The San Francisco call., 1910-03-27
SPLENDID NfUhAUS
CANvAS[S SHOWN
Thirty-two Magnificent Paint
ings on Exhibition at Local
Art Gallery
By Margaret Marshall Doyle

prising most of the work of the last
few months of Eugen Neuhaus, were
put on exhibition last Saturday at the
Sutter street. They have attracted al
ready a great deal of attention, as they
are unusually strong. in clear, rich
note peculiarly Neuhaus' own
Perhaps the most wonderful is Ihe
Land and Sea- a view OF ocean and
sky and sand dunes in vast level
stretches, suggestive of infinite space
and infinite loneliness. The sweep OF
the quiet sand dunes, with their touch
of yegetation; the blue green or the
sea, and the soft, lavender sky fading
into silver are worked UP together into
wonderful calm, almost overpoWer-
1ngly still and peaceful and WonderIui.
1t is the largest of Neuhaus' canvases
on display, and to many it is the most
marvellous, although many of his small
er ones are just as perfect and as rull
sof deep feeling. His subjects are all
chosen for some beautiful touch that
specially appealed TO his genius, road
ways or country lanes being a speclal
favorite with him. All OF his sup!ects
are handled strongly and boldly, with
brilliancy and dash the public has not
been slow to recognize.
The Pirates Cove" is painted in
light night key, with dark green tones
in mountains, bay, trees and sky, only
the red orange glow of the campfire
ON the beach and the pale yellow of
the stars breaking the rich quiet of
the green.
Brown, green and gold, the brighter
tints of wild flowers in the hollow in
the foreground; gray rocks and pale
green sea are all blended into har-
monlous whole to make From the
Foothills to the Sea" the exquisite
landscape it is. The view of the distant
surf is gained through an opening in the
trees from the upper hills and shows
stretch of wonderfully rich country
leading down to the sand dunes.
The Village by the Sea- is hand
full OF gray houses by a silver sea,
touched with green. Through the sill
Yer clouds in the sky a silver sun is
breaking, lighting up the whole land
scape with its peculiar radiance. The
early glow of morning and the morning
light on hill and hollow. are brought
out beautifully in Morning in the
Berkeley Hills a view of pasture
lands overlooking the valley and the
bay.
OF all of the 80 paintings on view,
however, something could be said in
praise, as they possess an unusual
quality that wins for them foremost
place in our local art world. The ex-
hibition will continue until Saturday,
April =.
number of the paintings of Carl
Oscar Borg. which have been displayed
in the Los Angeles galleries will be
put on exhibition, according to the
latest news from the southern city, at
one of our local galleries, during the
course of the coming week, just which
one, however. not being yet decided
upon. This exhibit will consist of about
20 sketches in oils and water colors
painted by Borg on his trip through
Central America, with a few done even
more recently in southern California
After they have been displayed for
the benefit of the public for fortnight
they will be taken to the Bohemian
club, where they will also be exhibited
for week or ten days.
Two famous books, beautifully bound
and illustrated and valued at $1,000
volume, have been put on public view
at the park museum They are part of
the life work of Heber Bishop. the late
Boston millionaire. who devoted the
greater part of his time to the study of
jade and made collections OF 1T in
nearly every country he visited Pic
lures of all these famous pieces. dat
ing as far back as the tenth and four
teenth centuries, and wonderfully col
ored so as to keep the effect of the
lights and shades, he had taken, with
their history and the history Of the
precious stones added, and at an ex-
pense of 100000 had 100 volumes pub
lished. Orders were then given for
the plates to be destroyed. and the
copies were placed before the public.
Numbers 81 and So are owned by the
park museum and for scientific re-
search are quite unequaled along their
particular line.
The original collection is in a mu-
scum in Boston. and the books, won
derfully beautiful of their kind, are
owned by a few prominent families in
the United States and by some of the
larger museums.
Many of the most striking works Of
art done by the northern California
artists have been sent down to Del
Monte and are being displayed at the
beautiful gallery attached to the hotel.
where they are continually attracting
the attention of eastern tourists and
drawing their notice to the really
strong work the west is producing
few of .Keith's most striking paint
ings in the rich golden brown tones
that make his work unique are among
those hung, and couple of Sydney
Yards. whose work it is now almost
impossible to purchase. Miss Evelyn
Mccormick, who is continually turning
out splendid work from her Monterey
studio, typical of the delightful old
town and the surrounding country, rich
in landscape beauties, has several ex-
cellent scenes displayed that show her
at her best. Few of her canvases find
their way to San Francisco, as most
of them find sale in her studio. where
they are displayed; as well as at the
hotel.
One of the most striking paintings in
the gallery is Caught by the Wind
Storm" by Charles Dickman. 1t is
wonderful canvas of two fishermen in
boat caught by the squall and riding
aloft on wave crest in the teeth of a
gale that is sweeping the sea into an
angry fury. The picture is powerfully
handled. The water is painted with
the feeling of one who has lived
through such scenes. and the drawing
and pose of the two figures in the boat
are perfectly executed. The scene
like so many of Dickman's best. is off
the coast of Brittany.
P1azzoni, Brown, Sparks. De Neale
Morgan, Emily Travis, Boronda, Harshe.
Neuhaus, Gamble, Matthews, Alice Best