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Show A IIC - : , - . SKue High Lights In The population. CllJJ Cl'iJ plant located ,io;Permaiieiit Collection SubscrlDtion 7 HARRISON HUN'TfNGTOX MRS. MAN the wholly satisfying I ible features of the : illei-y is the fact that QIC j'ust time, one may (J the school's own art : Heretofore the pictures I k A ' crowded for wall space i Vlr (f them ' have neces- 1 hung in poorly light-I light-I where it was impossible j :? glorious subtleties of ' WASH!' shade and the depth Here anlg that are the chief ' outlining , many of our paintings. , terday's now gallery each pic-i pic-i cisions- ample wall space and WASHING 1,10 ellcctive indirect System, each has the MlA of the best light pos-i- Wnay first impression upon slate minim'1 "ew gallery is one A It is "" aiul assl"'ance that r M, '':SU fl'm ti,e nar" state of Wa.l)U1.ttginRi (icp,.essing tended to rct us and soar to a working conmuty, of imagination, children. Here Lord Rosebery's What jooks is equally ap-. ap-. eision ? he satisfaction to be A. The ms these works of art: in an opinio a time when art is Hughes, hcldiself and that is to of women's recruit alter fatigue, con. 'if i-ei . vJ spirit, or suffering. ciHO,,y;on i,o object ) is to refresh "1.c,lj. uexall, to lose the cares m'nh thi world in - the world of tcnMiigiiion, then a work of art beor i uioi than a mean,s. It is an i. , ii itself. From ,any work, tins ( msnr intellectual, the man : A- es". tii-ecl and soured and ly 1 i "Icr the spell of some conn aster, who raises him Colin , ground and takes him ; .ew heaven and a new its'l( 1 h.A'here he forgets his A-1scnid rests his limbs, and . tercel' rens to the world a refresh-t'ne refresh-t'ne athappy man." verse -,1C m opportunity to forget ongu u'i(;;j and unpleasantness verse i iils in a visit to the Spring-War Spring-War leSe gallery. Who can doubt interval (contemplating Elizabeth . Q. Hoton's "Girl at the Gate," similar J. Walters "Spring Morn- A- -e'or Hafen's "Hollyhocks," all ,,, .ThMav will bring some lovely ; s tiling, vul sa, n over cacn new cawn; ... staSine 1Vj adventurous thing to : M Y ' ' '"Against; my heart when it is piai. r -Jicvecl (,1C. sudden beauty 1 withuuL J d nauo; snat'h of yoni; a bre;ith of Now ' P'''! ; .spring poen lit with golden flame; monl hn iiiw'ii JiiMWJlU JWIll.lT?rrr Hi'h-tangled bird notes kecn- ly thinned i Like Hying- colors on the wind." j Who can 'visit the open spaces revealed in "Quaking Aspens" and the "Tepees" without a sense of exhilaration and of well-being? Krioseke's "Breaklast Time" and "The Hoy and the Hun" breathe to the soul the hope and faith of childhood ; Jones Lie's "Mill-race" "Mill-race" instills a sense of strength and of courage; the immensity of vision in "Sierra Dawn" and the boundless strength in "Crash-, ing Harmony" give us an assurance assur-ance that there is a Divinity, who is wisely planning and effectively ef-fectively shaping- man's destiny. - Every time one visits the art gallery, he will be more impressed im-pressed by its excellence and wealth, and more prone to compare com-pare these pictures with those of the visiting exhibit, with a sense of satisfaction that our own collection compares favorably with those assembled for the April exhibit. The east wall of the larger gallery of the main floor, is entirely en-tirely composed of Hafen's paintings paint-ings with "The Quaken Aspens" forming the central -figure in the arrangement. This painting, purchased in 1922 from the family fam-ily of John Hafen, is considered by many critics to be .his masterpiece. mas-terpiece. Its present valuation has been placed as high as that of 1 any other painting in the gallery. gal-lery. What the artist has portrayed por-trayed in this painting is more than a grove of aspens; it is soul expression; feeling, sweetness sweet-ness of spirit, tenderness and simplicity are all portrayed in this favorite subject of Hafen's. He often referred to the quaking aspens as "the virgin of the forest." for-est." His other paintings "Hollyhocks," "Holly-hocks," "Mountain Stream," "The Tepees." and "The Wasatch Valley," Val-ley," as well as his smaller canvases, can-vases, all bespeak his sense for light and air, the feeling of "out of doors." "To this artist nature opens her heart and tells her feelings, which he pictures for our joy. What he tells, words are inadequate inade-quate to express. Where he begins, be-gins, literature is dumb." No picture that has come into our gallery $ has been more universal uni-versal in its appeal to both students stu-dents and patrons than "Through the Birches," by Walter Koeniger. I he student body purchase of 1032. This painting, delicate in coloring, tender in sentiment, appealing ap-pealing in mood, and rich in suggestion sug-gestion is one of the choice ad- i !!' . hi I rrwJdfrtilt1frmT' ditions to our collection. One looks through the long vista of trees to a dim horizon beyond which are countless possibilities and- visions. Walter Koeniger, the artist, is a German by birth, who lives in Woodstock, N. Y. He has won an enviable reputation reputa-tion as a painter of snow scenes, . but in "Through the Birches," he has captured the spirit of summer with equal charm and fidelity. Two outstanding marines are "Distant- Surf," by Frederick J. Waugh and "The Sea Rover" by William Ritschel, that add to our roster of artists the names of two of America's most noted marine painters. In the former canvas are very definitely portrayed por-trayed the movement, subtlety, and delicate coloring for which Waugh is famous. The fact that this artist has an unusual visual vis-ual memory and that he paints from sketches and memory the scene that attracts him account for the strong decorative quality characteristic of this painting. William Ritschel, on the other hand, paints from nature and makes us feel the elemental force of the sweeping waves. Even to one who has never seen the ocean ' in its relentless majesty, this j picture brings a message of its strength and invincibility. Ritschel Rit-schel lives at Carmel Heights in an artistic rock house overlooking overlook-ing the Pacific. "He is erect, independent, in-dependent, gracefully gray, with ! youthful figure and keen adventurous adven-turous eye. Young in spirit, and body, if not in years, he has kept the fresh outlook he perhaps learned to prize in the years of sailoring that preceded his achievements with the brush." The last two additions to our collection are "Snowbound," by Marguerite S. Pearson of Boston, Bos-ton, and "Trees," by John E. Cos-tigan. Cos-tigan. "Snowbound," a winter idyl, is a canvas so filled with that mysterious something which critics call "atmosphere," that one fairly feels the warmth from the lovely old fireplace, in stinging sting-ing contrast to the sense of cold and isolation displayed in the deep snow and hanging icicles seen through the window. In the soft folds of the dress, worn by the figure in the picture, and in the sheer curtains at the windows win-dows one recognizes Miss Pearson's Pear-son's remarkable gift for painting paint-ing textures. John E. Costigan is a painter of woods and of trees upon which he paints the endless variation of sunlight and shadow in their layers of leafy boughs, when individual in-dividual form almost disappears in a general translucency. "Who dwells with beauty has no need of fear; The sun and moon and stars keep pace with him, Invisible hands restore the ruined ruin-ed year, And time, itself, grows beautifully beauti-fully dim. One hill will keep the footprints of the moon, That came and went a hushed and secret hour; One star at dusk will yield the lasting boon; Remembered beauty's white immortal im-mortal flower." |