The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-13
SUMNER EXHIBITIONS.

The etchings and drypoints OF G. A. Plat
which were recently on view at Ksppel's
Galleries, 4 East Thirty-ninth street, illus
trate that artists versatility. A Landscape
architect, he nevertheless is able to devote
SOM of his time to his etching. with which
he has achieved a reputation fully equal to
MS previous one as a w~atercolorist. A
lover OF landscape and seascape, Of old
canals and broad sweeping meadows, Of
cheerful harbors and sunny unspoilt cor
ners is Mr.. Platt. He has the improvising
touch In his work; the lines, economical AZ
they are, are flowing IND enforced. He
observes closely, records discreetly. IL is
the art OF etching in one of it's most sd-
mirable phases, for II Mr.. Plat 10 not
strongly imaginative he is able to act down
exactly what he wishes to set down, and
with a minimum OF effort and without a
suggestion Of niggling. The plates, Portland
on the st. John, Annapolis River, Canal at
Charities, Trouville, Dordrecht on the Mas
ono never tires Of this Evening on the
Mas, Honheur, Dieppe, Dutch Market
Boats, Williamsburg from the Bridge, and
an Inland Port, are unusual specimens Of the
etcher's art. This past week etchings by
A. Shaw mclaughlin we're shown at the
same gallery.
Doubling Thomases, professional and
otherwise, should go to the Macbeth Gal
leries. $50 Fifth avenue, which are open
this summer, there TO study and to he
convinced by the three pictures Of George
Luks, which sing o N thsn north wall. They
are b "Pawnbroker's Daughter" THE
Spielers' and The Boy With the Parrot"
and they might have been painted by
three artists instead Of one, 50 widely dis
parate are they in feeling, subject, treat
ment Some Of the Luks canvases have
been praised in The SUH, with the accus-
toned results. People who had never had
even 30 much as a peep at his work dis
sented violently because we saw In him
the potentially Of q great painter; while his
friends accused us Of lukewarmness- Now,
there are the pictures at Macbeth's-not
a 1.-THE OF what he has lone or will do;
yet three fairly representative examples Of
his singular gift OF selling character, repre-
senting mood and movement, and also his
sudacious and massive brush work and
startling color antithesis. That boy. that
parrot would surely have provoked praise
from Manet; yet the paint Is not Manet's.
the parrot not Manet's-shrill d~issonance
as it is. The Spielers- Is better known.
IL 10 a gracious lyric canvas. rhythmic
to a marvellous degree. and its tints OF
great charm. The s~oftness and transpar-
ENJOY OF those East Side children's heads
are genuinely classic. No tone offends.
The picture swims with life. 1t entrances
the eye, the imagination. As for The
Pawnbroker's Daughter'-she might have
stepped out OF some old Dutch masters
studio. The Dutch strain In Luks and his
shrewd Yankee humor are blended here
in the happiest The girl is carry
ing a carafe on a tray. The rich CON-
m~inglement OF tones. the Tribal aware
ness of the girls glance. her tangled hair.
and the smouldering splendor Of her gsrb
are indicated without a suspicion Of brorourd:
yet one il conscious OF great virtuosity.
~clairvoyance and sympathetic observation.
Perhaps Mr.. Luks may a v many pictures
to show us next season. moro brilliant. more
powerful. more dramatic; but these three
will suffice to establish his reputation as a
daring and original painter-onc is tempted
10 add, to establish the reputation Of three
daring and original painters.