainter's work and artistic growth, as
we'll as to these to whom it comes
with fresh appeal.
Another exhibition scheduled for
this gallery is that of Warren E. roll
Inns This artist is so well and IA
vorably known in Los Angeles that
the coming exhibition is awaited with
impatience He spent several months
this year among the Indians he de-
picts so sympathetically, and has re-
turned with a store of sketches. Many
of these show various phases of the
domestic and religious life of these
primitive people, and others give us
glimpses of pueblos or bits of desert
landscape that are full of poetic FEEL
ing With this treasure store of ma
terial, the painter may be found nara
at work in his studio on the arroyo, in
an environment that should proHe an
inspiration In itself, and this years
exhibition promises to include some
of the finest things he has yet pro-