The San Francisco call., 1910-05-15
PASADENA ARTIST
NOT COMING HERE
Greenebaum Closes His Studio
and Leaves for Prolonged
Tour in Europe
Painter of Portraits Is Gaining
Fame Also for His Splendid
Landscape Canvases
By Margaret Marshall Doyle

By Margaret Marshall Doyle
Word has come from Los Angeles
that Joseph Gleenebaum, the Pasadena
artist who has made such a name in
local artistic circles for his portrait
work, has closed his studio in the
southern city and left for prolonged
European tour. with the intention of
establishing himself in studio in
Paris for q year or two
Cireenebaum spent several months
iu this city last winter at the Bru-
guiere g. EiseU photograph gallery in
Franklin street. His work. especially
his portrait of The Girl With the Am
Der Necklace won him great praise
in local circles. While here he painted
portraits of Mrs. G. Frederick Kohl
Mrs. Frank Deering, Francis Bruguiere
and others and had half made arrange
ments TO return here in July. so his
present change Of plans viii be a great
appointment to those who had hoped
10 have him do their portraits
Before closing his Pasadena studio,
Greeuebaum sent several of his can
vases 10 this city and they viii be
shown shortly in some one of the local
galleries. Most Of these are landscape
work, showing scenes around Pasadena
and santa Barbara and of the island
Of Catalina.
TWO of these late paintings are
shown this week at the Rabjohn &
NOrcOm galleries in Post street Even
ing the gost striking OF the two,
shows q grass grown road leading
through a beautiful valley into q deep-
ly wooded canyon. The foreground Of
the canvas is painted in the soft gray
Jiuts of the gathering dusk of even
ing with the blackness of night already
in the dark shadows Of the trees and
with the last of the golden orange red
Of the setting sun warming the distant
him crest and furnishing the tops of
the euclly lyptus trees to wonderful
russet. The picture is handled in
warm. vivid tone. the contrast OF the
lingering day on the han and the night
closing over the hollow being partic-
ularly wei executed.
In the other picture is shown a soli-
tsry figure gathering wood in the twi-
light gloom OF the canyon. A sense
of loneliness is given by the scene,
also with the shadows of evening
stealing over the valley and the set
ting sun lettering on the hilltops. Both
of these paintings are done in a re-
markably rich key and show Greene
baum at his best in landscape work, in
which field ne is rapidly making as
great a name for himself as in his
regular field. that of portrait painting
In the same gallery are shown some
new oil landscapes by Benjamin c.
Brown, the Pasadena artist. whose
work has won such praise in the east
where II has been exhibited more than
once. and in Los Angeles. where il was
shown very recently at the Kanst gal
lery. and from local artists who have
seen and admired its boldness and
breadth and brilliancy or execution 1t
is only the san Francisco public that
has been slow TO recognize the genius
of the artist, for genius he undoubtedly
has and in spite Of serious i'll health
he has been turning out Of late some
splendid canVases. eleven Of which re
Gently found eastern purchasers in Los
Angeles.
Several good paintings by Brown are
shown in the gallery and others will
come up later from Los Angeles for the
collective exhibit he hopes TO hold in
this city in June.
A splendid exhibition. which opened
Friday evening with a reception TO
members of the association and in
vited guests. is the annual display of
the work Of the California school of
design at the san Francisco Institute
Of Art This is a strong comprehen-
sive showing Of some OF the best local
work in this line and is well worth a
visit The display viii be open daily
TO the public until Saturday. May 2l.
The California members Of the Guild
of Book Workers viii hold their sew
enth annual exhibition at the rooms Of
the Sketch club in Post street from
May Is 10 2l with Illuminating. print
ing, binding. edge gliding, type, tools,
book covers and book plates shown.
The exhibit viii be open daily to the
public from 10 10 6. The contributors
10 this exhibition are Mrs. Rudolph
Buckley, Mrs. Adolph Gartenlub. Miss
OctaVia Holden Mrs. Charles Miller,
Miss Cecilia O'Reilly, Mrs. c. S. Sar-
gent. Miss Elizabeth Schofeld, Miss
Florence Stull, Miss Rosa 9. Taussig
and Eric @. A Julihn.
In connection with il viii be shown
the first annual exhibition Of the work
OF the arts and crafts workers Of the
world, which is being brought out in
its entirety from New York. Final
definite arrangements have not been
made for il in this city, but it viii
shortly be held at the Sketch club.
Besides the book workers exhibit
there viii also be displayed leather
work and jewelry, beaten brass. cop
per and wrought iron work, and the
thousand and one other things included
ia the domain OF arts and crafts.
The Sketch club lately has made ar
engagements for talks on subjects OF
interest to its members to be given
every month The latest of these or
our Architecture" was given by Ar
thur f. Matthews, on Thursday.
p. L. Latimer is another Of the artist
colony who has deserted the city with
the approach Of summer and has de-
parted or his annual sketching trip
He has just closed his studio and with
a class OF pupils has left for Cazadero
where he viii conduct his usual sum-
mer school. Latimer's style is quite
his own and is well known, especially
in his redwood studies, favorite theme
with his brush and one which he han
dies particularly well. Forests, dap
pied with sun and shade, ferngrowr
banks and massive redwOods are shown
in his latest canvases, several of the
best Of which are on view al SchussleI
Brothers ia Sutter street and the Rab-
john q Morcom galleries.
Walter Cox, the English artist, whose
portrait work is keeping him tied tc
The city. Instead Of returning to his
studio At Easton with the advent OF
May as he had Intended is busy al
present on 4 life size Dortrait of Miss