The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-03
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

covered with color. radiant and gorgeous, make it wonderful work of art.
 The most expensive picture in the art exhibit is that of Childe Has sams "St. Patricks Day in New York" It represents the happy day which those of the Emerald Isle ouehfares of New York on rainy day. the mist and the raindrops fall on showers-a lamp post wonder; a cabby here; a little child, waiting, all these in misty tones combine in subdued, but unique effect
 "Gloucester," from "Normans Woe" is another of Childe Hassam's paint ings, a small picture of beautiful inn agination.
 "The Violet Kimona" is what might be termed a pastel" so delicate is the use of the coloring; so lovely is the idea of the artist, Robert Reid: dressing table, with trinkets of all kinds; a lovely figure of a woman sitting before the mirror, is done in the loveliest of violet tones, bowl of delicate flowers, just wonder, com pleting the picture.
 "Moonlight on the Somme." by El- mer Browne is one of the loveliest things shown at the exhibit; the sky is marvelously done, the shadows forming d vista of color which is re- pressed but distinct; trees in silhou- cite, and back of these-a little house in which light, faint, yet beckon- ing. gleams forth, a tiny speck of 1 color on a sombre horizon.
 Two heads-"A Daughter of Erin" l by Power O'Maney and "The Blue Tam" by Robert Henri, are among 1 the most original pictures in the coll l lection the wistful face of "The | Daughter of Erin" sad to a degree, with wisps of straight. stringy hair around the pathetic little face and the brown tones and faint yellow, mak- ing a wonderful ensemble, while "The Blue Tam shows the face of a child radiantly smiling, his little checked suit and jaunty Tam" making him an appealing figure.
 Two very lovely pictures are Basin at Bolougne- ser-mer" and Marine" l" pictures of the sea, by Henry Golden Dearth are shown the high lights" in greenish blues, being deftly out i lined
 "A Farm in Winter" is the most peaceful and restful of all the paint ings shown in the exhibit; the little smokestacks on the country houses , snow covered and icebound, the trees with graceful wisps of snow falling from the limbs; everything quiet, simple. peaceful, typically snow scene of any farm.
 The exhibition of Frederick Wall s pictures which is so pleasantly re- membered by artists which was given here under the auspices of the Ala bama Art League year or more ago, 1 brings into prominence a picture by i this noted painter at the exhibit en- titled "Serf After Hurricane" in (which rocks and crags and blue green waves roaring, leaping, swaying. swishing, dash against the rocks, while seagulls hover close to the sea- foam, a remarkable picture of the re- 1 lentless, cruel sea.
 "Old China" is perhaps the most vivid of the paintings with it's deep green vase, beside plate and bowl, with vivid crimson and blue tones predominant. "impressionism" being the keynote.
 But above and beyond all the col orful technique which savers of the "impressionistic school" is Aldro T. j Hibbard's "The old Elm" with it's bold strokes in greens and yellows, almost inseparable, the nuances and shades blending so perfectly.
 The exhibit of paintings is rare treat for Birmingham and to Mrs. Victor Hanson, the efficient chair man. and~Mr. J. w. Donnelly, pres i ident of the Alebama Art league, the sincere appreciation of the commu- nifty is due for the wonderful oppor- i tunity afforded.