The San Francisco call., 1910-07-03

II VIII De genuine disappointment
not only to the many friends OF Miss
Helen Hyde in this city, but also to
the local colony of artists, to learn
that her stay on the coast is limited
to a few weeks, as she will leave
shortly for the east and eventually
way of Suez.
Miss Hyde arrived from the orient
last Monday and since has been the
guest of her aunt. Mrs. David Bixler,
at her home in Pierce street. Her
brief visit here she will spend with
various relatives. as her present trip
is to be complete rest and vacation
from her arduous artistic labors in
the orient Ten years altogether she
has spent across the water, the love
of the Japanese style of art. at which
she was an expert before leaving here.
having lured her to the far east. 1t is
now nearly IL years since she closed
her studio in this city. After travelling
through China and India, making
sketches as she went, she chose Japan
as her permanent place of abode, and
there she has a delightfully."- quaint
home, built in the Japanese style, and
an attractive studio fitted up to suit
erfancy. 1t is there. surrounded by
the place. the atmosphere. and the
people. that she has painted the ex-
quisite water colors, and done the
etchings and woodcuts that are bring
ing her fame.
Most of Helen Hyde's work has
found eastern purchasers. as it has
been exhibited almost entirely in an
eastern field. Some of her prints, how
ever, also are shown at Vickery's
where they have been much in demand,
as her knowledge of the life she de-
picts has been so pleasant and inti-
mate and her productions are done
with the original Helen Hyde touch
that gives them distinction.
There is considerable talk of her
holding collective exhibition OF her
works at Vickery, Atkins and Torrey's
galleries in Sutter street prior to her
departure for New York. If so held
it will attract great deal of atten-
public display she has made in years.
four years altogether having elapsed
since her last visit home.
In couple of weeks Miss Hyde
will start east to see her sisters, her
time until the early spring to be de-
voted to round of visits. In March
she expects to leave for Europe. where
she will put in year of study in Paris
and Rome. returning to Japan in the
spring of 1912.
An interesting little group of the
paintings of Matilda Lotz is proving
quite drawing card to the picture
gallery of the Park museum. Her work
always attracts attention on this coast,
as it is seldom one of her can
vases drifts so far west as this from
her delightful old studio in the French
capital Her painting of Oxen for
years one of the attractions of the
gallery, is now surrounded by
several others of her later pieces of
work. Among the best and most virile
Of these may be mentioned, "The Mar
net cCCASB Will rs A4Ch
setting; THE Normandy Calf" Cat
tie in Pasture and THE Deerhund and
In the portion of the gallery devoted
TO the work of California artists are
many striking new figure studies and
andscapes from the brushes of Charles
1ollo Peters, William Keith, Theodore
Wores, Maurice del Niue. Mattieu San
iona, G. Cadenasso. Elizabeth Strong,
Bertha S. Lee. Alice Chittenden. Jo-
;eph Cleary, Joseph Greenebaum, Jules
Pages, Joseph Rafael. John NJ. Gamble.
Arien Altman, Thomas Hill and Oscar
<unart.
Thomas ]. Richardson. who has been
pending several months in Pacific.
irove., where he opened a studio re-
ently, will leave early this month for
lis annual summer sketching trip to
Alaska. 1t will be late fall before he
eturns to California to begin his win
er work In his studio are shown a
number OF interesting sketches and ,
anyases done with sureness and vi