Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-23
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 The ninth annual exhibition of the Mystic Art association has opened in the Broadway school dn that town. There Ire about forty pictures in the main .oom. the assembly hall on the tet9 loor of the building. and nearEy two hundred sketches are hung in one of the smaller rooms.
 As its usually the case aH the, summer exhibits landscapes are in sthe majority. Most of the members of the Mystic art colony are rapresented bv paintings of this class. but the sout siders whose work has been secured 2bv the hanging com rnittees run chiefly to portra,ieq and fig ures The Art association has always been frank abclt the subject of includ- ing in it's exhibitions pictures by prom tent members of the National academy. The annual. shows have been held prim-; arily with the idea of giving Mystic peoIe chance. to learn at first hand something about painting. The presence in Mystic of the number of men and women who sa;ent their Yves making oil paintings Fly aroused interest in that branch, and it was in response to this desire for knowledge that the ex- hibitions came into existance. It was felt that the Mystic people, wcald get n more comprehensive knowledge of American art if they could see what other painters besides their own fellow towns people were doing. This repre- sentative quality haq always. been ono of the outstanding features of the ex- hihits here. An annual visit to them would do >ereat deal to keep one abreast with the tendencies of present day painting and the advance of its thought.
 that the members of the colony need help from without to keep them up to date. Most Of theT. work is landscape and most of the work of the other mAn is composed of portraits and figures. but the outdoor things can very well stand comparison with the imported can vases
 Among the things that are invaria- bly noted with pleasure every year hero are Charles H Davis landscapes He shows two this time, one from a bright summer motif of tossing green branches and clear blue sky and another fn B more serious vein called "The Big Rock ' His choice of subjects is varied and his ency to rlln in the same groove from year to year. To this is due the fact that his bits of New England have the charm of enontaniety added to sound workmanship and depth of feeling.
 Peter Marcns can always be depend ed on for something interesting and worth while, His work shows thought Of a deeper and perhaps gtoornier tone than the majority of modern landscapes He paints nature in an aloof and brood ing mood hut he Is able to do this with out falling hack on the device of the mysterious tonaEstic haze which begaT | to be- common twenty CT more yearf ago but which has since been largely i dropped. His "Old Boundary Wall" ie i good example of thi, method-a meth 1 cd whose vArv strength saves it iron hint of morbidness.
 Tn strong contrast to Marcus are " Albert Thompson and C. Eliot EnneSing These men reyel in sunshine. Ennek l ing can make hIg shine the brighter hu . Thompson surpas sses him when the g,oy is more diffused.
 In Ennek.ng's Sunny Hours" We se 1 one of his favorite white houses witi the sun bathing the peak of it's gabi end. The tones he has used are a httl colder than is his wont but .:s a br.Cl6an n piece of recording. Thompson has tw 1 canyasses. "The House Under the Mill and '"The Village Church. Like En llilS lAid.lt lS q idt Oc7l U the houses and buildings, indigenoas t this part of the country. masking in tA1 sunlight. With all of his fidelity ir transcription he is .reseucceful Tn com position and the linear qualities of hi work is one of it's best features Fl
 paints his intuition with care an 1 makes it of interest but he Is never met iculous. ''The Village Church. Is flle' with A medley of hmildingSA whose line in other hands would he hopelessly jun
 bled, hnt he makes them balanced an
 symmetrical.
 e. H. Woodberry knows one thinJ ''The Blme Wave" The drawing good but the oolcrA impresses one a lii l tie as smelling more of the pant tub
 than of the briny deep. There is imae . ination and feeling in the picture bt } as an outdoor-or erboard-tning lacks conviction. Beside this canvas