The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25
ILLNESS OUTS ASTOP
TOKEITH'S ART WORK
Number of His Best Paintings Have Been
Postponed Due to Sickness
By MARGARET MARSHALL DOYLE

The serious illness OF William Keith.
who has been confined 10 his bed Tor
the last three weeks with severe
attack Of the grip. has been matter
Of general regret. not only 70 MS
friends. but also TO art circles both
east and west. as he has been doing
some OF his finest work lately, which
in itself is saying a great deal
Most Of these canvases are shown
in his studio in Post street and few
at the Vickery. Atkins & Torrey gal
leries. and one very remarkable one
is shown a Gump,s-the one calied
A Pastoral" which proved the IN
spiratfon for one Of Edward Robson
Tsylor's poems
The painting is a typical Keith, rich
in tone. true in color and wonderful In
handling e landscape of dark fore
ground. with trees and grass and wood
IN shadow. opening out into land of
sunshine and promise. q land Of blue
water and serene blue skies.
Another artist who is seriously i'll is
Miss Susan Watkins. the portrait
painter from New York. Since her
arrival on the coast for the summer
she has been painting for the most
part at San Mateo and Burlingame,
Miss Vera de Saba, Miss Leontine De
Saba. Miss caro- Coleman and the
three little daughters Of Mrs. Charles
u. Clark being among those who have
sat for her Her work has been cut
short by her sudden sickness. which
has upset all Of her future plans.
She had expected to leave shortly for
New York 10 reopen her studio for her
winter work and before her departure
she contemplated holding an exhibition
et the Vickery. Atkins & Torrey gal
leries.
Just what she viii do now is a mat
ter Of conjecture. but IL is generally
expected that she will consent to pro-
long her visit and viii remain for
some months longer here as the guest
Of her brother. Doctor Watkins
Ferdinand Burgdorf is one Of the
artists who viii exhibit this winter, as
shortly after the first Of the year. on
his return from the desert. he is sched-
uled TO hold a large collective display
of his paintings at the Vickery gal
leries. Miss Helen Carlysle viii have
a score OF more Of her works shown
in the same place for a fortnight, be-
ginning October 81 John NJ Gamble
viii exhibit in December at Schussler
Brothers in Suffer street. The Bo-
hemian club viii hold a spring exhibi-
tion in its new club building in Post
street, and number of eastern dis
plavs are also creating considerable
among these is the exhibition Of Amer
ican painters to be held in October in
the Chicago art institute. An addi-
tional Interests this year, and one that
is insuring keen competition. is the
award OF $1,000 and the gold medal
presented by Mrs. Potter Palmer, and
in addition 10 this a society known as
the Friends Of American Art has been
established there with q view to push
ing forword American work in this
line. each member Of which pledges
himself to pay 5000 z. year for FIVE
years.
As there are already loo members it
is expected that the art institute will
be permanently enriched by the pur-
chasing OF some noteworthy paintings
before the close of the exhibit. The
artists Of America have also been asked
10 contribute paintings to the inter
national exhibition OF art and history.
to be held in Rome in 1911.
The selection OF engravings. paint
ings. drawings, sculpture and nlustra-
tions viii begin al once. so that the
American display viii compare favor
ably with that OF other countries, the
Italian authorities guaranteeing the
sale OF works 10 the sum of 500, 600,
and they offer besides $4,000 worth
OF prizes.
The date for the annual Sketch club
exhibition has been set for November
2 and viii continue until the 18th