Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-03-07
\ BIG SUCCESS.


opened in the Palace of the Governors
last evening is a noteworthy success
and Is already arOusmg even greater
public interest than the exhibits that
haze some before. Few Of the visitors
had any idea that such superb work
with the camera is being done in me
southwest ana feWor still realiz ID
that In New Mexico scenery and
scenes there is an ineXhaustibie mine
Of the picturesque, the beautiful, the
grand that appeals irresistibly to the
camera man The quaint corners N
Pueblo and Spanish villages that die
shown; the CLINT Of trout streams, the
shadows on mountain lakes, the In
dian dances, the portraits OF native
types. are reproduced by the photo
gre aphers with q fidelity and yet an
atmosphere that stamps eaen picture
As a work of art. Some of the ph0t"-
graphs are IN color while Others ae
III rich sepias The entries are so
many that the reception roo"i was NOT
large enough for them aad the Dig
assembly room had 20 be a!'ed 50 as
10 glvc space enough.
cluded with the exhibition Is a
new painting by *. NJ. Chapman, that
# The Franciscan Fr'ar Escalante, the
intrepid discovercr and scholar, who
was the first white man to see tn p
Great Salt Lake, ana who II was that
Transcribed the archives at Santa Fc.
His letter written December 81, ~.
t. Fr Morfi his superior, is found n
Tw,tcheli's Archives of New Mexico,
and IS "a most valuable and interesting
historical document. Escalanta yis-
tied the Moquis in I774. In fact, Es-
caiante was one OF the most attractive
figures in New Mexico history. The
picture by Chapman is a noble, one
might almost say, inspired, conception
Of the Franciscan Clothed in the sim
ple, brown habit of the Franciscans,
the figure in its Vigor is one not TO
be forgotten. The countenanCe though
austere, has IN il the gentleness OF the
student, it speaks OF self-renunclation,
determination, willingness to suffer
martyrdom and yet endowed with the
finer qualities of manhood. The
painting is a study for the mural
paintings of the life of St Francis,
which had been begun by the late
Donald Beauregard, and which are
now to be finished by Chapman ana
Carlos Vierra for the New Mexico
building that Is to be reconstructed IN
Santa Fe. The work has progressed
sufficiently to justify the prediction
that these mural paintings alone VIII
make New Mexico the mecca of art
lovers, Of devout Catholics, of tourists
Carlos Vierra returned Thursday ev-
ening from San Diego where his mu-
raj paintings of the Maya world as
well as exhibit Of New Mexico ana
marine paintings won him vertable
triumph. lie also spent some time at
the san Francisco exposition and IS
now ready to undertake with Chap
man, this magnificent work when
New Mexico owes to the vision and
generosity Of Hon. Frank Springer.
Mrs. Vierra and mother. Mrs. Ogle,
returned with Mr. Vierra and VIII
again take up their residence in the
lovely Tesuque valley for the sum
mer. Probably, the most widely nor
ed part of the exhibit is that of "a
photographs presented Yesterday to
the museum by Col. Ralph L. Twitch-
ell. They are all Of Governor Lew
Wallace and will be added to the per
manent Wallace collection in the Pal
ace OF the Governors in which wal
lace wrote part of Ben Hur.