The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03
I'm G[he Art World
By MARGARET MARSHALL DOYLE

tality, many of them bearing the inn.
press of his long stay in France ant
Italy.
Two or three Of his foreign paintings
also are hung in the Del Monte art
galleries, where they have evoked mos
favorable criticism. The best of these
are Street in Estaples, France" anc
sheep Barn, Picardy."
chris JorgensOn at present is in tn,
Yosemite on a painting tour. gather
ing material for his coming winters
work. During his absence work steadily
is progressing on his studio and bunga.
low at Pebble beach. Upon its conn
pletion he will leave his white eIs-
phant.' as his Carmel home. because Of
it's size, has been dubbed by the artist
colony of the community. and will live
altogether at Pebble beach with oe-
casional mountain and desert trips for
new fields for his genius.
An allegorical picture, entitled The
Pursuit of Happiness" which is now
on exhibition in Los Angeles. is shortly
to be brought to this city and placed
on view in one Of the local galleries.
The painting is a large one, 10 bv Ia
rect, and is valued at $4,000. II is the
work of Ashley NJ. Cooper. the idea
taken from a passage in QUO vadiss
and the setting being laid in an old
garden outside of the city Of Rome
The interest Of the canvas centers
around the young Roman centurion
who is driving a chariot drawn by four
horses Not satisfied with the pleasures
of the city of Rome shown in the hack
ground, the young Roman. in pursuit OF
greater pleasure, is driving nadly for
ward TO a precipice. unseen by him he
cause of the imaginary. ilIusfve. entie-
Ing phantasms of pleasure in the A,
that are drawing him on to destruc-
tion. In the foreground is seated ona
OF the vestal virgins. who has permit
ted her lamp to go out. while her white
robe of purity, symbolic of her holy
calling, has changed to pink. Other
secondary figures are suggestive of the
same idea-that the mad pursuit OF
pleasure generally ends in destruction
Cooper has also painted several other
pictures of historical and aHegorical
subjects, among the best known being
The Morning of the Crucihxfon." "The
Story of the Evil Spirit THE Burning
Arrow and "Cleopatra's Barge"
A number OF well known artists OF
this city left day or so ago for Car
where a large exbi-
bition is shortly to be held in the resu-
lar exhibition hall. Among those who
have closed their studios for the sum-
mer are Goddard Gale, who makes his
home in Oakland. He will show quite
a strong characteristic group Bf his
water colors. Gales work is so well
known that little further need be said
in praise of 1t on this coast. His watar
colors, with their exquisite touch tnej7
perfection of detail and their mingled
hghtness and strength. carried OF the
grand prize over all the water color
exhibits of the world at the Alaska
Yukon exhibition last year Some az
tnoSe then shown and number OF
others even more beautiful will he
hung in the coming display at Carmel
All or the artist colony who make
their homes around Monterey also will
WHICH
open Wednesday. Among them viii he
Miss de Neale Morgan, Miss EVELYN Nc
Cormick, A. Vachell. Ferdinand Burg
dorn, Hugo V. Peterson. t. B. Richard
son, Chris Jorgensen, Lester ID. Ro-
ronda and others.
A rev OF Vachers paintings also viii
be shown shortly in this citv AT the
Rabjohn and Morcom galleries i'm POST
street. One of the best Of these is
scene shortly after the hour of davOn
at Carmel 1t is simply a canvas or
ocean and sky, but 1t is fun of a Won
1erfully soft, delicateIy radiant liob+
ana atmosphere. The sky is nee~r
gray. deepening to darker TIM urtth
masses of foamy clouds of mink 80
silver The water is a pale blue. chan~
ng to the lightest of greens a1a
touched to faint cream and vallnr-
.ones by the morning glow. A vondev
.ul silver haze seems TO touch the vvhc1.
surface of sky and bay and fam cor
'red sand Only the rocks ana ar a.,
ng sea gulls are in warmer note go.
hey but serve to throw into more 49,
1saiing Pea relief the morning setting Of