The sun., 1919-04-07
PAINTS PITTSBURG
AS SOOTLESS CITY
Raymond Holland Puts Smoke
in Picture, but No Touch
of Coal Dust.
IDEALISM OF ARTIST
Dog Portraits by Percival
Rousseau Are Placed on ,
Exhibition.

az beautiful as the giant geyser in yell
! lowstone Park--which II very much re-
sembles. At least so says young Ray
mond Holland in a painting in the win
dow attached to the galleries Of Henry
Reinhardt & Son. Mr.. Holland comes
from the Smoky City. There is some
smoke there, Mr.. Holland admits. but
not a particle OF SCOT.
Tho geyser picture OF the window
proves upon close inspection 10 be
view of railway cut after heavy
| snow. and the mounting column OF white
vapors comes from a steam engine. In
other snow pictures of Pittsburg few
| smokestacks send UP ebony clouds. but
clouds keep on going straight up APP
parently, for tho snow is as indebted IA
that OF our own Central Park. This
may be idealism upon the part OF the
painter or pure patriotism. but at any
rate it is a new way of looking at Pitts
| burg.
Mr.. Holland looks at everything for
himself. His pictures OF marshiands
also have an original touch. After
while he will doubtless curb the ten
dency to spread the picture to cxag-
gerated dimensions; unless of course he
| decides to go in for mural decorations
for which his instinct for design does
not UNIT him. His color il straight
| forward and Is not at all bad. Probably
II, too. will gain when the artist uses
smaller sizes. On the whole the paint
ings have character. so Mr.. Hollands
debut must be regarded as successful.
Dog Portraits by Rousseau.
Nothing 10 more cheering than the
| spectacle OF sportsmen having a good
time. and this is a sight that may be
witnessed in the John Levy Galleries
where the dog portraits by Percival
Rousseau are now on view. The dogs
are all celebrated in current hunting an
nails, and the artist would have had a
iendishly difficult task satisfying not
only the owners OF the dogs. but the
| wide circle OF admirers OF the dogs, had
It not been for the simple fact that he Is
himself a dog enthusiast
As Il Is. there is only a chorus OF
praise, and the only differences OF opin-
ion that arise are as to which of the
portraits Is best. each owner insisting
that his dogs portrait is the gem of the
collection.
| What makes these paintings doubly
interesting Is that the animals have not
been merely posed and painted for like
nesses but in every case they are shown
In action. generally on the particular sob
for which they are famous. They are.
in consequence. dog interpretations The
backgrounds are those Of tho scenes of
the dogs greatest exploits; most of
them. as II happens in North Carolina
One OF the admired canvasses. called
"One for All. and All for One" contains
portraits OF the celebrated settlers Mas
ter" Roy" and ''Trow," belonging to
Harry d. Kirkover of Buffalo. Hand
some dogs owned by Samuel G. Allen. P.
II. Powell OF Newport and Richard
Hecksecker OF Philadelphia, also appear
at their best in Mr.. Rousseau's canvases.
Drawings by Masters.
collection OF original drawings by
old and modern masters. belonging TO r.
Ederheiner. Is on view in the An
derson Galleries and will be sold at AUG
ton on April 8. Mr.. Ederhe!mer, who
has been we'll known as an expert upon
prints and drawings, has lately diScov-
cred that he has a desire to be an artist.
and 10 give all his time to that profess
sion he relinquishes collecting the works
OF the masters.
The drawings are by the exceedingly
great. for the most part, and come from
all the classic centres of tho old world.
There are examples by the great men of
Italy, France, Germany. the Low Coun-
tries and England. the list being topped,
as catalogues usually are, by the name
of Rembrandt. There is fine drawing
OF an old doorway by the master and a
number by the school OF Rembrandt
The great Jacob Jordaens is represented
by Christ at Emaus' and Francesca
Guard by set of eight pen and sepia
sketches of crowds In movement.
drawing by Titan Is a study for the
Lord Creating the Lights Of Heaven
and came from the famous Earl of Penn
} broke sale. Other masters included a re
Nicolo da Bologna. Tintoretto. Francois
Clouet. Adrian Van Ostade, Jacob Var
Ruysdael, Claude Lorrain, Gainsborough
Benjamin West, Corot, J. F. Millet and
\ Rodin.
The Ralston Galleries have placed a
collection OF landscapes by Robert H
| Nisbet on view. Mr.. Nisbet has made
practically chronicle OF the seasons in
his paintings. and the spectator sees tho
bleak brown hills OF winter in Connect
cut. then the first show OF green in the
spring, then the blossoms. the full rich
green in the June meadows. and so OF
through autumn TO the SHOWS of winter
again.
| Mr.. Nisbet has distinct feeling for