The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 3, 1903, Page 14

THE SUNDAY CALL. IN 19 cvrTis’ o J VD10 N 1750 ’ 2 O'BrIENS Jrvove. he walls of this sccond narrow ang rare tapa cloths, for the, the studio has lived in those urts of the world where tapa carvings come from. Her studio is a wealth of teak wood and oda hina, oriental embrolderies and rugs. her tea or chocolate will be served to you from precious old Canton which she has spent many years fn collecting. A PHOTOS. B)’ TANFoR L S Tvoro - oO®YAN FND 71155 = dim light shines down frcm the sky wi dow, to which a tiny fAight of stalr ascend and beneath which is a dainly window garden. Deep couches and cush- jons welcome you. The reserved cat eyes you critically from behind some piece of ebony, whither he has retreated upon your arrival. He is not a cordjal host, but Mrs. O'Brien herself will make up for his reserve. She is the wife of the ncwspaper man who is known here and in Honolulu. Lately he has been sojourning in China, leaving her to art for a short time. As a rule they enjoy art together. They have traveled so much that they have been enabled to pick up many curios. Mrs. O'Brien has been devoting herself to painting very diligently during the ab- sence of her husband. Her portrait stud- ies have thrived under her busy brush, A Sacramento street building is the headquarters of some of ;the hardest workers among our women artists, Miss Maren Froelich occuples one sunny room along with her famous company of bal- let girls—or as many of them as the pub- lic will leave with her. The gay throng has been scattering of late, having gone to new homes all the way from here to IS, TENDERY &rmps). / » X xForoS JJvero New York. They are too popular to re- main at home. But there are other frou- froued and bewitching maldens to take their places on the walls of the littie studio and on the easel. A near neighbor of Miss Froelich is Gertrude Boyle, the young sculptress who did the well known busts of John Swett, Le Conte, Jack London and John Muir. Muir posed for her while she was in the country. She says that he had little time for such affairs and she had to catch him on the fly, but she. certainly caught the likeness permanently. On a lower floor Mrs. Sarah Bender is to be found in the midst of her fruits and flowers. Her studlo is a veritable garden. In the grape season you will find long trailing branches of the fruit-laden vines fastened in all sorts of places about the walls—the models from which Mrs. Bender works. Roses are scattered ev- OMAN ARTI > i Kalisher is farther up tne She is doing some daring portra fn her little place window. Rxford has She will the only Miss Caroline unique studio. lead den that looks like an the country plicked and set ¢ midst of our rushing c end of the garden stunds California Artists nd theretn hang the paintings that are her dearest wo But the garden is my favorits studlo, after a she says. Mrs. Clara Curtis lives In one of thoss rorthwester mes that ve a big sweep of ba view, and taken fen of the hig £ al an attic where fas i e windows peep saucily in unexpected places at bay h hills beyond. Mrs. Cur could y »s in Miss Evelyn Should Stay at Home BY 1. P. Of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Art A tists of San Frar complished much and the are going to accomplisn much more in the vears that lie before them ere is every prospect of big things being women who h the sculpt Callforn woman's art is y howed a spl women osition and The have alread; women our chosen t have estat LATIMER 7S JLALYHER. erywhere. There is a time of the year when she seeks the vineyards and works outdoors among the vines. She says she lives in an atmosphere of grapes for those two golden weeks. The rest of the time she must buy them Ia our markets and take then® to her upstalrs studio. The popular building at 424 Pine street has long been a headquarters for the tribe of artists, and Miss Annie Briggs and Miss O’'Ryan, the miniature painter, have held a studio there together. ‘Miss Briggs’ landscapes adorn the walls. There is a cozy corner where they hang above a couch. The charm of the place is enough to inspire anybody to happy work. Miss Briggs is now working in the country and has glven up her city nook for a time. One. is Mrs/ Bender. - She handles roses and‘ grapes as no one - else does. She makes them her own:.she stamps her work with her own individuality. Miss Evelyn, McéCormick i$ another. She knows :Monterey all through, and she handles her scenes there in her own way. Mrs. Whelan, Mrs. Chittenden, Mrs. Clara Curtls, Miss Froelich and Mrs. Richard- son are all to be named as women who have worked long enough to prove that their work is worth while. Some of the younger ones I am watching with the influenced than me following the style is the day of a tells. Only w see ¥ from but beware of their mannérs. but ne Imita sclous, ne the 1 Be yourself, you: ¥. o the California abroad to st return to work. You ca spiration like tr woods or the beach than in any ot Paint what you see; paint It as you ses it; and remember always, whoever you are, that you have more to learn,