Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-19
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CHRISTMAS EXHIBIT.
SAINT D.. 'oo.s forward with some
.uuuHi. aud much interest f0 tho az.
HI1It 30 ftiH large elwH~es. Including
ome mufuls Dos Alien T True. Wha.
with HI- bride spent tho summer
months SANTA 10 and vicinity ana
transferred tu canvas some OF the
charm of i1.s rgion Being cssen-
tally WeF.oruer mhurd with the
spirit on thc great 0ut-oi doors TrJe b
pictures breathe the spirit W what
might now bc called THE Santa 20
school Iuer ae There s H Santa bee
iHahltrDtHre As pupil of Bran
EW1u and one who haas studied abroad
Tree brings "a his work "a fine tech-
ni1ue There arc tremendous oppUI-
tunItIee boz me west fOt tho painter
SAYS STR True Take iusl This scy-
ton 0l Jhe country think Ut the pa
grant uf explorers prosp'ctors sol
dicfs traders ana pioneers that passed
back ana forth over the santa Zee tran
I TO Chihuahua the MrNicans with their
I hcgYv-H hcclcd 'Daros ana the ola pie
tureequc life of the frontier that has
gone These subjects treated deco
fNtively lao mural pictures would pre-
scrve the atmosphere ot tht old SOUTH
west and carry some message to cN-
cry one who saw them The old school
lla1 thai mural decorative work
should consist solely OF cuplds crown
cd and robed spmi-auRolg on allegori-
cul GrcciHu types is obsolete We do
not think in terms of euplds and abe
stract angels We think ln the terms
with which we are the most familiar
a figure of a sturdy Clcar-eyrd pio-
uecr with his feet firmly planted in
the ground and his implements OF
toll u his hands can convey more OF
the idea Of wisdom TO the average I
person. than am abstract nude man
with D flowing beard holding q book I
apd floating through the AIR. The .
school of decorative work 10 which / [
am attached believes in treating the ,
familiar the commonplace and the ev-
ory-day life types in q big decorative .
way. even though il include the frame
WORK of oil wells and telegraph poles
SO that tho decorative panel or frleze
or Whatever Il may he viii have a VIZ
tai message 10 those who behold 10. as
wcll as satisfy the ryo with the deco
rativc effect
I want IA paint the west as I see it
and love 10 aud it eau make my pic
lures cause other people ~ love IT,
Too. I viii feel that ] have in "a meas
urt succeeded THAT is why live iu
the west. for one has To soak up the
ana become uncouseiouslA
saturated with the spirit OF things. "a
is impossible to paint western lite in
New York CITY for any lcngth Of time
ANA Keep the spirit Of H. Tor one can
draw ON ones inspiration for only so
long time ana then one repeats, so
IL is necessary continually 90 DE seet-
ing and living the life one paints
THE lack OF interest most people
have in paintings is due 10 the fact
that people are not presented with the
subjects that appeal 10 them Here
In the west the western cities do not
realize the tourist value that would
bo given their towns by preserving
their distinctive individuality Santa
lie would have had tourist value
that would have been immeasuf1ble
IN money value. II the old Spanish
plaza had been preserved intact Our
western cities are striving too much
to become limitations ~ New York
ana the other eastern cities, Why
should tourists come from the east to
The west 10 see Sky scrapers and the
same style oi buildings simply ON
smaller sCulc IN the wcst2 The trnu
BILE with our cities ts that they iust
happen and become "a matter Of streets
aud buildings without any relation ur
harmony
'rhc value 81 interior decorations
FOR public buildings is hclug better
appreciated and now the state capitol
buildings are rated by the mutd
paintings they contain Take for lu.
incc the capitol of Minnesota From
purely commercial standpoint. the
mount OF advertising that stttr has
tceiNcd from the decorations within
he capitol has been q tremendous ls
rt GO the state
Santa l'u is go bo congratulated tur
"tuuug the superb painting Taos
Mountains" by victor Hlggns, the
chicago artist II has been purchased
81 Mrs Florence L. liartlctt author .
composer and herself "a painter of
lhihtN. s
Eotou has bought for It's public l
ipniN the splendid canvas hv Bert u
'mllips The Historian, q thousand q
Iullar picture which has Just been g.
M exhibit n the Rational Academy ot %
lgigu in New YORK city and there =
raised hN critics. Together with j.
seizure d, sheldon Parsons recently p
purchased ID wlll form the nucleus
0f the ant gallery. which Us 10 bee an
lm,N ID the public library lu the u
;utc city Tins ambition is parity Il
hurosHlt of the work hv the Museum "a
4 Sew Mexico to foster AN arr pirt
\ tiv state.