The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-28

typeA particularly. Her style Of ex.
preeDt0u u at once graceful and shy
feminine. yet free and original. some
Times penstve and thoughtfuily IN.
QuifinG. but oft8nest brilliant and gay
6ome Of the monotypes--lttfls
pAdnttngs on glass or metal platss thai
lavish their whole artistic being on
2 single chance impression. and theu
themselves vanish compIstely--are
stamped on grounds of gold ana silver
foil. They are lovely. inprovisat tons
In their general decorative effect
vaguely reminiscent OF the Japanese
panels and. pastels.
butterfly; wordless song:
whisper In the dawn
Half-forgotten, half-remem bered
Dream, at daylight gone.
Such IL the artists own poetic char
acterization Of the 'monotype, as APP
pended to her catalogue. IT 10 good
evidence of the versatility which q
Miss klaer's outstanding trait--for
besides being painter and poet. she IL
al. actress Of established professional
standing, at present playing leads
with Nine. Bertha Kalich. Such YER
sattlity, to be sure, ID in danger Of re-
acting unfavorably upon the estimate
of the artists work tn each separate
line of its manifestation. Neverthe-
less. in the present assemblagc of her
paintings, several of the larger poi'-
trait canvases--notabl that of Miss
Renee Prahar, the sculptor, at her
modelling stand. and the head entitled
Youth" which is likeness OF an
artists son known in the Village, blu.
idealized as Gauguin might have done
it--prove that we have a genuine tall
ent 10 reckon with. even though i!
chance to emerge in Greenwich VII
lage instead of on Fifth avenue.
Old Creole New Orleans.
In the, old French and Spanish quar-
ters OF New Orleans. above Canal
street. and what used to be the vieuS
Care, dear to Creole history and ro-
nance. there are still a few over
hanging balconies screened in elabo-
rate ironwork. and possibly a quiet
yard or two OF the ancient regime.
hung with myrtles and oleanders
glittering in the morning dew, where
echo the musical cries of negro ven
ders: Belle des figues. pralines pis-
tache" But not for the casual tourist
eye, nor any other stranger's--unless
an artist sees them first and repro
duces them as TRANSPORTED through
the roseate lens of imagination. Such
MI artist Is SIaetdHO 0apOue, al SS-
tablished American of many years
citizenship and professional practice.
Notwithstanding his Neapolitan name,
the occupant Of a much-frequented
studio on Fifth avenue. He has just
been showing there group of his
pictures painted under the tropica!
spell of the Crescent city--for Capone
wanders far aheld in his periodical
sketching tours. His French Court
yard" has been lately purchased by a
discriminating collector. Souvenirs of
the moss drapped oaks against a Ian
guid southern sky. quaint hooks of
the French Market quarter, and Royal
street. and Carondelet. and the la
goons of the heron haunted City
Park abound on his walls. bringing
an atmosphere OF their own. Contrast
These with the clear northern CLINE
coioring of his several Catskill Noun
tain scenes. Then compare one OF his
modish Manhattan portraits with the
vivacity of his study Of
Princess Chinquilla. Daughter of
Chief Lone Star" painted from life at
an Indian Territory resery alton, and
you have the range Of one many sided
painter, whose alert and sensitive