New-York tribune., 1909-03-21

a sIversnlith and in his youth he served the ap-
premiership Of q craftsman In the WORKSHOP Of
tails, and il may be noted in passing that down
TO the day his death he preserved the apttudes
Of the goldsmith Some OF his statuettes mishr
have easily been produced by a disciple OF Celi1L
But Barye soon Craved wider field OF activity
ana faund the kfy to il in that impulse which draE
him 20 the Iardin des Pantes Frequentng the col
lection of wild animals there absorbed conpr7-
pI tion of their traits he proceeded observe them
both artist and as a naturalist To Dsil-
croix's instinct for the senSuous beauty OF the
leopard or the tiger he Joined scientists inquis.-
III eneSs as to the springs oI aetoh IN those 1.-THE,
cleaning bodies he studied the movement Of tae
muscles under the ripping skin. ne noted every
n!anee OF expression about ne mouths and eyes Of
his great cats He watched tnen Ieedlng or NOV
ing with their ceaseless restleSsness up and down
5 80 .I 6 y yef-aIca ~ az nf sc7a1 to e1o ne
synthesiZinS his observations that when he
his bronzes he made his lion OF panther. his tiger
or crocodile. astounding unit OF form and feel
ing. The tread of of his tigers is fun Of power
ard menace The whole body seems 10 culver No
beast of his is inmobiIe. unless perchance, he
wishes il to be so; and even then one IS always
an Extraordinary latent eIastfcitv Not the Assv-
rian relief already mentioned Ithe wounded HCness
IN the British MuseuTnI. not any triumph Of Greek
plastic art is more vitalzed than is enc Of tnese
masterpieces of Barge. His works have in them
spark of that life which makes thrilling mystery
Of the depths of the jungle Lake Blake, with his
Tiger. Tiger, burning bright this artist flashes
W on the imagination an authentic image OF terror
and beauty
1t was a good idea to include in this exhibi-
ton sheaf of Barye's paintings They show
very tangfbIy what may be OWNED from the
bronzes his grasp upon the color and texture
of animals. and moreover in their backgrounds
they disclose his sense of beauty at still another
angle His treatment of landscape marked him
as an artist we'll worthy of the romantic school
The current exhibitions have been traversed in
The Tribune in the course of the week, but for
the convenience of the reader they are tabuIatyi
as follows:
The Fine Arts Building The Spring Academy
| The Hispanic Museum Paintings by lsnacio III
lOaga-
The Montross Gallery Works by the Ten Amer
lean Painters.
The Knoedler Gallery. 100. Water cOlOrs By Tabg
Sears and two pOTtrlS
BY Henry CleWs. Jr.
The Cottier Gallery Paintings and etChIngS T
Augustus kOOpman-
The Macbeth Gallery. Figure subjects BY Bea-
don Campbell. tha-te5
w Hawthorne. Robe--
Henri. George r LUaS
and Kenneth Miller.
Iery Paintings by Louis Pau.
DeSSaT-
The Clausen Gallery Paintings BY Malcolm
Fraser
The ScuoIa Gallery. sketches by Claire Aver
The Powell Gallery. Sketches and Studies B!
Frank Fowler
The Photo-Secession Gal
Ierv ......-.........-- Drawings by PameA
Coleman Smith
The list is long and the end is not vet Th7
Spring Academy will be followed by the exhbi-
ton of the American Water Color Society mex;
month. and in the meantime various other
shows in preparation X T.