New-York tribune., 1908-01-20
ECLECTIC ART.
Features of an international r..
hibitiOn. .
London. Janua-y

there may be in any civilized country ana =
every method or process or fad that r,av {.
followed. II combines the elements of aiz.--.
systems Whatever is representative IN -.
sculpture. painting. engraving and stchf,z J,
the time is taken for what IL is worth and =.
hibited on its merits without reference :
source. school or nationality. The Interns-lo-.,
is useful. because IL enables artists 20 ana -.
what is going on in the world outside their -
studios and circles of acquaintance II n -
marily an educational institution rather -
an agreeable showroom AT Burlington F4o,.-
whether in summer or in winter the walls :.
crowded with exhibition works which srs =
teresting from subject. story telling or1alf.v :.
historical associations Pictures. new or old
exhibited there for the entertainment of ta-
crowds If the groups OF spectators are no4s.
ably enthusiastic over work as hapuan..
last summer. the painter IS singled our for a,s.
ton associate in the course OF a =.
months. II Il be an old masters show 4o- =.
winter months the organizers seek 70 rnaka :.
miscellaneous collection. with somethin1 !.
please everybody. so that the galleries nav
flied every day At the International shows a
drawing power Of works OF art for exhibrs.
purposes is not considered Subject. charm. A,
tinction Of style and beauty Of color are =
garded as less important than rnoderuitv
technique Workers in various countries. ua.
their own habits OF observation and capaci-.
for developing the resources Of subjects an
brought into touch with one another and enasss
To broaden their styles
There are for example. no other exhf5i,ia
of prints equally varied and couprehens-s
Every branch OF the arr OF illustration in 80
and white and in color IS represented in ~
south room and in the well lighted BALCONY an
the artists are American. British. French Dur
and German illustrators. with individuaIitv
style and pecuIiarities Of method In wood r
craving Henry Wolf is without a rival in ~
deIicacy OF his reproductions OF such wo-ks
WhistIers Miss Alexander Beatrice dEz.p
after Leonardo da Vinci. and Jan verrss-s
Woman al a Window" There are grouvz
Autographs with characteristic difereness
style BY BeIlerOche. F E Jackson. A s Hz- ~
rick and Edmund J. Sullivan Joseph Psnzsi
with Whistlers own economy OF line heads Il z*
list Of-etcheTs with a beautiful series OF Rous Is
and Beauvais scenes. and there are excsHs- IL
artists. ike o. Nordfelt. E : Lumsden an !.
William Monk competing with him The ms
refined dry points are contributed by H Mzm n
Livens and c. Storm Vans Gravesande. an
there are many drawings in charcoal pend Il
and crayon- The color processes are Illus
trated with fine variety. There are coIorss
drawings by Sir Charles Holroyd. one OF then
an expressive portrait Of William Strzng su-
graver and painter There are wood blocks II
color from the Continent. and coIored Htho-
graphs. etchings, aquatints and prints by a
dozen French. German and English artists.
is work Of high quality which reveals Expansion
OF the resources of the art OF illustration Bot
the south room and the balcony are 5rightenzi
by a fine display Of water cOIOrs and pasrss
from the hands OF Degas. Herbert GoOdaH. 4
Muhrman, Vincent Van GOgh. Robert AIMING
Bell and other artists Altogether it Is brft
liant display. from which much is to be learned
by expert illustrators
The north gallery. where French impressioz-
lists and their English irnitators are having
riotous debauch OF color with fgnobIe subjects
and frivoiity Of method, IS q chamber OF freak
ish antics and horrors TO those accustomed 70
staid Academic conventionaIities Thers s
nothing so offensive as ZuIOaga's -Vieux Mar
cheur' of last year as startling as II Bs-
nard's portrait of Nine Jourdain; but there ara
so many ultra performances il oil. SO NAM
theatrical scenes and bounding actresses and
such a uaddening glare OF contrasting coIors a
war with one another that il becomes a virtus
10 be old-fashiOned- Even revolutionary Man
cini with his hummocks Of paint and srreaks
of tinfon seems conservative in this company
and certainly his portraits OF Mrs. Fry and LadT
GIyn have remarka bic power and vitality Tiers
is no lack Of cIeverness in the PORTRAYAL OF III
descent gowns and lights at cross purposes;
there is consistency in the general purpose that
nothing shall be beautiful. and there IS br1TlaI
technique in the method OF putting the paint On
the canvas. but any one on fairly intima;s
terms with the old masters is glad 70 sscaps
from Neven du MOnt's ''HarIequinade LOUIS
Bonnards and LerolIes. even II he has 70 turz
his back upon mastery technique Ike Cezsnnss
'Pommes ct Pain" Georges Buysss's ''Sunriss
on the Water and Carriere's brilliant but II
expIicabie Theatre de BelleviIe.'' William Or
pens pretentiOus and vulgar outdoor pOrr-sa
group Of Sir We're Foster, wife and daughtr
may not be out Of place in this fantastic room.
nor is William Strang's awkwardly modelled
After Work There is only one American
work in the north gallery, and that Is good
one-Max Bohm's Winds OF March, with Is
stirring sense OF movement
In the large west gallery the ultra modern
spirit is kept under restraint and the canvass
can be enjoyed with a more tranquil mind Ths
place OF honor is filed with a Renoir-a higny
decorative portrait OF a lady in yellow. with 4
red ribbon in her dark hair and a japanese ran
in her hand, standing against a notified green
wall-a splendid color study Painted VIE
directness and simplicity. II is WhiSJlerlsh aEH
so are the four high uprights with full lensn
portraits One is Mr.. BlanChe's "SignOr u
lOaga.' the painter dark man in cloak WIZ
a graceful pose and an alert. expressive taces
another is John Lavery's red-jaCketed "Paullns
Chase as Peter Pan among the treetops. VIE
birds singing around her. The third IS Chsrs
Cottet's 'Lucien Simon" the Breton painter. d
black against yellow wall. and the fourth
Francis HOwards Captain Dewhurst." IN darN
blue There other interesting portraits anu
subject pictures-Lavery's "SignOr Tosti VIII