The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-07
Mrs. Luke's Trip Abroad

interesting country was that l visited
during my trip abroad the past sum
mer, while it would be difficult for
me to say. l think 1 couldn't refrain
very long from mentioning England,
l really enjoyed England more than
all the other countries. although this
is not said in disparagement of
France, Italy, Scotland or Switzer-
land"
Mrs. Kathryn Logan Luke was in
| her attractive little "atelier' the
other afternoon when l dropped in
to see some of her recent miniatures,
p o traits and 'impressionistic"
sketches-the first time ] had seen
her since her return from her three
months trip last summer-and she
was lovely picture herself, with her
dainty eoloring and beautiful soft,
wavy, brown hair and her pale blue
ismock" toning in with her surround
ings, as only an artist could have
planned, and | thoroughly enjoyed
the hour 1 spent In her society.
Mrs. Luke, who is one of Blrming-
hams most accom- plshed artists, has
the distinction of having had her
work shown In some of the most
notable exhibitions In America and
the day / visited her "atelier" an es-
pecially beautiful painting had Just
been sent home after being exhibited
for two years. "A Belleek Vase" 1t
is entitled and is a charming study
in colors. Velvet tones are employed
in the dainty work of art-soft ma
sentas deep blues, delicate yellows
and French grays-the group being
one of the rarest things Mrs. Luke
has ever done.
Further on was one of her most re-
cent portraits" 1t is highly colored
this being quite the fad now in
artistic circles - the bold strokes
which give the vivid effects which
formerly employed the mixing of col
ors to attain certain nuances and
! shades,
Mrs. Luke has another lovely work
of art-"Sunspots" she calls tin
orchid tints with a. background of
yellow and green while one of her
choicest bits is Reflections the nude
figure of woman sitting before a
dressing table-the exquisite pink
background with deep blues under
meath and the quaint candlestick of
grayish, pfnkish green giving an ex-
quisite touch of color.
There are numbers of figures in
what Mrs. Luke calls Five Finger
Exercises" which are in reality Life
studies. These are figures of ath-
letes-strong, muscular. wonderfully
executed, giving the three dimensions
length, breadth and thickness.
All these paintings show the in
fluence of the impressionists school
with their intense color, which comes
directly from Deiacroix." said Mrs.
Luke, and the shadows are pure
color, as pure as the color in the light,
which is a step forward over the
muddy, dull shades formerly mixed
to give color effect"
1T was perfectly wonderful to at
last achieve my desire to go ahead"
Mrs. Luke continued. as we began
to talk about her travels, "and as it
was my. first trip naturally l was just
like child, visiting every possible
gallery of art, seeing and taking in
everything that meant art to me. You
see / never studied until after l was
married and came to Birmingham
,, then l went to the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts. / later studied
with Frank Duveneck in Chicago at
! the Academy of Fine Arts there.
was fortunate enough to get the
crescent travelling scholarship and
eAleAI was TIC IdiSil u tlIS OIL my lTlp
abroad the past summer
One of the most amazing things
that greeted me when 1 went abroad
was the wonderful atmosphere of art
in Scotland. At the Royal Academy
in Edinburgh I saw some of the most
marvellous works of art Raeburn,
who was contemporary of Reynolds
and Gainsborough. in the eighteenth
century, was shown to marked add
vantage. 1t is told of him that Reyn-
olds, knowing his great talent and
power, kept him from Joining him in
London, fearful that he would do
greater things than he had done.
AT Glasgow 1 saw some of Whist
ler's rarest works." Mrs. Luke con-
tinued,~ among them being his Car
lyle. 1t is fading very rapidly, as is