New-York tribune., 1908-11-08

way 10 the Nahometan exhibition at White
chapel. It is designed TO illustrate the art Of
Turkey, Egypt, Persia, India and Morocco. and
the visitor soon forgets the East End slun1s
and the noisy tubes and IS transported 20 the
Orient with fits textiles. carpets, brass work.
tiles anII ceramics. There are prayer rugs TO
be set toward Mecca mosque furniture damas-
cened with gold. carpets woven in kasmir,
shields hammered and FURNISHED by Persian
metal workers tiles with the 1ustre OF tur-
cuoise. Indian shawls muslins and laces. Arabic
Illuminated manuscripts and Saracenic blades
lusting after conquest A gallery is filed with
ratntings by Zoffany, Lewis. Fortuny and other
artists to illustrate the life OF the bizarre, gilt
ter1ng and changeful East: but how dull and
prosaic they are in comparison with the wealth
Of color IN this varied bazaar Of Oriental treas
ure trove, Whitechapel. with all its poverty
and ignorance rivals Mayfair IN its educational
facilities for artistic entertainment and in its
outlook upon the world. It has its jewelled
window through which streams food Of light
from the East.
There are the conventional shows, with walls
ciuttered with ordinary work Mr.. Alfred East
Is laboring 20 lift the Royal Society Of British
Artists ont Of the ruts into which II sank after
whistler left e. and his own work ought TO be
& source OF inspiration. His wings Of the
Morning" with pale stacks Of grain and green
fish stubble under a gray and blue sky. is
beautiful work with an atmosphere that can be
felt and with half-Ights which are tender and
reveal the painters sensbility A picture so
full Of poetic feeling ought 10 set Of the
new presidents colleagues On the heights among
the inspired where they dream dreams
about the art OF the future. They have not
caught fire from him. but are podding along in
the old, dun way. The best that can be said
su fR-sr Hopc fS hat
ter than It used 70 be and that the most OBJ
noxJous OF the old offenders have been put out
CT the way IN corners instead CT filing the cen
tral spaces. The portraiture Is hard and
cE1anical and the subject pictures are artificial
and trivial The most effective pictures. apart
from Mr.. East's are those with glirnpses of
Continental towns. notably Nh. Aliens Ram
parts OF Montreuil," Mr.. Hates French market
town and MI Jackson's Istrian port The
league OF twenty-One painters al the Goupil
Gallery is perhaps equally disappointing The
best artist among them. Mr.. Peppercorn. persists
la becoming more sornbre year by year with his
lew key Of color
II there Is any new man Of marked promise In
the autumn shows It IS Mr.. Maxwell Armheld,
whose work IS shown at the Carfax Gallery.
There are oils, water colors and temperss. nearly
afty in all, and they conspicuous for fresh
-ess delicate fancy. cleverness CT technique and
distinction Of style. The water color drawings
srs mainly bits OF coast and downs about Swan
are LuIworth Cove and Corfe Castle, In Thomas
Rar6yss country. and there Is fine play of
nrht tn them The tempera pictures. especially
Love" Truth" David" and -Siegfried~ are
refined IN feeling and beautiful in color. and
the oils, with al their crudities, have individu-
atty.
The best etchings found at the Gutekunst
Gallery, where a delightful hour can be passed
hy admirers OF this beautiful art Among the
cid masters are twenty-one Rembrandts in
7esrfr transitional and late states There Is an
early impression Of 1.-The Three Trees In which
the relations OF tone perfectly preserved:
the plate Of Christ Presented to the People" has
undergone four or five transformations. and
The Three Crosses" IN late and possibly final
sx.sts Il a perfect example Of unriva1led tech
hiaus and dramatic suggestion Rembrandt's
srnother must have given him many a pious beno-
eiction for be was always painstsking and rev.
erent 10 etching her hands. and with what mas
ts~y CT the resources Of his craftsmanship could
? Ia pass from line TO shade and texturei Ddrer
cee1sd % imperting beauty of expression TO his
work a. q practical line engrayer. yet the nine
examples OF some Of his best piecea are most I'm
fe-estins The -Four Horsemep" Is one OF the
huaous series Of fifteen illustrating the Apoos-