Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-06-15
WONDERFUL ART EXHIBIT
HERE THE LAST OF JUNE
GOOD AMERICAN PAINTINGS ARE BETTER
THAN PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
OF THE OLD MASTERS

| 10 ait lne WoT1u over, BUI
TO SEE A REAL ART COLLECTION
FIND IT'S WAY FOR THE FIRST
TIME INTO A STATE REMOTE
FROM ART COLLECTIONS is or
special interest and full of hope for
all of that growing number of peo-
pie who believe in the possibility of
aesthetic development for the young
people OF the Gem State, and who
desire that art shall find its oppor-
tunity for a natural expression in
beautiful Idaho.
The pioneer society headed by the
able Mrs. DR.. Minnie Howard in
his art educational movement is to
De praised for not having wasted en-
ergy In signing for the unattainable
Did masters but in their faith in the
worth of things American, have en-
deavored to obtain this collection of
American arts, believing that for
purposes of art culture the good orig
mai American paintings are far bet
ter than prints and photographs of
the old masters.
There appears to be something an
omalous in our attitude toward our
nome art of painting. We regard the
other things that We do, and Justly,
as legitimate reasons for civic pride.
Our commerce and the piles of steel
and stone that cry aloud Its praise
of our schools and Libraries, our
splendid interpretative art of music
which has revealed even to their f.
nest shades of meaning the great
musical concepts of the world, all
these are sources of self-satisfaction,
deep and constant. But our pride in
what our painter fellows are doing
does not appear to have taken any
deep root In our self-consciousness
1t Is strictly occasional and spasmod-
ic. And yet our artists here and now
are painting pictures which are de-
serving of more intelligent apprecia-
tion and visit to their exhibit In
Mountain Home will convince any
one. What Is here shown will be
found to average well with our
other achievements and to offer an
equally fit topic for self-congratula-
THE EXHIBIT is MODEST, COM.
PRISING ABOUT 80 WORKS, but
n range Of subjects and variety of
IT HAS AN INTER
EST AND SIGNIFICANCE THAT
ARE GREATER THAN SUGGEST
cd BY THE SMALL WALL SPACE
T COVERS. If We disassociate the
dea of bigness from the idea of
What Is worth while, We shall find
his unpretentious exhibit deserving
Il very serious consideration. The
irst impression that the pictures
make upon the average
Dserver Is one of singular sanity In
oint OF view and technique. There
Gems to be an almost complete abb
ence of the ultra-fashionable in
tyle, fine restraint and soberness
treatment.
Let us call attention to some that
ave impressed the writer with their
Ugh standard of excellence. There
! no truer test of excellence In a
lndscape than that acquaintance with
!, which makes 1t seem better and
etter. When first looked at Mr..
d. r. Schultz's "Trout Stream
ith its water flowing towards the
oserver, l liked 1t. have now
'und out that 1t Is a thing to love
ith Its gray sky and tree fringed
inks; the whole scene is permeated
ith the gray light of the day and
Is painted with a directness and
surance of touch that comes FROM
well mastered method.
Mr.. John f. Staceys "Tn the Har-
'r,' has that clarity of tint that is
e peculiar charm of pictu .es in
1ich the brush work Is not retouch-
and where the artists color sense
fine. The water is expressed by
rye sweeps of the brush to simulate
e waves Of an enclosed harbor.
Indian Summer" by W. Fl. Ir-
ne, is delightful picture, which
e cannot help but admire The
y, plain and trees are not merely
inted things, but are very pai.
the day and the sunlight. When
artist paints life out of do,rs he
lst first think of it as part of the
me and not give 1t an insis.ent
Continued next week.