Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-04
Art Notes


m HE interesting holiday exhibition
at Blanchard galleries is drawing
Il to a close. Mrs. Elizabeth Bur
tons art-crafts exhibition was removed
last week, the exhibition of paintings
by Ralph Mocine closed on Friday. and
the collection of prints. engravings,
etc, will be on view until the latter
part of the coming week.
Two canvases recently returned from
the Seattle exposition have been added
to MI. Mocine's collection, one a lovely
scene of moonlight possessing the poetic
quality in no small degree, and another
San Pedro sketch, "On the Break
water" is most agreeable in it's, tonal-
ity. This exhibition of the work of one
of our most successful 'plein-airists"
has been of unusual interest through
out.
The collection of rare prints and en-
cravings has afforded an unusual
pleasure to lovers of those things
Some of the old prints belonging to
Mrs Maude McVicker, such as the
Palma or Salvador Rosas, are veritable
treasures Of art, as are the wood en-
cravings of Charles jacques, Paul Huet
and Louis NORM loaned by Hector Al
lot, or "The Student and 'The
Smoker of Meissonier loaned by 1.-THE
Rookery." The Japanese prints from
the studio of Mary Eleanor Curran are
rarely beautiful in their soft color har-
monies.
The number of small canVases shown
are excellent examples of the work
of some of our well known artists. Sew
eral small water colors by C. A. Fries
are among the best things we have
seen. by him, and Teresa Cloud is repre-
sented by a number of studies Offering
variety and charm. group of book
plate designs by Warren e. Hedges
are strongly decorative in character
the one chosen by the management Of
Blanchard hall for use on its stationery
being especially good. A couple OF
color monotypes by Anna Zucher add
ioyous bits of color, and Jack Gage
Stark shows monotypes and etchings
of strange birds, most clever in tech
nique.
The exhibition has been especially
well suited to the holidays season and
has attracted many visitors.
s.
Anropos of the question of woman's
place in art raised III letter from
Julia Bracken Wendt, recently pub
Iished in the art columns of the Times,
an article by Giles Edgerton in the
Craftsman is rather comprehensive
statement of facts as they exist, though
It fails to bring us anywhere in the
end. In writing on "The Ceuallty OF
Woman's Art Achievement he says:
"In spite of the valiant championship
of woman at the beginning of this new
century, there seems still lurking
suspicion in the mind of that unldenti-
fed assemblage known as the intelli-
gent public that, judged impartially
womars work in the great fields Of
art. in sculpture in music, is on the
average distinctly inferior to mans,
and that in the remote realm known
as the land of genius, she seldom
walks abroad unaided. Just here the
champions of woman seem to spring
up all about me and hear the draw
ing of swords-which end in stub pens
and the flowing of ink in defense of
the place and success of modern wom-
an in art. Yet this very agitation of
chivalry-does it not spring from
need of defense? The sword has ever
been drawn for the weaker amongst
us, and the pen has in no small meas
ure initiated this Ger valiant attitude