Newark post., 1915-10-06
Interesting Art
Exhibit In Wilmington

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Exhibit In Wilmington
A large and appreciative num-
ber of guests viewed the exhibit
ton held by Clifford w. Ashley,
in the Rose Room of the Hotel du
Pont on Saturday evening. Many
of the pictures were sold during
the evening. Mr.. Ashley is the
first of Howard Pyle's pupils to ex-
hibit in the latter's native city, and
because of this fact the occasion
was of special interest in both So
cial and art circles.
Mr.. Ashley being marine
painter, his works picture either
the open sea, or the shore. Natur-
ally his whaling pictures will at
tract, as he has devoted so much
of his time and talent to this in
dustry of his native town, New
Bedford. A very notable example
of his inclination to scenes per-
tanning to whaling is "The Sail
Loft" an oil showing a great
spread of canvas being made up
for an old square rigger. The loft
is located in New Bedford, and is
one of the biggest in the country
and sewing on the canvas are an
aged man who has worked 60 years
at the trade, and beside him his
son, who has worked with his
father for 40 years.
Quite into the realm of phantasy
is "The Sun Spot" an oil in which
Mr.. Ashley has let loose all his
love and his control of color. A
rift in the clouds lets out glor-
ious shaft of light upon one of the
! Columbus caravels, with all sails
set on what was then an unknown
sea. "The Adventurer" is another
name for it quite as applicable,
because only venturesome spirits
set forth in days of old, on what
to us are cookie shells for ocean
travel.
Both oils and water colors in Mr..
Ashley's collection are exceedingly
interesting, and should attract
many persons while they are on
exhibit this week. Being placed
in such close proximity, it is easy
to appreciate the sparkle and the
activity of water color as med
ium, and oil as a more serious
studied medium.
1t is one of the great compensa
tions that the good men do lives
after them, and by the same toker
it is to rejoice that art is long ever
though life is short. The reflection
is brought about by the exhibition
of the mural painting for the Stat'
House at Dover, painted by Stan
lev NJ. Arthurs, also on exhibition
} at the Hotel du Pont, and the exhi
) bition of Mr.. Ashley's paintings
3 Back of the mural painting AM
| Mr.. Ashley's pictures of the sea
} it's shores and it's craft is Howar'
3 Pyle, painter and illustrator
3 whose fame will never cease t
2 shed lustre on his native city
} which now is an art center, despit
3 the leave taking of many of tn
Pyle pupils, since Mr.. Pyle's deatf
8 Both Arthurs and Ashley studio
n with other teachers but Pyle wa
. the great master, and to him the
q owe the. highest allegiance.
. With the exception of a loan e>
Q hibit quite a good many years agt
. Wilmington never had an art exh
q bition, until Mr.. Pyle's picture
. were exhibited after his deaf
: when funds were being raised fc
I the purchase of part of them fc
= the city. Then the Wilmingto
Q Society of the Fine Arts was o.
\ ganized to hold those pictures ft
~ the city, and now it's third exhib
u tion is to be held November l.
and it is widening it's scope
% much as the New Century Gu
x spacing permits, and has invite
20 ten outside artists to exhibit.