The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-08
Ever Gamble
in Pictures?

hnkH thht tunE IN Seattle lUmTH.
They are now assembled ia the Fine
Arts rooms nt Fourth and univer.
alty, aud the public N invited 20 en-
JOY them any afternoon from noon
until D y. m
MANY people don't go 60 see an art
exhibit because their nciFhbora tell
them you won't like H." The 10y
Of going 10 "a gallery OF paintings is
not In liking every picture. but ia
seeing what the other fellow can get
out OF things that look proHy TO you.
lie helps you 10 SEQ something new.
Just like reading a story In the Post,
the American and tho Atlantic will
each give you a different point Of
View on the same problem. 20 paint.
lngH by different mon will each give
you different Idea on what's In the
world about.
II you once &c, into tho game OF
8pprnining pictures. and taking
sporting chance now and then bet.
ting on the winners. you VIII find Il
as good a game an there IL. II YOU
can afford 60 take a chance now and
then on your Judgment. you viii prob.
ably make money. Some collectors
rely on tho advie. OF dealers, and
buy only thru them. but the man
who sets the Joy out Of his money
goes browsing about looking here
and there, studying. choosing Hpeeu-
iatinK and diacardlnE. lilo buys di-
rect from tho artist and gets top.
notch enjoyment whom he proves his
Judgment picked a blue ribbon win
ner.
Mrs M. = naekus has loaned sev.
eFal % her best Many people viii
asaa
Hlue Country b. Francis McComaH.
Mecumas u one 81 our most denery.
eddy popular cAliforulann. Aitho
born In Australia. he has lived IS
years In America And tho be usually
paints In watercoior. ne gets a 70
TnaFkabis richness and warmth al
most beyond tho power Of watrfcol-
or. not only depth. but atmospheric
transparency. His color work IL
warm. sunny and luscious. disilnc-
tive and Individual. and not reminia.
cent Of any other painter.
Thone who Jaw the san FAucisro
fair will remember the landscape
that Mr. Henry brought home for
his collection. McComah' pictures
are very popular for reproducing Ia
prints.
Many people win be disappointed
nos 90 SEQ any Of Mr. Hsafy'a fine
collection IN tho loan exhibit There
are mono from SIR. Fryca gallery
either. Their collections are 30 large
and 80 often open 10 the public under
the pleasant surroundings IN their
own galleries that u was deemed
wiser 60 gather into the cusupara'
lively small space az tho Pine Arts
tho scattered excellent works that
can only BE- Hrrn II one u fortunate
enough Ca b. a friend % the family.
Ir Fred y. Sander has been very
generous with some % his fines;
works A wyAni. a Beckwith. an
innca, a Crane. are all represented.
One Of tho most interesting IL a
Jerusalem Head By H. o Tanner.
lie IL an American negro who has
large and popular studio in Paris.
Som. Of hts work IL owned by the
French government In the fassfn'
bourw gallery IN Paris. Jerusalem
was his home for several years. and
all his work In rich and warm In
atmosphere and mystic IN subject
Ethical subjects are his fayoritrM.
Mrs Ernatua Hrlnefd has lent
several old masterpieces. and an or.
lEinal signature Of Whistler Tho
paintings arc interesting. too. as part
u ono o. tho earliest collections In
Seattle. and have an antiquarian
value. The Whistler signature one
can imagine his making az a dinner
on request. for II In evidently life.
size ~ his usual signature and ,oai
amusing and Japanray.
Several people have sent In a Gus.
tin az part % their exhibit Perhaps
the most unusual Of his showing i
"Nootka Island" owned b. Reginald
Parsons. An architec; would admire
u for is excellent composition. but
the layrnan viii love u for the rich
meas and transparency % the roinrH
almost like old stained glass. Really
remarkable. tire ability Of Mr.. Gus.
tin 20 visualize water with 10 limpid
reflections and 20 portray 90 definite.
~ something in movement For Is
months while In the navy he did no
painting. and now he has Just re.
turned from several months travel
in New England with some new can
vnscs We can all look forward 10 with
eaRcrness.
a Paul Dustin painting l. an IN.
veHtmcnt worth recommending to
anyone. One man near Seattle al
ready owns as.
Mr.. W IL. Worth loaned an
Autumn" by Bruce Crane. and
sunset" by Robert G. Minor. III
you arc Interested IN the four seasons
and the sunset ana sunrise. an OK
ample Of each that IN excellent will
be found. H. shioia has loaned three
Of Tanaka'H. all interesting. II often
difficult 20 understand
Mr.. O.. w. soiiday has supplied
several excellent cnnvascH. One the
artists take most interest in IL Hero
IAmenting Lcandcr." by Elliot Dan
gerfield. They call u curious. not
a literal copy. fancy. imaginative"
and Hay Il is painted about So I
advise examining H. There must be
something Ia Il even II II does look
a bit gloomy.
President Suzzallo has also prom.
ised several interesting paintings 90
the exhibition after the 18th. They
are all the works OF personal friends
whose work he has admired.
There Ia portrait OF Peter"
loaned by Mrs. Edward I. Garrett
that ~ full Of life and atmosphere.
The brush handling r. excellent and
Ambrose Patterson. the artist. has
caught a whimsical expression un.
usually difficult TO get in with such
definition IN young. active child.
Another picture which is interest.
Ing and which suggests the idea of
having ones home painted by a ia
nous artist just as one would his
own portrait. is zone Acre" by Pat.
terson, owned by Prescott Cakes. II
Is a sunshiny canvas OF the Cakes
summer home and garden that will
be more attractive 10 have as the
years go by. Mr.. Patterson IL an
Australian, long n member of the art
colony OF Brussels, and has many
pictures owned IN European gal.
leries. Al present he is head of the
department OF painting at the uni.
vcrsity.
Mr.. Edgar Amcs has loaned sev.
eral things. among them Belgian