The San Francisco call., 1910-10-02
Art Circles Are 10 Be
Treated to Fine Exhibit
Splendid Canvases of Frederick B. Williams
To Be Shown, Beginning Tomorrow
BY Margaret Marshall Doyle

work so closely resembles Corot's that
even the great painter of the Barbizon
school could not always distinguish
himself between the two styles, is be-
ing shown for a fortnight at the Gump
galleries in Post street.
Where Corot painted largely morning
and evening scenes Trouillebert chose
midday for his theme and in this, as
in many Of his other paintings, peas
ant figure homeward bound adds a
touch of realism and of warm human
interest to the bright surroundings of
the noon hour. A remarkable gray
blue sky, cloud touched, softens the
glare of the sunlight on lake. trees and
spring grass and distant home. Dainty
color, the picture is one of the most
charming to be found in this city,
Frederick Yates, the we'll known
portrait painter, will leave New York
this week for Los Angeles and later
will come to this city for several
months stay to paint a number of
him across the continent. Yates will
make his home while in this city with
his sister, Mrs. George H. Powers, in
Clay street, and at the Bohemian club,
of which he is member, and he is al
ready making arrangements. for a
studio in which to do his work. His
name and fame have travelled here be-
fore him, as his studio in London was
one of the most picturesque there and
many of the most prominent Americans
on the other side have sat to him for
their pictures, society women being a
rpecialty with him.
Yates is the father of Miss Mary
Yates of London, the little Is year old
sculptor who has already made name
for herself in her chosen field of art
j. Pierpont Morgan owns one of her
groups, and she has received many
favorable criticisms from art connois-
seurs across the water. which looks a
if in time she would give promise of
equaling if not outclassinG her illus
trious father.
Lester D. Boronda is up from Pa
ciffc Grove for a few days and is stop
ping at the st. Francis, where he con-
templates holding a large exhibition of
his works in the near future. Hugo
Y. Petersen of Monterey will open his
display in the tapestry room of the
hotel November l with about so of his
Indian scenes on view against a cloth
of gold background. Henry Bowie of
San Mateo is also completing arrange
ments for an exhibit of Japanese art
which he hopes to hold in the near
future in one of the hotels of this
city, and Heinrich of Chicago viii
shortly show from so to 20 of his
sketches at the Palace hotel Heinrich
has been spending the last few months
in Los Angeles and is due in this city
the early part of this week. For the
present he viii make his headquarters
at the Palace, but later viii open
studio, as he expects to settle here
eventually for some years to come.
His display will be a most pleasing
one as he has started a new fad in
drawing and painting with his spe-
cialty of sepia portraits, which have
given him the name of the poster art
ist." These are for the most part strik-
ing heads OF prominent women of New
York, Chicago and Los Angeles and
are done in sepia tones, shading from
pale to deepest brown. The exhibition
of many of these portraits and his
figure studies is set for about the.
middle of October.
ION the Cliffs one of the paintings
by Frederick Ballard Williams of New
York is now on exhibition in this CITY