KERAMIC STUDIO 
The Club is also enjoying a six weeks course of evening- 
lectures by local artists on the following topics: "Art in Com- 
mon Things," "Mural decoration," "Taste," "How to judge a 
picture," Interior decoration" and a "Theory of color." 
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The John W. Alexander memorial collection which has 
been on view at the Minneapolis Art Institute during the 
month of March reminded art lovers afresh of the tremendous 
loss to the art world of this master of line, composition, color 
and lighting. His portrait of Walt Whitman, owned by the 
Metropolitan Museum, is a triumph of composition, of re- 
straint and refinement, luminous but harmonious in color, and 
sympathetic and appreciative as portraiture. 
The portrait of Joe Jefferson as "Bob Acres" is not so 
pleasing pictorially, but is a masterful portrayal of character. 
His exquisite studies of women, rhythmic in line, broad and 
decorative in treatment, strongly suggest what is best in Japa- 
nese art, but the atmosphere is wholly American. Mr. Alex- 
ander's pictures affect one like a breath of fresh air. They 
have the sweep of the sea, the compelling curves of the wind, 
the atmosphere of sincerity and the joy of life 
On exhibition at the same time was the collection of 27 
wood carvings by Chas. Hoag, a Scandinavian, together with 
some interesting textiles by his wife. The carvings represented 
"The Spirits of the Woods," and are inspirational in concep- 
tion and splendid in technique. Some of them are veritable 
poems in wood. They are carved from the woods best suited 
to the theme, and the titles are suggestive of the mysterious 
quality of the carvings. "The Holy Spirit," "Mystery of 
Nature," "Struggle of Nature," "Dying Chestnut," "Evolu- 
tion," " The Oak's Song," etc., are a few of the themes which 
have inspired this artist craftsman. One of the weavings by 
his wife shows a shadow portrait of himself in grey wools. 
A group of flower panels in pastel by Agnes Harrison Lin- 
coln were a part of the March attractions. They were repre- 
sentative of the latest thought and feeling in color and compo- 
sition. As color schemes they were virile, but as compositions 
they show strongly the modern tendency to crowd and con- 
fuse. They were strenuous and compelling, but as the stren- 
uous life is .not always the most efficient, the picture which bids 
MRS. PRICE— DUQUESNE CERAMIC CLUB EXHIBIT, NOV., 1916 
loudest for recognition is not the one to give the most lasting 
pleasure or hold the interest it has gained. 
Through the Scandinavian Art Society of America the 
Minneapolis Institute has become possessed of two represent- 
ative paintings of the Scandinavian Exhibit which has been 
making its rounds of American cities since the close of the 
Panama Pacific Exposition. 
MRS. MCINTYRE— DUQUESNE CERAMIC CLUB EXHIBIT, NOVEMBER, 1916 
