Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-09
Art Notes
BY ELIZABETH wAGGoNER

! ~ NE of the most important exhibits
of the year will open at the
W Blanchard galleries Monday after
| nOon when q rare collection of old
masters will be on view. Several OF
these come from the famous Nymental
collection, among them being Car
racci, a Murillo, a Guido Reni, copy
of Titians Death of st. Peter" the
original of which was destroyed by
fire, this being the only copy in eX-
istence.
1.-The Witch" by David Teniers, the
younger, is one of the gems of TINS
collection, and an categorical Por-
trait" by Zampieri, is of especial in
terest. In addition to these number
of old masters have been loaned from
some of the notable Los Angeles col
lections. Salvador Rosa's Forest OF
Philosophers" has been loaned by Mrs.
Frank Wing Taylor and two canvases
from the same master come from the
collection of Mary f. Foss of Pasa-
dena. Thomas E. Gibbon has loaned
for the exhibition 1.-The Trinity" OF
Guereino, and r. w. Vincent presents
a fine Durer st. Cecilia" John w.
Mitchell loans a Holy Family by
Francesca Rustici, and Hector Alliot,
from his valuable collection, sends a
''St. Sebastian of the school of Carlo
Francois Hubert Dronais.
A landscape by Corot and sketch
by Claude Lorrain lend variety to this
unusual collection of world famous
paintings. The exhibition will continue
for three weeks and will be open to the
public only from 2 to 4 o'clock each
afternoon during that time, and by
special appointment with the curator
the paintings may be seen between 10
and II in the forenoon.
In connection with this exhibition, in
one of the smaller galleries, will be
shown a number of copies from the
old masters by u. Alexandra, which viii
be of especial interest at this time.
1t is a matter of interest and of
especial pride to the people of Southern
California that the work of George
Gardner Symons is receiving in the
east the recognition it merits. His
"Opalescent River has recently been
purchased by well known New York
collector, and it is rumored it is to find
a permanent home in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
Each season we learn of new honors
that have been awarded to the work
of William Wendt, as he SENDS his
canVases on to the eastern exhibitions.
Several of these are now on view at
the exhibition of the Chicago Society OF
Artists, and the Society of Western
Artists, with whom Mr.. Wendt has
been exhibiting, have bestowed a prize
upon these canvases, painted in Cali
fornia, and many of them, to the re-
gret of local connoiseurs, were sent
on for exhibition in the east before
they could be viewed by the art lovers
of Los Angeles.
Julia Bracken Wendt is also repre-
sented at the exhibition of the Chicago
Society of Artists by several portrait
reliefs, and it is a disappointment to
her Chicago friends that she was un-
able to go there to serve on the jury
for this exhibition.
William Lees Judson will lecture on
1.-THE Painters Ideal Life" at the COL
lege of fine arts Monday night, this
being the third in the series of lee
lures under the auspices of the Arroyo
Guild.
A meeting of Southern California's S
new art club was announced for Satur-
day evening at the studio of William
Wendt, and it is expected that an
nouncements will soon be forthcoming
as to exhibitions to follow by this or
ganization.