Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-06

claimed the greatest in fine arts, as
well as in industrial progress.
"And does the study Of the old mas
ters with few exceptions) help the
young artist? It is very doubtful. To
study from most of them is simply
starting those young artists on the
wrong road-copying color-faded,
faulty in drawing, uninteresting sub
jects, will never breed enthusiasm; and
no enthusiasm in art means very little
progress
without exaggeration it can be said
that for one genuine old master IN the
United States there are now one hun
dred spurious ones
Does not that fit admirably the words
of Barnum, The Americans like to be
| humbugged%
1T is very difficult to understand
why intelligent men should relish that.
And yet the flood of bogus old paint
ings in this country, on which every
year millions of good American dollars
are spent, shows exactly that what
Barnum said was so far an absolute
truth.
1T is sincerely to be hoped that the
long craze for the so-called old masters
will soon be a thing of the past and
that the majority OF them will be rel
egated to the obscurity to which they
belong and replaced by modern works
of art full of the poetry Of life and
freshness of colors.
Beautiful paintings are silent poems
immortalized on canvas; let them en-
rich and brighten your homes.
PAUL DE LONGPRE,
Hollywood, Cal.
February 18, 1910"
The reading of the above arouses a
renewed interest in this painter and
his work, so well known throughout
the country of his adoption. The ex-
hibition of paintings of flowers from
Southern California which is now
being held at Mr.. De Longpre's studio
in Hollywood is the largest he has
ever held, ninety-eight paintings being
shown. Among these is the one which
the artist considers his masterpiece
a large study of pink and red peonies
and white daisies. He began this
painting more than ten years ago, be-
fore coming to California, and has re-
Gently completed it from a number of
small studies of these flowers on
which he has lavished his matchless
technique. OF all the paintings shown,
those of exquisite white flowers in
pure water color are perhaps the most
wonderful technically and the most
pleasing from an artistic standpoint.
Several studies of Matilda poppies are
most exquisite, as well as the Cherokee
roses, white cosmos and Easter lilies.
A study of Easter lilies against a
Gothic ornament is a most effective ar
rangement and one of the most beau
tiful things in the collection, though
one feels an irresistible desire to fur
ther conventionalize the treatment by
extending the stems of the lilies to the
bottom of the picture. "Rose, SouVe-
mir de IA Malmaison" is another study
most beautiful in color and the paint
ing Of still life shown throughout is
marvellous in its mastery of detail
The exhibition will be open to the pub
lie for several weeks longer and con-
tinues to attract hordes of visitors.
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roomful of paintings by Granville
Redmond will be shown at the Kanst
gallery during the next two weeks.
Several of these have never been eX-
hibited in Los Angeles before and two
at least are notably different from the
former creations of this artist, "The
oaks" and Evening Among the Oaks, -
both low in tone, with somber skies,
and showing the strong modelling of
tree forms that is so characteristic. In
contrast to these is the Golden Hour
with its brilliant sunlight, or some of