The San Francisco call., 1910-02-06

The scene is live, vital and very real,
and represents an actual occurrence in
the life of Baldwin. The event hap
pened when he was a young man cross
ing the plains, with his wares, on his
way to California. and was the one
thing in his life he desired executed on
canvas. The picture as it now stands
is worth the seeing, the subject being
particularly strong, quite apart from
it's other associations.
Cross is now engaged, at the age of
-, on the most important commission
of his life. T. B. Walker of Minneapo-
lis has ordered from him number of
oil paintings and portraits typical of
the old life on the plains, with its draw
backs and hardships, of the Indian
scouts, the pioneers, and the famous
old chiefs of the early days. With the
whole life and its people Cross is IA
miliar, belonging as he does TO some
half dozen Indian tribes. Many of
these he has painted before, the sub
ject always being a favorite one with
his brush, and this commission, depict
ing the famous men of the plains as
they were in the flower of their youth,
is occupying all of Cross attention and
time. The collection is to be pre-
sented, when completed, to the city of
Minneapolis. where it is to hang in one
of the public galleries.
An interesting studio to visit is that
of Charles F. Ingerson, in spite of the
fact that the artist himself is so busy
with his various classes in painting and
design that he is not able to do much
painting for himself along the lines
that particularly bring out his genius
His morning classes in conjunction
with Miss Marie Withrow have already
become well known, and the good work
being turned out by their pupils is the
best praise that can be given them. In
addition to these Ingerson is teacher of
design at the San Francisco Institute of
Art, his classes there taking his time
Mondays and Thursdays. Under his
training the classes now number more
than so. In Oakland and Berkeley he
also conducts classes in design. all OF
which leave him little time to himself.
1t is too bad, too, as the sketches in
water colors and oils he has found the
leisure to do have Won for him no little
praise in the art world. He has a
delicacy of touch that is beautiful,
especially as it is united with great
strength and boldness of execution.
study of sunset roses falling out of
copper bowl, on which he is now en-
gagged. For sheer poetry of delicately
related tints and lights and colorings
there is no more perfect flower study in
this city. The roses themselves are
beautiful shade. deepening from cream
through yellow. into radiant rosy tint,
and very wonderfully has the artists
brush depicted their fragile beauty and
color.
Many of Ingersons studies are on the
still life order, and are for the most
part quaint and delightful.
The exhibition OF the works of west
ern artists. put on view in Chicago,
st. Louis. Kansas City Minneapolis
and other eastern cities, has won con-
siderable praise for many of our fore
most artists.
William Wendth Gamble. Wachtel,
Sauren, Benjamin Brown and others by
their splendid contributions helped to
make of the view the brilliant success
it has proved to be and have covered
not only themselves with glory but
also California and the whole beautiful
western field that gave light and color
to their canvases. To Marion Kav-
anaugh Wacltel. however. has special
praise been meted out by eastern crit
les. She has taken the illusion and
the poetry, together with the realism
and the grandeur of the southland, and
woven them into her water colors Her
compositions are scenes of rare beauty.
seen. selected and carried out with the
eye and heart of poet as well as painter.
and it is that that makes them the
success they are. Her scope of work
exhibited ranges from the Hopi idyl 10
the streets of Walpi, the mountain, the
desert and the plain all blossonnine
into light and promise beneath her
clever brush Californians have al
ways appreciated her art. but Chicago
has gone even farther placing them
easily in the front rank of the work
produced by the west.