The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-13


heads. among the rest that Of Flameag
nc various ages. Downstairs are colorod
mezzotints by Stevenson. This pleasing
form Of art 10 prActissd with c0nspiCu-
Gus success by \. Arlent Edwards. AZ
the Knoeilsr GALLERIES. sSS Fifth avenue.
there h q collection OF his WORKS; 90
wunderlich's Fifth avenue nsar Twenty
sixth street. he may be seen: also at the
Braus Art Stors. Fifth avenue. near
Thirty-ninth. and Louis KAts announces
that he 10 showing the newest Arlene
Edwards at his gallery. S0s Columbus
avenue, a mexsotint. printed In color
/ lone printing! after Nstschsr's The
Young PrinCeus.- q pretty picture which
h in the Louvre.
! Recent portraits by Cecilia Beanx and
landscapes by Charles IA. Davis are the
present attractions az the Macbeth
Galleries. ESQ Fifth avenue. II there
could In such thing a. q spiritual cor
rosponCience between q woman's name
and her art. then Miss Bsaux 10 q happy
example. though tho gender would have
to he reversed in her family name. Ms.
Shandy always stood out stOutly fnr such
afi,nities. quoting. 10 you may remember.
thu weighty authority Of Prof. Slawksn-
bergius. Doubtless the Cecilia stands
for her harmonious handling and the
BeauH thar In seiAsfeepssdndlieh. a. our
German brethren are in the hAbit OF re-
marking In the cass Of forsgOne ooRclu-
sion. Her head Of the late Richard Watson
Glider 10 the only portrait that ever sug-
gested the poetry in tho man: 0llder
the public spirited citizen. Glider the
editor and Glider the man Of society
have been sst down with conspicuous
success by various artists. We prefer
the more intimate. the least known Glider
Of Miss Beaux. Next In interest is the
characteristic head Of Miss Agnes Irwin
Of Radcliffe College. We confess. though. |
to Admiring tho masculine heads more
than those og the ladies. That OG John |
Frederick Lewis 10 very -swell." The |
Spanish girl in a shawl just hangs FIRE.
withal a brilliant psrformance. In the /
drawing OF kubelik the artist has caught |
the Old World expression ~ wistfulness,
OF girllike shyness which endeared 10
his feminine audiences thi4 sweet boy 4
with the glacial tone and terrific tech /
nique. We confess to = predilsctiOn for /
the work Of Miss ls~AUV. but yet
Woman and q finished artist.
There are signs that Mr. Davis l. re-
hnquishing his familiar stencil Of balmy
blue skies with cloud mas~a- riding over
hilltops The frat we saw Ne admired. the
mood was genuine; but the second and
succeeding examples began to pail. What
Frenchman -voltaireP-wRs IL who said
that the irst man who compared q woman
to a rose was a poet; tho second q fooil
Now the landscapes Of Mr.. Davis arc
never foolish. indeed are often poetic;
but Ere Ease with which We can say There's
a Davis - itself.a Judgment. No painter
ought TO manufacture the same picture
his life long Nature IL various ana
the critics (poor weakingsD are sasily
bored. even u the pubic IL not. There
fore and this 10 not Sermon HAL
with satisfaction the new departure Of
this artist. lie paints night. n night
which 10 at once dark and translucent.
That ~. We note the fact that the sun has
set. though we need not guess at q riddle
Of sbon backness. Such a composition
a. The TryutinG Place ought to an with
satisfaction the many admirsrs OF Mr..
DAVIS Little wonder Il vas admired by
Arthur =. DsviS-. II ~ not In Wales,
however. but in the vicinity % Mystic.
Conn. a place NhoAs very name - for
~ a seductive invitation Fancy living
IN Mystic and reading Jacob Boehme
or studying Blake or-hers the imagi-
nation baIks being rsalist aud making
money
Mr. Davis 10 reAlist enough to trsnscribe
with q cunning brush she symphony Of
rich hue- he discovered ia this exquisite
hidden paradise HE are smothered
in a lower key. hut a. COM
pIete a. MonticelH's. All his pictures
IN this gallery save one are painted in
and around Mystic The exception IL
the strongly concSs ed a Welsh Noun
tain side There II freshness in After
Rain a. n the face ~ nature had been
we'll washed and was smilinG through its
tears The Davis palette 10 les oily.
less thick more crS~ptS -tacoato than
last year ',
Newark Ia been doing herself proud
this past week OF ~. Thanks 20 the dis
Interested labors Of the art writer Israel
White. there - an exhibition ~ paint
inRs and sculpture nv American artists
in the Art Museum room 81 the Public
Library. The affair IL under the auspices
~ the Newark Museum Association.
Among the sculptorS represented are
Gutzon BorKlum. Chester Reach and 10
Davidson the latter a young Russo
American whose work Ia exciting Admira-
ton Tho painters are A. b. Davies.
4 Er,or,. Afttrrhv Haaaa~ Allpaws Cv,lI .