The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
SUSAN WATKINS
VISITING COAST
Artist Whe Won Fame Abroad
Arrives, but Delays Opening
of Local Studio
CadenassO DevOting Summer
Work TO Landscape Studies
in Nearby Beauty Spots
By Margaret Marshall Doyle

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Miss Susan Watkins. the landscape
artist and portrait painter. whose life
. SIZE painting of woman's figure. re-
Gently accepted by the Paris salon. has t
brought her the highest praise from
p. french critics. has closed her New /
orS studio until the late fan and viii {
spend the summer on this coast Since /
ner arrival last week she has been di- 4
Nioing her time between the home of 1
ler brother Dr. J. Watkins in this
city and that of Mrs. NJ n. Tompkins 4
IN. san Anselmo
ln fortnight she expects to open !
. a temporary studio here. and until her /
return east viii devote her time to her /
art both indoor and out. OF her sue /
cess In both Of her lines Of work little /
- need be said. her fame has travelled |
-pefore her and samples of her ability 4
sdorn several Of the weaIthiest homes I
mere Her landscape work with which /
she began her career. is deep con +
kinclng and handled with great vigor .
ana q Keen appreciation Of the beau /
lies Of nature but il is for her figure 4
studies and her portrait painting that /
sAe. has been awarded the highest /
praise.
Many Of the most prominent Cali 1
lornlans en- route 10 Europe have I
dropped in 10 her attractive New York I
q
. paint their portraits. Among those she 4
, has done are Mrs. Walter Hobart and I
llef- interesting children. Miss Janet I
coleman. Mrs. Daniel Murphy. Mrs I
Alexander Lilly and others from this 1
coast equally well known Her arrival 4
here has resulted i'm a number Of orders /
Tor further portraits but as her plans /
are not yet fully formulated Miss Wat /
klns has so far accepted no commits (
slons. If her present intentions hold (
months before she reOpens her New 1
York studio.
After leaving California Miss Wat /
klns devoted some time to her art in 4
Paris. and later studied in Italy For I
the last Is months she has made her /
' nome IN New York and her best work /
has been done there. Last winter, also 4
for a figure painting. she carried off 4
the Junior Shaw memorial prize and I
her work shown in the Alaska Yukon (
exposition also received an award.
@. Cadenasso. instead of deserving
the city for the summer months. as the
ma5ority Of the local artist colony are
doing, Is cOntenting himself with short
trips across the bay into the choicest /
spots Of Marin and Alameda counties l
finding in each trip some new and
pleasing theme for his brush. Many
Of his choicest landscapes are in brown /
and yellow tones. done in pastels but
u is Tor his late paintings of his spe-
. eial faTorite. Mount Tamalpais. that he
seems TO be receiving the highest /
praise. The subject is one that has
appealed 10 nearly every artist in this
city. and each has handled il in his own
way, with the touch that makes his
work original. so that the idea never /
ures. A dozen paintings of the same 4
lpQuntain are alike and yet different j
and each has its own appeal The latest 1
: - ar~ 4
1.-The mountain top wreathed in sun
Light and the base hidden in the low
drifting fog. This effect of sun and fog
and the shadows IN valley and hollows /
Is beautifully brought cut and is among
tine best Of the late canvases shown
by the artist. One or two of his late
afternoon studies and his eucalyptus
trees are shown at Schussier Brothers
:and at Courvisier's in Sutter street
Word has come from Rome Of the
great success Miss Maud Daggett is
winning in the field Of sculpture When
she left California a year go to COM
plete her art studies she opened
studio in Rome and began her career
under the instruction and supervision
Of Sherry Edmundson Frey. pupil of
the master sculptor, Frederick Mac
Monnies. Lately the latter has con-
Sented to criticise her work which in
itself is proof of her talent
in spite Of the fact that Miss Dag
Sett IS not a member of the Paris
artists colony, one Of her late pieces
entitled The Goose Girl has been
shown in the sculpture group OF the
salon of French artists in the Grand
Palais. The statue. representing a
young goose girl is quantity and
strongly handled and is the most am
bilious piece of work shown so far
from the hand Of the young artist. The
original intention in designing it was
that it eventually might adorn a foun-
tain or wall in some children's park
or playground. MacMonnies was so
: pleased with the attempt when he saw
.. il that il was mainly at his suggestion
that il was offered to the salon.
Miss Daggett is well known on this
coast, her earlier artistic career having
. begun in Los Angeles She is equally
well known in this city, however, and
her work, a bss relief OF a small boy.
received honorable mention at the Sc
attic exposition.
3; In the fall she viii close her studio
= in Rome and open one in Paris. where
she viii continue her studies for an
other year. Later she viii return to
California and establish herself per-
manently either in Pasadena or in this
city.
An interesting exhibition. which
opened yesterday afternoon. Is that of
the collection of Japanese art which
Sakura Kwai is holding at the Golden
Gate park museum. Not only in this
view are many choice pieces of Japa-
nese bric-a- -brac included. but water
color sketches, Japanese prints and
kakemonos are shown. and three an
cient court costumes, donated by the
japanese community OF this city are
also exhibited. One Of the most in
-. teresting portions Of the display is that
devoted to the prints loaned from the
Katherine NJ Ball collection. Others
who have contributed to the success
Of the affair are:
Mrs Blanche Carson Miss Mary Nefy
Miss Carlotta AIaybury Miss Helen Hitchcock