Special exhibitions of work by the following artists : paintings by John W. Alexander : sculpture by Chester Beach : paintings by California artists : paintings by Wilson Irvine : paintings by Edward W. Redfield : paintings, drawings and sketches by Maurice Sterne
An exhibition catalogue issued by the Art Institute of Chicago in 1916 for gallery visitors, listing paintings and sculpture by John W. Alexander, Chester Beach, Wilson Irvine, Edward W. Redfield, Maurice Sterne and California painters. Halftone plates reproduce oil paintings in coarse sepia grain: women in hats and loose gowns at windows, wooded riverbanks and snow-covered hillsides, useful for soft-focus tonal backgrounds and period figure silhouettes.
