The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
I'm che Ar{S World
By MARGARET MARSHALL DOYLE

canvases were brought down by Kanst.
the Los Angeles art dealer from the
Alaska-Yukon exposition. and while
they are not all perfect. some of them
may really be classed as masterpieces.
There is something of everything in
cluded in the view. in oils. water colors
and pastels, and in figure work as well
as in marines and landscape studies.
Many OF our California artists are also
represented. among those who are ex-
hibiting being John NJ. Gamble. Reuia-
min c. Brown, Willis E. Davis. A. L.
Best. Waugh. Goddard. Gale. Redmond.
Rogers. RedfeId, Eaton. Grippe and
others.
Mrs r. H. Jackson is curator of this
new gallery and Kanst will make all
arrangements for the necessary changes
to be made in the hanging of the pic
lures Before their return east there
is some talk in art circles here of en-
deavoring to have the canvases from
the Seattle exposition also exhibited in
this city.
A number of delightfully."- delicate
and ethereal water coIors and oils in the
softest of tones and colorings. the work
of Ferdinand Burgdorff. have been sent
up from Pacific Grove and are on view
at Vickery. Atkins & Torrey's and at
the Rabjohn & Morcom galleries in
Post street Burgdorn is doing iexcel-
lent work that promises big and inter-
esting things for the future More
over. it is absolutely original. and is
seen and painted with the truest ap-
her tenderest moods
One of the most exquisite of these
late scenes is a quiet stretch of bav
and sandy beach at Carmel. painted
with the soft afternoon lights that go
with summer sunset in SKY and
water. The gray beach is in two shades
OF the most delicate and elusive tone
against pale blue green sea in which
Is reflected glow of pink and a touch
OF yellow from the cloud touched sky
ABOVE The horizon line is in tones OF
purple silver and lavender. Altogether
1t is one of, the most beautiful can
vases for daintiness of touch and scene
and exquisiteness OF eOIoring on display
in the city
Another artist whose work holds
sending strong scenes from his stn5fo
In Berkeley. is John WiSby an artist
whose studies of Marin counties and
the foothills across the bay are win
ming him~a foremost place in the ART
world There has been some Comment
made on the similarity of Welch.s ana
Wisby's work. but il is a sfmfiaritV
that is very natural. when Consideration
IS taken of the fact that Vyisbv v-as
Weich's pupil and that he travelled ana
painted with him for many months
Added to that. their field of vvorlx-Nfa
rim county, with it's lights on hin and
hollow, its long morning shadows ara
IT'S short afterglow-is the same. hut IN
his later canvases Wisby is showins
an even more individual note. One ~
ms most recent. entitled "Tamalpais
East From Greenbrae." is decidedlv ora
OF his strongest and best
"A delicate drifting fog family oh
scures the mountain itself ana tba
nearer hills, while. the holIows and tbe
distant mountain ridge are in a rich
glow OF sunlight. throwing ir+o
greater relief the morning shadows in
the foreground The scene is painted
IN the golden brown California s,rr,
mer and is done with a warmth tbat
makes IL one OF Wisby's stronrest
scenes. While Wisby's home is IN
Berkeley he Is continually taxing liz
tie sketching trips throughout the
counties across the bay and into tbe
mountains gathering material for ~
canvases At present he is IN 60
noma county where he is snepdirs
fortnight painting.