Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-14

trayal Of horses and hOrsemen, and
such pictures as MANY Visitors
Come On Horseback" "The Shrine
and the Estufa" and AS They
Came from the Navajo and Apache
Reservations" are subjects that
the artist will no doubt use over
again in larger and more ambi-
tiOus Canvases. He is at present
represented in the annual exhibit
at the st. Louis Art Museum, as
well as in the annual travelling
Taos exhibit, with several great
paintings. In the Museum at San
Ia Fe, he has besides his water
color sketches, one Of his newest
Taos moonlight scenes, which
never fail of popular acclaim and
admiration.
j. q. BatoS and w +. Murk,
who spent the summer among the
cliff dwellings, but VIII be IN Santa
te during the winter, having ar
ranged for a studio opposite the
Museum, are given an entire al
cove with their paintings, whose
titles, which follow, indicate their
theme but tell nothing of the mas
terly manner with which it has
been treated. The color is held in
low key but applied flat while the
drawing conforms with modern
concepts: "The Ranger" Scrub
Oaks Ruins of Tyuonyi," Tow
ers, " ANTELOPE Clan" sun Clan"
San lldefonsO Indian" "Ceremon-
ial cave, " ''Aspens and Pines" and
"Rito de los Frijoles." being the
subjects.
New landscapes by Gerald Cas-
sidy make it evident that he paints
for the sheer love of southwestern
skies sunshine and clouds and that
! he expresses Convincingly the joy
/ which color, harmony and sweep
ing form give him. His sincerity is
| apparent and the great multitude
| accepts his work with undisguised
| admiration. Las Casitas," Church
, at COrdova," Fiesta" and Santa
Fee Landscape" are poems in color.
| CasSidy's fellow artists as well as
the community rejoiCed when they
| learned this week that two of his
| paintings, The Red Gum Tree"
and Grey Hills, Colorado" ex-
| hlblted in the annual summer
show of the National Arts club in
| New York City, of which Cassidy
is member have been purchased
| for the art department of the Cam
ton Christian college at Canton,
| China, having been selected as fine
examples of American art for the
| ChlncSe art students. Red Gum
Tree, glimpse of vibrant autumn
woods full Of rhythmic harmony,
was selected for it's extreme sim
pllcIty of subject and brilliancy of
| color. Mr.. Cassidy was showered
| with congratulations at the tea
given Thursday afternoon by Mrs.
| Cassidy in honor of Madame Ida
| Server, who had been her house
guest all summer and fall, leaving
! on visit to a daughter in Wyom-
, ing on Friday and thence returning
to her dramatic studio in New
YORK city. 1t was an occasion for
I the gathering of Santa FEES liter
airy and art lights as well as many
society folk, for Madame Server
/ mas won a place in Santa Fe and
| mas thrilled large audiences at the
, Museum with her readings of the
modern drama.
/ Ihere are other painters repre-
/ scented in this fall and autumn ex-
hihlt, including the brilliant Nord->
teidt who has lately made a spe-
| clalty OF Inning Indian Ceremon-
lals, producing a number of the
most noteworthy canvases that
| the Taos Santa Fe art world as vet
mas to its credit. But most of the
! other paintings have been shown
pelore and include specimens of
| the art of score or more of men
ana women who have painted in
santa Fe and Taos for some time.
The st, Francis auditorium
maintains its hold upon the affec-
ions of the community and dur
| ing the past few days was the
scene of another community af-
fair in which every element Of the
population was represented. This
was the annual oratorical and de-
lclamatory contest in which dozen
contestants, boys and girls OF the
high school, delivered orations and
! literary selections, and the glee
club, male quartet and instrument
al sololst of the school, delighted
| the large audience with their Sc
lecttons. The prizes went to two
members OF the Museum family
| constance Walter achieving the
gold medal for oratory, and Tom
| Van Stone the silver medal, while
Miss Mllligan was given the prize
/ for defamation. Typical of the
community spirit was the attend
ance Of classes from ST. Michaels
College with their teachers and of
representation from the Indian
school, both Superintendent and
Mrs. ]. DeHuff being among the
judges,