Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-20
EXHIBITION
 OF PAINTINGS AT LYME

EIGHTEENTH EXHIBITION
 OF PAINTINGS AT LYME The exhibition of paintings by the Lyme Art association. which drew a record attendance on the opening day, continues to attract picture lovers not merely from the surrounding Connec-
 side of the state. Some of the visit ors have :, motored several hundred miles in order to be in Lyme at this time, for the exhibit has long since ceased to have a. merely local signif- canoe and, is recognized as one of the notable art events of the country dur ing the summer season.
 Willard Metcalf and Childe Hassam, who in the opinion of many are the most distinguished opponents of American landscape today. were among the founders of the colony and did much toward making the name of Lyme familiar not only to connoisseurs in this country but even across the water. Hassam's s celebrated picture of the Old Lyme church was one of the pictures which won. praise for Ameri- can craft.sHfnship when shown h eS in for, or. former Kaiser. Wilhelm spoke in par ticular1y admiring terms of this can vas when it was exhibited in Berlin It seems quite certain that he viewed it with more pleasure than he took in the resolute delegation which the town of Lyme subsequently sent to the A. E. F.
 Hassam and Metcalf left the colony to seek other fields for painting some years ago. and it is gratifying to the painters forming the present group that aboth of these men should have thought it worth while to visit the current exhibit. Hassan motoring all the way from Gloucester. Mass, in or der to see it.
 The traditions which were establish ed in the daXs when these famous art ists first put the town Of Lyme on the map have been ably carried on by such of the pioneers as elected to remain and build permanent homes for them selves. and by the new. painters with out which no artists colony can have any enduring vitality. Typical of the high quality of the eighteenth annual exhibition is Edward F. Rocks large laurel epicture which was awarded prize when showngat the Carnegie in stitute jias Pittsburgh, Band the land scapes by Gregory Smith. Wilson IT, vine; Bruce Crane, Charles Bittinger and Will Howe F'oote are among the other important canvases which serve to maintain the high standard set for this show.
 William. H. Howe. one of the pio- neers who still retains his allegiance to the Lyme colony. send "a large cat tie picture which has been generally hailed as one of the best canyasess to- come from his. studio. and Carleton Wiggins1 is reoresented. by two char acteristic paintings of sheep. Henry R. Poore and Perciva1 Rousseau are sfrierrfiy competitors in1the painting of dogs, and Matilda Browne is another one of the artists who finds in animals a variety of interesting material for pictures.
 The paintings of figures, never very !. numerous in this show. invariably lend | a welcome note of variety. and Harry 1, L. Hoffman's view of the interior of a l eri 9 DiCTlreSOIl0 l darkies at work is sure of appreciation. l Lawton. Parker is exhibiting in addf- 1 ton to his larger figure picture several ] small sketches in which nude figures, | seen against a charming background | of mountain laurel, are painted with | that technical skill of which he is a past master. To the more staid resi- l dents of Lyme, who know Flying Point ! where the laurel blooms in greatest profusion but who do not know what September Morn effects the artists ina ginatton may give to the month of June these figures may seem a little startling perhaps a trif1e decoIlete But who knows? What seems like an over-exposed snapshot in the Garden of Eden may merely foreshadoW the typical feminine costume of 1924-that is, if the price of clothing runs true to form, and another advance of 127 per cent makes the Back to Eve" move i ment one of the issues of the day.
 The smaller pictures and sketches
 
 are always a feature of especial inter 1 est. and the groups by William Chad wick. George Burr. Clark Voorhees and Frank .Bicknell will be much admired. | There is a delightful note of sincerity in the half dozen small snow pictures which Woodruff Adams is exhibiting. 1 and Guy Wiggins has also found the inspiration for his group of sketches in the winter season. Everett Warner has included in his group few. ex- anples from the series of studies re- gently made at the naval air stations. 1 The sketches were made from sea- planes flying at various attitudes and are probably the first oil studies to be | actually painted in the air. {,
 In hasty survey of the show 1t is impossible to mention at length all the 1 contributions which we'll repay exam l iDation, but even brief account | should not fail to include the names of | Lucien Abrams, George H. -Bogert ] Clara Kretzinger, Robert Holman, l Dimitri RomanovslSy, LydiayLongacre 1 I ois Wilcox. Beatrice Banning. Charles l Ebert, Sheldon Pennoyer. Helen Du- mond, Oscar Fehrer and Robert von- nOh