Evening journal., 1912-11-13
PRIVATE VIEW
OF PYLE ART
Nucleus Of Wilmington So
Clety Collection BewiIderS
Lovers Of Painting
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
60 WITH DISPLAY

With a private view for many so
fortunate as 70 be asked. the first art
exhibit BY the Wilmington Society Of
The Fine Arts was opened I'm the du-
font building auditorium last night.
Featuring this preliminary view was
great social gathering. showing the
deep inter st in the display Of Howard
Pyles masterpieces and the choicest
paintings by his pupils. and the fur
therance OF the project TO establish,
with the Howard Pyle collection as
a nucleus, an art gallery for Whining
ton
He gave OF the best that was in
him. says Clifford Washley, in a
brief biographical sketch of Mr. Pyle
that appears in the catalog Of the
art show Never were words more
ftruly spoken than these; and never
was thes "best returned in such full
est measure, nor more beautiful trib-
ute paid to a man and his work than
/ is expressed in the present exhibition
of M Pylo: the detail beauty and
/ charm of color of each picture, a
mute testimonial of master teaching
: The soft tints of the electric
/ light last night threw just enough
shade on the hanging pictures TO ac-
centuafe their beauty and the beauti-
! full gowns of the women present per-
1 fectly harmonized with the wealth Of
color on the walls Not before. this
season, has there been a social event
of greater interest than the reception
given to the exhibitors, artists ana
/ their friends at the Private View.
The painti.ss exhibited by the pu-
pills numbering lO6, were hung in the
! ballroom and the splendid collection
of pictures by Howard Pyle himself
and now belonging TO the perma'
nent collection OF the Wilmington So
city oil Fine Arts. are hung in the gall
leries and small rooms adjoining the
I ballroom on the same floor. where
they will remain until a permanent
gallery can be found for them.
II is almost impossible TO judge OF
the merits OF the splendid collections
of paintings exhibited. because OF the
wide range in subjects, but each one
in turn proved positively that the
teacher was a master in his art.
"Swect and Low" "rhe Faded
Rose" and Summers Passing" by
Jessie Wilcox Smith, we're truly typi-
cal of the lovely child pictures for
which she is famous.
All the rare beauty and richness oi
coloring Of Maxfcld Parrishs paint
ings were depicted in "The Story oi
Snowdrop.' and "The Sleeping Beau
IT," The Wayside Passenger by
Stanely NJ. Arthur, took one back, In
fancy, to the days of the old time
stage coach. Emlon Mcconnell s
'HTho First Christmas Night Nal
wonderfully effective, as was ais.
"The Silent Lake" by Frank z
Schoonover The Madonna of tn
Prairie" by Percey v. p. Ivory, an,
, "The Decorative Panel by sarah Is
Smith were unusually lovely IN Dcaut
( Of subject and coloring
Among other pictures. too numerou
TO mention in entirety are "A Labra
dor Christmas by Gayle hOskins
Child and Cats" by Katherine Pyle
THE Patchwork Quilt and "Ih
Culprit," by Charles Mcclellan, AM
Children Of the Press, The Cap
tain" by e. b. T. Pyle: open Boats,
by Clifford w. Ashley, and "Th'
Letter. by Roscoe Schrader.
The exhibition will be open after
Moons and evenings during the re-
: mainder of the week, from 2.30 to II
/, ID. m. and a number of teas and othel
: social events have been arranged fol
each afternoon
Miss Phoebe Pyle will have charge
of the tea this afternoon, and vii
have as her assistants, Miss Greti
Barksdale, Miss Katherine Tallman
Miss Henriette Stadelman, and Mis-
) Ethel Tallman.