The first two etchings which Miss Douglass made were accepted for the show of the Chicago Society of Etehers, which was held in March, of last year. Thee etchings won instant success and Miss Doug: Ings? work in this field was accepted for the International Exhibition of the Brooklyn (New York) Society of Etchers. Her etchings sold second best in a total of 300 ex-biters. She wok el ber of the Philadelphia Print Club without formality of jury—the acid test of an ctcher—just as she wi elected unanimously to members in the Arts Club of Chicago, honour, while ultra-is also exclusive Sponsors outstanding artists whose work is attracting attention, and welcomes the extreme modernist as well as the conservative, preserving at all times that artistic balance which makes it, perhaps, the finest club of its' kind in America, and ore of the most usefal. Mrg. John Alden Carpenter, wife of the famous American ce If an artist of pro showed at the Anderson Galleries, Park Avenue and 59th St, and after secing her exhibition' there, Royal Cortissoz, New York art critic, writing' in the "Herald-Tribune," said: avery interesting exh that Ses Lucille: Dougloas the Anderson Galleries of her pastels the waterways of China.
the' streams. and, bridges mam occasional pawoves "bold, straightforward manner, never forcing the picturesque note, but leet: ing it to register ft effect 83.20 much Wave' never seen moilcrn pi ares of the East more artlessly ce Nincing. She sees her Oriental wor wae from a-seell chosen point Siew and' tates ie live,"
Mrs. Ayscough, in the descriptive catalogue of Miss Douglass' pictures, says: in devoting herself, largely to the 'Waterways of China,' Miss Devglo: shows appreciation of a characteristic ies at the very heart of the being; end in painting the sees "of the "Yangtze Delta she. ely quintessence, 42 what Miss: Douge This ancient
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Many Other Cities Besides her exhibitions in New York, Chicago, and Florida, Miss Douglass has shown her pictures in most of the principal cities of America, and in Canada, Every where, she has met with sjontaneous enthusiasm and instant recogni tion. The New York exhibition was said to have been the most success ful one-man show of the season, and one-third of the pictures were sold, In St. Andrew N. B. and Montreal, in Canada, where Miss Douglass' showed, one of her pice tures was invited for the Royal Canadian Academy show. This picture was later selected for permanent. showing in the Royal. Academy, Ottawa, where it is now hung.
Miss Douglass generously ase caribes much of her success to Mrs, Ayscough who, she says, opened to liber the doors to China's beauty and culture and made possible her wide vision and understanding of—th people. Miss Douglas§ brings to her work qualities which defy failure, Besides her natural talent which has been perfected by careful training and earnest work, she international viewpoint which somehow permeates her work and makes her pictures more human, more vital. She has a great joy in Ther work and in living, a quick, eager response to colour and a backxround of simplicity that enable her to Bhow fundamentals with the true artist's touch, There is, me deed, a reflexion of her personality. in her work, a personality rich and broad, with'no time for details, Douglass shears aways the details with a quick hand but revels, in the mysticism and serenity of the Bast and hij mysticism and serenity she imparts to her pict An interesting thing about Miss. Douglass' remarkable success painting and etching is that for five years from 1915 to 1922 she did not paint a stroke. Inspired by the colour and beauty of life in China, Fhowever, she again began to paint, hhefitatingly at first, until, in a short time her gift returned, stronger than ever,
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