Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-31
F. E. JOHNSONS ART
 EXHIBIT AT PROVIDENCE
What the Papers of That City Think
 of 1t.

Of Frank Edward Johnson's art ex-
 hibit in Providence, the Providence
 Journal says:
 A private view and reception was
 held in the galleries of the Providence
 Art club Tuesday evening to open an
 exhibition of paintings by Frank Ed-
 ward Johnson, done in northern Af-
 rica, Provence and New England dur
 ing the last few years.
 It will be remembered that Mir John
 son held an exhibition of his NorWe-
 gian Watercolors here some six or
 seven years ago, giving an illustrated lecture on his travels at the art cluo The present collection is far in ad-
 vance of his former work. both in technique and imaginative force, and
 he obtains an effect of solidity,
 strength of coloring unusual in the av-
 craze WatercolOrs.
 That he is at home equally in the north or in the tropics is made evident by a tour of the gallery In the fjords
 and snow apped sunlmits of Norway and the ice-bOUnd streams and snow clad fields of New England he has ob- tained some wonderful color effects while in the 8 views in northern Af- rica and Spain he has run the color gamut Of the orient.
 There are several views of the region made famous by Hichens in The Gar den of Allah hot and sunny and col orful: glimpSes of mosques and min arets. of walled cities and gardens basking meath the intense blue sky of the tropics.
 A group of these Oriental water cOlOrs was recently shown at the Ap- palaChian club, Boston and Mir John son has also exhibited his work at the National Gallery of Fine Arts, Munich. and in Barcelona, Spain. within the ] past few years.
 The exhibition will be open daily from 10 to 6 and on Monday evenings until Jan. s.
 The Providence Tribune has the fol- l lowing statement:
 one of the finest exhibitions of wa tercolOr paintings seen at the ProVi- ! dence Art club in recent years was l opened in the art gallery last night | with a private view The exhibition 1 is by Frank Edward Johnson of Nor | wich Conn. artist of note traveller { and lecturer-a young man not with ] out honor in his own country and in many countries of the old world. It l was somewhat disappointing, how ever, ! that there were few present at the 1 opening last evening, fact due prob ably to the general fatigue resulting 1 from the festivities of the Christmas ! season. Art lovers hereabOuts, how i ever. will not fail to see this unusual exhibition during the next fortnight. | More than 80 paintings comprise the 1 exhibition. which covers the walls of 1 the art gallery and the wall space along i the stairway. On the east and south ! walls are many delightful transcrip- | tiOns of New England scenery. includ- 1 ing landscapes, marines, winter scenes and wood interiors many of them in l herent with the poetry of picturesque l New England in summer. autumn and | winter, The west wall is covered with 1 the work of the artist done in northern ! Africa last spring notably in Tunis | and TripOli. There are street scenes. | mosques and minarets glimpses of ! walled cities and gardens and groups l of fruit vendors in the shadow of heat 1 ed streets, the whole having the ef- | feet of a mass Of sunlight and a per l feet riot of color. the country in 9 ] Oriental color.
 | Tn direct contract to these are the 1 glaciers and fjords of Norway with l little villages lying in quiet valleys l with snow-capped mountains or the ] glinpses of New England scenery in l the late autumn season, when "tho 1 frost is on the pumpkin and the corn | is on the shock" On the south wall 1 are several charming New England l landscapes. showing ice-bourd rivers l with glimpses of open wa ter and snow l clad banks, and these are among the | best things in the gallery. Some of i the best pictures in the show are of 1 Spain. with it's glinpses of architec- = l tural beauty and colorful landscapes It will be recalled that MT. Johnson ] exhibited here seven years ago when 1 he gave his lecture on NOrwav at the | Art club. He has also exhibited in | the National Gallery of Fine Arts Mu- | ntch. Also in Berlin, Barcelona and 1 Paris and many cities of America The l exhibition will remain open until Jan. 1 Sth