Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-05
INAUGURAL BALL WILL COST $1,000
90 %. % 90 90 90
EXERCISES SET FOR NEW YEAR DAY
20. 20 % % 90 % % 90 90
BIG. TOWN DISCUSSES N. NJ. ARTISTS

Elaborate preparations to make
he inauguration of Governor Mer-
ny G. Mechem a notable event are
aklng shape under the leadership
4 Colonel Ralph f. TwEtchell and
ne executive committee Of which
g is the chairman.
The Inauguration itself, of
purse, viii tame place at high noon
T New Years day. which falls on
Q. 'urday. The rece ption is to
= =, zee in I he now Museum
'jio the inaugural bdi will be
on n Tho Hotel De vargas. The
4 of tho inau. gura exercises
lich win be CLOSE 70 $e'0oo mas
~ bndgeted. For ra freshments
the inaugural ball, II G sum oil
0O0 was set aside, NJ V ). Iaul a.
walter. president Of q he Won,
q Board Of Trade beEa naille.
sirman. with Mrs. X, T. Asp'uilu
assistant. An effort WIZ pe
tdo to bring the MariTnk "a paiiu
ek TO Santa Fe to provtdt ; Hiuslc
The inaugural ball as ven as
ring the reception. Ar,h ur sell
nan is chairman of tn e enter
ument committee. A h@.etiiis
me committee was held y wed
sday evening in the Oft ees OF
a chamber of Commerc ana
other will be held Sunday Slt e
on when all sub-comm atees
Il make their preliminary IT,
rts.
Loan Exhibit Planned.
sheldon Parsons, curator oil VI
the new Museum, Is planning :"
1cial exhibit during the leGlsi'
e session, which is to Drlng L ;
nta Fe specimens of the finest
treasures owned Throughout
state, 1t will be a loan exhlplt
paintings owned in the state anu
Cecially at the Capital, when mas
number of homes rich in ART
asures and representative OF inc
At work OF the Taos and SANTA
groups Of artists
n is curious to study the COM
,nts of art critics in New J orh
y on the annual exhibit OF the
"a society of Artists which at
sent is on in the metropolis. so
from there to other big art ceh,
s. The critic of the New orr
nes stresses the work Of b. j. y.
rdfeldt of the Santa Fe group
n exhibits with the Taos men, |
lie the New York Tribune en-
asizes the work of Victor Hls- !
q son -in-law OF Sheldon Par
~. |
Nc,y York Papers re Taos i
Writes the New York Times cri- !
"The men who are painting
American haunts are as IA
ay from Nevinson as they are
I'M the Duveneck boys. They are
ding out, however, the way tol
antiquity with modern eyes ana
nj II with modern science. Inc
os nainters are increasingly sue
,sful in escaping from the Tyr
nv of the unfamiliar Long aS
eastern white man may llNe
,onr Indians, the Indian aspect
d customs remain uhlaIllili1i'
d the paintings that have coIle
IN the regions still inhaoiteu ~
original Americans, frequently
4 II spite of their variety, nave
mod to say to us only, MARI
~ strange and picturesque inns
,iect is, We must paint 1t before
masses" The pictures from laos
o make this inevitable retiaIh'
in addition, many OF theHl
ms what fun it is for painter
N hattie with picturesquehess
strangeness, and force tneni
O D design, not only rich IN h ,1,.
IN significance, but suttlcleltis
ztract to assert its authority az
re design. 80 tha
~ artists outside of the laos
cietys membership VINO ilt ne
sn invited to contribute 10 liie
onsition. MIR. Nordfeldts Easls
moo, Is an example Of what may
done with a method SO lte 10.
sly held TO the necessltles ol VIZ q
y that the subject mat, :
.rely the starting point lot q ios
architecture OF space and llne
color is bright and treshs tilt
;ntinp direct, and in spite o. .lls
.esul thinking out of the ueslsL
affect is that of scene beiieiu
ave first time and recorded IL
first sprightly moment OIL IN
est. e,oa,
AIR. Blumenscheins New MeAl'
ST also is schematic, but less au'
act and less rytbmic. the can can,
ID divided into two heal -
,al parts by q figure in the lole,
,und in a huNdled attitude Una
lras nossible complete unity II
,nass of the form and endoW'
NTH a monumental character
ina left Of the composition Is
,caeeion of figures following oh'
o struggles forward bearing
SIS In the background the w!
hills are bathed in wan
lance and a rainbow Is seen q
left The color is rich II
ouldering reds, and the stroht
.i7ontol Of the city above IN
,nendicular of the fore-grouh'
1re forms an impressive struc
o In both pictures the sus
tion of appropriateness TO w
dorm stage setting is strong
her used as stage set "oui'
the rising of the curtain coI ,i
nicate the mood of the renlai :, =
q place and people as the artls s
felt it. This power 10 con-
,nicate a mood, and at the sam
10 to keep as rigidly to an al
ie nlan as though it were a pa
hattie with nations lie IN IN
ance il an asset hardly to D
w-estimated in the art OF IN
alter, and the limited pubic
easel picture is too restricte
the special talent Of either NJ
rdfeldt or Mr.. Blumenschein.
Walter Ufer is another arts
sees his subjects as decora
as, but he sees them dispa:
nately. His droWsy couple III
the spreading Taos tree, h
tians picking herbs on hill
I, are admirably placed as prir
al elements in very simple d.
rs; but his rainbow picture
a great success; the compos
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