The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 22, 1901, Page 12

rize WO weeks ago there was/| Tpublished in the Sunday Call a series of sketches by Jan- vier T. Martinez that attracted great attention. In that issue mention was made of the re- markable portrait that won for Mr. Martinez honorable mention | splendid reproduction of this pic-i critics have rightly declared that {ture is given above. It is of Miss | this picture should hang in the | portrayed by the brush. | Marion Holden, a San Francisco | Louvre. THE SUNDAY CALL." {cture, “fMarion Holden,” of baris Salon: Art in San Francisco. in the salon at the International] of | Some of the leading Parisian Exposition in Paris last year. A ! and careful study that one may hope to catch all the ideas as The most remarkable| Thereds so much of the human girl, who is now studying art in| thing about Martinez’ work is its | in his portraits that they will in- Paris. She was at one time a|power of suggestion. A first|terest men in every epoch. The student at the Hopkins Institute | glance does not reveal the whole | artist explains this peculiar qual- picture, and it is only after long | ity of his work by saying that he | characteristic of emphasis in his | decorat attempts to interpret and not to| work that has brought him such | brought copy. high compliments from the con-| men in He claims that the beautiful‘inoisseurs of Paris. {Eugene Carrier, the portrait side of any aspect of nature musti Martinez is not only a painter| painter; Rodin, the sculptor; be exaggerated in order that the | of portraits and landscapes, but | Carpentier, the decorator; Stein- common man may the better un- | he is an artist in all branches— | lein, the illusirator—all are his derstand it. It is this peculiar | etching, lithograph, modeling andlfriends. This great versatility him into comtact with every branch of art.