This day in Mohawk Valley History: November 24, 1924

As reported in The Utica Observer-Dispatch on November 24, 1924

Writer Says Paintings at Library Interest in Subject and Technique

Editor of the Observer-Dispatch:

The oil paintings of New York City, now at the Public Library, are of interest both as to subject and technique. One looking at these pictures or any collection of pictures, should adopt a receptive attitude of mind before deciding whether the picture is pleasing or not.

Every artist who takes time to prepare a canvas has an idea, an expression of the beautiful which he wishes to convey, and the one who criticizes or admires should at first try to see the idea which the painter is trying to give through the medium of color. The same may be told through the strings of an instrument or the tones of the voice, and it is imperative that one try to hear, think or see in terms of the artist.

Mr. Warner, in this series of paintings, shows us New York, old and new, great and small, and points out the romance and picturesqueness in each scene. This is the last week to see New York in Pictures.”

Art Lover.
Utica

Source: New York State Historic Newspapers, The Utica Observer, November 24, 1924, page 8.