International studio (52.1914)

Seven Murals by Albert Her ter


Th us, red is
theoret i cally
productive of
restlessness,
blue of calm,
green of quiet.
Examining these
seven wall paint-
ings, one would
like to know
what effect their
scheme, quite
aside from sub-
ject, will have on
sensitive nerves
which react to
colours. One
may say that
they exert a
cheering influ-
ence. There is
nothing harsh or
disquieting or
morbid about
them; on the
contrary, there
is great beauty
of hue and line.

Wall Painting in the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA BY ALBERT HERTER


The hall they
deck is a place
for lounging, a
tea room rather
than a dining
room. The ceil-
ing and floor are
treated to suit
the paintings;
thus, each mural
has at the centre
of the upper and
lower borders a
tablet which
forms a colour-
key for the car-
pet and rugs of
a darkish blue
like t h e p ea-
cock’sneck. The
room is built of
Caen stone, and
pilasters of that
soft grayish-yel-
lowmaterial sep-
arate the pic-
tures, and frame
the windows and

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