The San Francisco call., 1910-01-23
I'm 6he ArG World
By MARGARET MARSHALL DOYLE

collection, consisting Of 21 canvases.
will be put on view at the rooms of
the Sequoia club in Post street.
Some of these works have already
been seen. Eleven of them were hung
at the California club in its annual
exhibition and more recently they have
been on exhibition at the Bohemian
club. They are all the work of differ
ent artist members of the Bohemian
club. and were donated for the es-
tablishment of an educational fund for
the son of the late Newton j. Tharpe.
young Lawrence Tharpe.
The collection is a remarkable one.
showing the best work of those who
have contributed to the fund. one
characteristic canvas from each Of the
following artists being on view: VIII
liam Keith. Arthur F. Matthews. Or
rim Peck, Ernest PeixottO, Charles j.
Dickman. viii Sparks. Frank McComas
Theodore Wores. Xavier Martinez. May
nard Dixon, Maurice del Niue, Giu-
seppe Cadenasso, Chris Jorgensen.
Gordon Coutts, L. p Latimer. Randall
Boroughs, Ferdinand Burgdorr and
Eugen Neuhaus.
From his studio in Berkeley. ]. Nj.
Grifren has sent a number of striking
little landscapes in pasteIs and oils.
which are on view at Rabjohn & Nor
CONS in Post street. For the most
part these are singuIarly pretty little
sketches, taken in the Berkeley hills.
and are chiefly remarkable for their
warmth of treatment and their almost
vivid richness of tone. The coloring
dued. in soft shades of red-brown and
green. but flood OF light always re-
lieves the somberness in sky and clouds
and on the distant horizon line There
are brilliancy and dash given to most
of his works which make them beauti-
full. quite apart from the attractive set
ting the artist has chosen. His Even
ing in the Berkeley Foothills" is an ad-
mirable sample of this. The faint gold 4
of the sun just set broadens and
spreads in the evening sky to a deep
soft rosy pink. tinting the clouds. al
ready FURNISHED with gold. This same
afterglOw. with it's wonderful light.
fingers for a moment in the twilight
of the front of the canvas. touching the
lake with gold and warming the red
brown of the tree trunks with its
ruddy tints
A dainty little pastel is his Sunset
with the yellow light OF the sinking
sun and its glorious setting in a won
derfully tinted sky showing through
the dark, warmly painted trees of the
foreground This. like all of his. is
noticeable for the good cloud effects
and for the way the reflected light is
brought out in landscape and water.
Griffen shows great promise. the ma
jority of his works. however and some
of the strongest samples OF 1t, being in
his studio in the Berkeley foothills
Another interesting painting on view
at Rabjohn & Morcoms is a Lei
Maker of Hawaii the canvas that won
for its author. Theodore Wores. a gold
medal at the Alaska-Yulxon exposition.
1t is splendid work. bold and sure.
as are all OF Wores'. and is of especial
interest as being typical of the life in
the islands The little native girl.
seated on a native mat. is making a
string, warm. rich. yellow. for her
own adornment out of the native petal
of the lei flower. A wreath OF some
herb is around her neck, falling low
over the picturesque costume OF deep
crimson in which she Is clad and
which brings into greater relief her =
peculiar dark skinned beauty A
wreath of leaves in her hair, aug
mented by vivid flowers the shade OF
her dress. complete her odd and charm
ing attire and forms the finishing
touch to an altogether splendid por-
trait. true one of that phase OF life
in Hawaii "-~