The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-03
LAMBERT SHOW IS NOW OPEN AT
 NUGGET SHOP
Varied Display of Water colors, Etchings, Oils,
 Etc., Here for Week

Bringing to Juneau fine cul- ltural distillation of authentic Al askan life and landscape, T. R Lambert, famous artist of the h. terior, today opens in the galleries of the Nugget Shop a varied dis play of water-colors, etchings, oils and a solitary engraving that in itself is worth making the journey down Front Street to examine.
 Meherin Cabin Shown
 Lambert, who for the past two months has been living in the Ray Day cabin at Aux Bay, has in- cluded in his exhibit a landscape of that regicn and view of Joe Meherin's cabin that should be of particular local interest.
 ! With the show open only this week-Lambert leaves shortly again for the Interior-and all pictures on the exhibit for sale, art-lovers and all who have experienced the actuality of life in the North, ought hasten to the galleries where such subjects as these can be seen honesty and vigorously depicted: :: The Dog-Musher's Camp" (water- color); Crossing the Pass" (water- color); Lonesome Creek Cabin tengraving); "Klutina Lake in Sep tember" (oiD; "T'he Mail Driver" twater- -color).
 Has Lived What lie Paints
 Lambert has lived the life he tells about, and his pictures bristle with authenticity. Such dogs-or dog-sleds-as the Saturday Evening Post recently featured on their front-page cover have no place in his collection. Instead. there is an etching Team mates" wherein two of his dog pack are seen resting a moment along the trail; Togo an etching portrait of Leonhard Sep palas famous lead dog; Crossing the Pass" picture of a dog-team immemorably in action
 And particularly there is "The Yukon Mail Comes Through on Schedule" an oil color whose only points of composition are a dog team, a man, and a blizzard. and which must be seen rather than described. It is sufficient to say that Lambert himself carried the Yukon mail an entire winter. He knows what he is trying to express and he makes the spectator know it.
 Fine Engraving
 The solitary engraving in the col lection is Lonesome Creek Cabin. J which is everything an engraving should be and which most of those seen on exhibit are not. It is therefore, alone in its class not be- cause the artist is incapable of that medium but because the lack of an engraving press in the Territory makes necessary the loss of much tune in processing. Lambert plans however, to purchase a press of his own in the near future, and devote some time to the medium, believing as his one example would seem to prove = that engraving is the one wholly satisfactory method of depicting snow.
 Oil Sketch "E-Wan"
 Mentioned last wholly for the point Of emphasis, is a quick-life oil sketch, "E-Wan": the head done in tones of blues. olive-greens, and khaki, of a young native boy. It is perhaps the most purely objective ana definite of the artists work now on exhibit. Seeing it. one hungers to know what will be said oi 1t in the great art centers of the States, where, as yet, Lambert mas never attempted an exhibit
 Briefly summarized, Lambert,s most striking qualities would seem purity of tone, remarkable quality oi perspective, fine composition. and oeliniteness about what he wants to say the latter, which is by far the most necessary to greatness. beino also Tn Lambert the most .hiobI, developed. It is not easy to say Just what are his failings, and sucr cfitlcism, even were it given. wo,,c oe Idle. There are only two kind, oi artlsts ever on exhibition. Those wno are motivated by a technica aoiilty, and who move either emo. tionally or by draftsmanship with. III the limitations of that ability .an pc found fault with. to th, tune oi many pages of brillian, o,i'icai essay; but it will be a vast, oi tune both for critic and artist since the latter, if SO motivated must be lacking inherently within nlmseif Of those qualities necessar, .o great art. The other kind of ar' sS's-Lambert is in this class are moving directly as possible to, ma,a goal which they sens. .a.ner . than comprehend; they ar, themselves more aware of tbei, limitations than any onlooker co,,l1 oe' ana one can only stand hack aamire' sometimes with reserva. tions' what they have done an, will do. "-"' .iie.