New-York tribune., 1906-07-04
A LONDON ART SHOW.
ARother Group of Sargents IN
Bond Street.
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Club looks forward. not backward, and 4. Is IN
its autumn and summer exhibitions. II anywhere.
that there are vague lntinaslons oS what the
art OF the future may be like. The present show.
which has been deferred owing 70 the difficulty
Of converting the barrack In Dering Yard into
suitable gallery. Is OF The most interesting OF
the clubs recent exhibitions In the oldtirs Dud-
ley Gallery. There is a group ot sargsnts. with
an abundance Os light for observing the artistic
adjustment OF tones and the yevellsc effects Of
color: there are portraits and landscapes with
marked individuality os style: there are fnte-
riors with light as well as air clsveriy Gif~used
and with arrangements Os color as original as
they are refined; and there are signs Os creative
force IN the roughness and freedom with which
paint Is put on the canvas There may not be
great art in this little gallery, but there Is evil
dence OF freshness of thought and clsarnsss O,
intention in the relation OF tones and the mastery
OF subtle problems OF light. Academic stand
ards are not set here although the most famous
painter Of Burlington House is represented by
i've brilliant examples OF rapid Improvisation
The influence OF Mr. VIII Rotheustein and Mr.
Wilson Steer Is strongly exerted. but their col
leagues think for themselves and work IN their
own way. with such freshness Of observation
that the exhibition becomes invigoratins and
cumulative So It comes about that the visitor
faded ana stale from witnessing scores Of sum-
uner arr shows goes away with g hopeful reslins
about the future Of English art
Mr. Sargent appears in Dering Yard not as a
patron of struggling genius dreaming It's dreams
but as a fellow worker striving to be as versaSile
y-ivscious and recklessly experimental as the
Youngest os the band. So light Is his touch. so
sensitive is his feeling for light and color that
he seems to have been playing rather than work
Ing with his paint His two BedOufn sketches
among the Brabazon impressiouist water colors
are fairly Iustrous with their Opalescent blues
and yeIlows perfectly toned; and his WaoS-el-
Mar. with its sombre masses OF rock ana streaAs
OF white sand. Is as complete and unerr1ng
record Of momentary glance at barren defile
gloriied by light as his Mountains OF Moao a1
the Academy. His delight IN vivid impressions
Of color is shown with even more gayety OF splFts
in Switzerland" There could haruly Oe
sIiebtar theme than four pleasure-seekers bask-
ing in the sun on a verdant hillside ana 'lo9l"s
their ewes in htful slumber; yet it mas oeen
1vorlrad ont most brilliantly in the realism OF
checkered light and shade It IS mastery NJ
tie conposition. full OF vivacity ana charm Oh
color .s8ehind the Curtain" reveals ltselI more
slowly and only when the right distance mas
been measured by the eye; and at last the fouE
bare-srmed boys at the top OF the stage are
,da,tieed az working marionettes with strings
II is Vigorous little sketch. with a fine play OF
light IN faces arms and figures IN al CiieSe
vivid bits Of impressionism MI sargent seems
10 he encouraging artists to do their "ork easiiy
ord ~ Law on their paint joyOusly, as tnouen
thew could not help doing it for sheer ernuse-
ment.
c,ub shows. and happily the wan and wasted
iii ~, the ,,alv green room originally introduced
bv Mr. Rothenstein. has had her run Ike otner
to,siart fashions and disappeared The rooms
.ra now furnished more artisticaly. ana the m
mates have prettier clothes and more comeIy
faoas and figures Mr.. Wilson steer III MS
..NTpsic Room" allows two women to be oecom-
fnglv dressed in pink and yellow. ana Win
blush wall and darker furnishing he completes
a lovely blend Of cOlors- The subtle AslIllls U
The eo,res faces. furniture and walls Is what
makes this picture interesting. and there Is
similar motive in a sculptor's Studio" by Mr-
W " Russell in which the craftsmanship IS
less iportant than the diffusion Of mists Of sun
ligr+ a eroup OF playgoers in a theatre gallery
is an ingenious study Of half or quarter light oy
MI Walter sickert: and Mr. TOnks. after choos-
ing silly title, 'The Crystal Gazers," for an old
fashioned anecdote in paint, shows adniiraoie
skill in lighting a room where two girls are eN-
nerirentine with romance. Mr.. Will ROthen-
STEMS group Of Jews Mourning at the Syna-
gogue" is a sombre study OF black and bun With
out beauty Of color or charm OF composition, but
the figures are vigorously drawn and the faces
shaped in light. Another work with definite
artistic intention IS THE Linen Markers by
Mr.. Albert Rothenstein. These interiors are
more noticeable than the landscapes, although
these also have individuality. notably Professor
Broun's Richmond, Yorkshire" and Misty
Morning on the Thames" and Mr. James
Henry's Autumn on the Ure-"
Mr. Steers portrait of himself for the Uh1zi
Gallery has been slowly and laboriously painted.
as though he were striving earnestly to deserve
the honor conferred upon him It is a strong
and vital work, refined in modelling, yet not too
smooth in finish. and with fine glow in the
flesh tints Mr., ]. E. Blenches white Tam
O. Shanter'' is less striking than Mr.. HarrisOns
sGirl in Red Cloak" but he makes full amends
for an awkward portrait Of a good model when
he presents Mr.. Thomas Hardy. the novelist, It
is only sketch portrait, but It is an admirable
likeness. with subtle suggestions Of character as
a writer-with the light of genius shining out
from the dreamy eyes and sombre, hard-set. pes
sinistic face. Another strongly painted pOr-
trait is Sir John Drummer, by Mr.. A z. John.
There is little decorative work. Mr.. ". G. Won
GIehn. with his ''Danatds." and Mr.. COnder. with
his graceful girls in orchards making the clos
est approach to it. The New English Art Club
has no rival to Mr.. Brangwyn, who has revived
the tradition of decorative painting in the Acad-
emy. It Is perhaps unduly Influenced by the
modern French convention that prettiness is
weakness It's men are trying to paint forcibly
and with artistic intention. and they are sue
ceeding so well that some Of them cannot be
kept out OF the Academy very long
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