The leading authority on the materials and techniques of painting. Index; illustrations. Translated and revised by Eugen Neuhaus.

Eugen Neuhaus was a German painter, who immigrated to San Francisco in 1904. When the 1906 earthquake destroyed his studio and home, Neuhaus moved to the Monterey area. Neuhaus' greatest impact on California art was as a lecturer, author and teacher. The Galleries of the Exposition: A Critical Review of the Paintings, Statuary and the Graphic Arts in The Palace of Fine Arts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition