The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-10
ART LEAGUE CHRISTENS ITS
 NEW HOME

The Bridgeport Art League is christening it's exhibition rooms for tEs season by a showing of the works of Dorothy R. Byard and Carroll c. Holiday, both members of the Silver mine Artists Colony often referred to as the oldest Artists Colony in Con- necticut.
 By throwing together two spacious rooms the league has produced gal lery of broken wall spaces clothed in a sympathetic gray tone, Whlch has the advantage of showing such works of art as are designed for ultimate placing in homes, in more nearly the atmosphere for which they were or iginalIy intended than a strictly for nal gallery can do. This is eminent ly desirable in the case of the pres ent exhibit, dealing as it does largely with portraits and block prints; both intimate in chara cter-
 The work of the two artists, while so different in medium and scope is yet sufficiently sympathetic in it's aims and characteristics to vary the eX- hibit discreteiy without distracting from the general tones of harmony so much to be desired in a showing of works of art. Both artists are inter- eSted in representation as a vehicle for the presentation of their reactions to visual and emotional stimuli, but their chief concern is with line, spaces and color.
 Dorothy R. Byard's portraits are the main part of her showing, but the lew COlOT notes anu elcI1nSS outside this main grouping indicate that her interest is not limited to any one field of art. Her portraits show strong characterization and at times a sense of humor. Some, more par ticularly, the man with the corn cob pipe, the resigned old woman seated before an irredeScent background, a nd the eager faced girl with her cheek touching her hand are examples of the use of modern research into color. They are evidences af the fact that color resolved into it's original com ponents and presented prismatically or partially to, has more vibration than the solid color. This added to a vivid sense of the personality of the sitter, akes the portrait group an unusual and vital one, and its range in the selection of types gives it interest from the simply human side Two large portraits which dominate Mss. Byard's part of the exhibit are an example of the use of restricted range of color to en- nance the mood of dignifed age DOT trayed in them. The beautiful hand carved frames among those used are the work of Robert Schmitt, also of the Silvermine group.
 The process of wood block printing is of course of great antiquity, and its results perhaps best known through Japanese prints made thoroughout several centuries. A marked revival of it's use seems to be apparent in studios and exhibitions of the pres ent day.
 The work of Carroll c. Holiday shows a fine senseof the possibilities and happy limitations of the medium This interesting process requiring a separate block for printing each color used obviously necessitates an inf nite patience and delicacy of hand ling, both in cutting and printing. To these MT. Holiday adds varied and sensitive observation of nature, and depicts the charm of the Connecticut landscape through the window of a very personal observation. His Ire pied house particularly shows sense of bigness in design and an interest ing use of overlapping blocks in pro- ducing variations in color His cat and dog block is an example of mas tery of difficulties in the particularly subtle problem of cutting to repre- sent the whiskers on the animal. A Connecticut fence we find typical in subject and handling of certain much lover traits of breath and simplicity in the Connecticut landscape. He is now working out some of the possi- bilities of actual portraiture, both of individuals and houses in block print ing. MT. Holiday is also known as a remarkable characterizer of children through his camera portraits.
 Collectors may consult the person in charge of the gallery in regard to prices. The exhibition will remain on view until and including Saturday, the 18th day of October.