New-York tribune., 1908-11-29

We look rather for the pride OF the ae,.
cleaning nudes painted in fun light o. q
masses of drapery for bodied. toyi.r
preston Of things seen on an earthv ~
There is nothing more characteristics OF hin, :,
such a picture as the Fertility OF the NJ.
at Brussels. a work proclaiming in It's -
forms and luscious color the bounty and ~. 8
lights Of nature He loved the simple c,,,.
of his country. the feastlng and the Iauy,,
and he illustrated them with gusto Old n
ders- prosperous well fed. c0nvivfaI. lives -
in his art II that were all. We might vain =
for documentary purposes and still not OH
him with pleasure Where Jordaens nnI,f,.
70 the aesthetic emotions is in the Iarys e..
u,,.t, that he had Of handling his material.
+, his opuIent color. His flesh tints th-,b. -
the warmth Of life. His duszy reds ana
browns have in them the meIlOwest shaa.-
autumn. He is not a man 10 1--we with -
niteIy His want Of ideas. Of passion. is A.
to tell. sooner or later; but there is no ro,.
vigorating painter 10 come across from Tn.
time in the exploration Of European Art n
mood is very friendly; and he knew h.
Daf3t Merely the fulness and swce5 NJ,
brush will give the student OF technique :.
ling sensation. One prizes him. too. IN
truth. His portraits hold their own beside q,
of Rubens himself
The genius Of the Orient is but slozf-
pIainfng itself TO the West The porrsl,a
Iacouers. worries. prints and other objects IA
are collected with such assidJity give kv
countless amateurs, but the origins o. -
works Of art are not widely understood =
the East. sympathy alone VIII not enabl.
TO cross it. Hard won knowledge is necsv.
Mr.. Laurence Binyon is a modest but bss.
guide 10 this difficult subject His Paints,
the Far East is an illuminating essay. Vel :,
cuIateG to bring irto some sort Of order the q,
fused notions held by most laymen We ~
ticuIarIy value his reasoned protest agains.
familiar conception of Asian painting as ~-
y, decorative" Neither in China nor in "a,
has the artist been content with an fnga,i-
arrangement Of forms. determined solely e.
reference TO line and color He has gors
WAYS for the inner and informing spirit
has had something To say even when. q
Western eyes, he has built UP a design hs--
no obviously intellectual significance H 9
Won tells a story admirably suggestive q Il.
O-!eataTs feeling for nature It runs as fOls
A Japanese friend of mire told ne that vbs,
US in Paris he woke one morning 10 find ~
snow had fallen in the night A a matte
course he took his way TO the B0is de BOuloga.
admire the beauty of the snow upon the -
What was his astOnishuert when with his f-s
another japanese, he arrived n the Bcls to e
ir totally solitary and deserted The TWO COM
ions aiE their vows U beauty IN the white
and the stiffness. and at last beheid in the q
tance two figures approaching They were cd
f0rfed We are not quite alone they sad
themselves. There were at least Two other
men in that citv Of the Indifferent and the b
The figures drew nearer Iney also were
aneSe!
This has been the attitude Of the East 4
time fmmemoriaL Mr.. BinyOn. tracing his 8
iect down from the remotest epochs, extzs
the Chinese and the Japanese painters as %
ing their extraordinary technique at the ser
Of ideas. interpreting Buddhistic dogma Or =
pIe human emotion in terms Of peculiar n
ence. He makes an apt comparison betE
the European flower painting and an ORR
v-orL, in the same field Before a master
in this kind by Fantin Latur.' he says
feel that the flowers have been taken from y
or garden to be grouped before Us, feaz =