Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-10


 exhibit has brought to the quaint, his- -toric town not only brilliant com pany of artists. but persons pronai- nent socially in a number of cities
 Working for Gallery Fund.
 This years exhibit had a new and stronger motive than any in previous years, since the Lyme artists" as they are affectionately and collectively called in the art world, have within their vision the realization of their long time hope. i. e.. to some day build a proper gallery for the display of their finished work and sketches. The site for this gallery has been actually procured. on the land of Miss Florence Griswold, the kindly patron friend of the artists, which is con- sidered a big step toward the achieve ment or the painters hopes.
 To be sure, the library makes an excellent location for the annual show and the pictures were hung with true by such celebrities as William s. Rob- inson. Gregory Smith, William H. Howe, Will Howe Foote and Clark Voorhees,.
 First Painting Sold.
 The show started off with the sale. for $500 of H. R. Poore's charming ts,II nsalnting, Autumn Morning. Every
 
 but the members of the artist colony have long yearned for a home of their own and a big proportion of what their work brings at" each sale is 70 DC de- voted to this gallery fund. toward which they had already sold $1500 worth. Naturally. the war unrest af- fected this years buying; but this will probably prove but temporary handicap.
 Thirty-eisht Artists Exhibit.
 Thirty eight artists exhibited. Of the collection, perhaps the most arrenSion was attracted byN Charles Bittinger's The Lace Fan. with its wonderful soft high lights and graceful posing; Ma tida Browne's The Hay Vain. a mar Rosa Bonheur of the Lwme colony demonstrates her surety and skilled brush in depicting the sturay oven yoked for their hay field task; Harry l.. Hoffman's Queens Lace Handler chief, and the remarkably strong, feel ing. poetic Evening: Black Hall Beach by William H. Howe. In this last, the cattle knee deep in the limpid water the distant sail. the soft haze of eve- ming. appeal to picture makers and picture lovers alike. Another canvas which stood out strongly was William $. Robinson's Summer Idyl.
 Most of the scenes are in and about Lyme so that it is interesting to note the contrast in two artists treatment Of the same subject. Jules Turcas pictures The Neck Road in the elu- sfve yellow and gray greens of early spring. while such a master as Clark c. Voorhees, depicts it all white and sepia. during the cheerlessness of midwinter. Another early spring can- vas. with all the love of these artists M Bruesti'e's painting, all tender blues and greens.
 Edmund Greasen's Work.
 There was always a little crowd of murmuring admirers before Edmund Greasen's The Beach at Watch Hill, in which one caught the movement, the vigor. the life. the very salt breath from the surf.
 There was animation, too. in Charles Vesin's significant Steward; an ocean liner about to slip away from her cir cle of putting little tugs and to chance the unknown hazard of the oeep. Carleton Wiggins was represented by his poetic Old Sheep Pasture, and by contrast with the quiet rural quality of this. Guy Wiggins offered Lincoln Square N. T., realistic winter scene wherein one sensed the power of the enveloping snow, yet foresaw the speedy emerging of urban life and other winter scene which told an in- teresting story was Henry R. Poore's, Frosty Morning
 AutumnaI Pictures.
 The. Lyme artists love autumn and George B. Burr shows a hazy land scape full of fall charm. Charles Eberps Early November has more of suggestive sadness in it, although one does not catch the last breath of the dying year in it's still cheerful pool strewn with dying leaves, beautiful and of soft coloring. Clark G. Voor- hees also shows us how love,y Lyme can be during, the fall. in his charm Longacre catches the spirit of the scene in the Last of October.
 But the majority of the painting craft at Lyme are hopeful and had put on canvas such inspiring motifs as July Mornings, notably Frank A. Bicknelps fine work; Henry R. Poore's Noon Day Rest, a delightful idea car ried out in a big. strong way. William $. Robinson reproduced fascinating orchard scene, in his sunny, delicate Apple Blossoms: Miss Browne. too. gave a charming orchard vista; Lew is Cohen had put on canvas a Woody Pasture idea, true in selection and conception: and a nice foil to his ma jectic Chateau de Chinon. Harry L. Hoffman showed a charming canvas The Rabbits Run. Edward G. Smith with rare skill had caught the spirit and atmosphere of A Summer Day: Edward F. Rock charmed with his River Vista and Frederic W. Ramsdell painted the s-tists' fayorite. Grassy Hill Road con arnore.
 Wilson Irvine showed his admirers g. bewitching view in The Hills Crest and William H. Howe's Dover Valley, N. r., was cheerfully admitted as a strikingly strong canvas, which in no way took away from the glory of be- loved Old Lyme and its scenes. F.raderick E. Church showed a very engaging damsel listed as Girl in White: Will Howe Foote's contribution to the walls was his charming Hyd- rangeas and poetic Italian Girls Head; Charles Vezin added The City of Tow CTS.
 Miss Longaere's Miniatures. The two fine miniatures in the col- lection were by Miss Lydia Longacre, 1 the New York artist.
 The Sketches Grouped. Tn the upper gallery of the library the artists had hung their sketches l-interesting in, variety of theme and diversity of treatment One Of the canvases greatly admired here waS Miss Browne's sheep and cettla. also sheep -shearing at Grassy Hill. Ills wonderfully strong, accurate arirosis were sketched at Mortcn 7. Plants big model farms. Some of ;ha artists showed views at Noank and Fishers Island