The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06
SEEN IN The WORLD OF ART
Paf\TFE 10 no mas DISGOt =
ERFD fONFy ISLAND.

Ernest iawford's werk In the City and
Near By rhr New Iosk water Ce,ol
I clubs Exhiisitton-A uxxr-tioa oI
Some Artists for thr Hail of Fame,
Ernest Lawson has discovered Coney
Island Rather sst us simply say that
Coney Island itself has been discovered
by n painter There IL was for years
sprawlinK in the broling sunshine in al
its joyous vulgarity, men. women and
children promenaoiIng or bathing, sitting
or outsi retched upon the sand a wriggling
mass, not IN the least attractive when
viewed at elbow leneth h. yet "a singularly
racy theme for the artist why then hash Z
somebody placed the lower end OF the
island OH canvas u has been snap
shotted and an ocCa~ional refined painter
sns selected" sweet orange sunset
effect behind tn" High lands and has
purrAd with satisfaCt ION over his celest ial
harmoni.S Con"y Island. rank I'M
savory. running over with powerful
unedrca,ed persons as Walt Whitman
puts u. not a spot for poet L. mvocai ions.
hut smelling Of clam chowder, heer. hot
sarisaGes. III" arr Crammed with the hoarse
rude voices nf markers and baby squall-
lngs IN word ne real Coney Of 1910.
thI. lawson has studied. and the result
il To be- found m dozen can vases on
which act ality wars with beautiful
ionali,i-s n NAV b" remarked in pass
ing that tn. vihrai ing color hatChes and
pal che- OF this artist never suggest the
nig2ling mannerIsm of so many i'm
pr-ssionists.
There ar" not painting today half a
dozen reaiists possessing a tithe Of Law
son = robust vision and gift a. "A colorist.
Two Span iarCis. Zuloaga Sorolla: several
Fren chmen. and among the English only
Augustus John. His eve carries with
precision the shape and gait of thin 70.
above all their density and weight n
in a material vision. pagan vision
il you will ,better say pantheist; that's
more POPULAR not concerned with the
nah fest ions Of the spirit though
keenly coRnizsnt Of their beauty and
Lawson does not miss the
poetic note. he can sound il clearly
enough. but ~ con Germs him less than
the RIP. realities abnormal life Decora-
tive prettineSs has Hs mean IN gs for him.
he always wAav.-s a pattern. elliptiCal
as II is and he has learned enough from
the Japanese to detest symmetry for
symmet ~ = sake The obvious poetical'
that thin sentimental v.ln which is the
bane Of the majority OF American land
scapists and the pride Of the dealers in
TO that tempta, ion this emf
nently virile painter has never succumbed.
His pictures eShale health: his touch is
IA fortnight as Guistave Courbet =. and
like Courbet ne finds relish in facing the
problems OF every day life. Indeed he
is much less romantic than the French
man. He has shown US corners Of New
York. the upper West Side. that wers
new and in whose presentation he was
quite as much poet as painter. His
-Gulls. with the street ch of frozen Hud- |
son. Jersey in the distance and the green
lsh tonalities peculiarly subtle. is canvas
that will not be soon forgotten. He
has just finished surerb view Of lower !
New York and the Battery a. seen from |
a Staten Island ferryboai.
But Coney Island, A lor OF people in |
bathing suits reclining under gaudy green |
yellow umbrellas stuck IN the sand by |
in geniois advertisers. Some women walk |
hy in all the showine~s 81 bathing cos
tunes. Across rhe top 81 the picture /
run the hard. graceless lines II the pier
Sunlight In felt rather than seen: that IL,
Il floods the scene. though not IN tn. fiuid |
quasi dramat.c contrasts II Sorolla In
i New York. not Nalancian sun-hi: : As
Lawson believes less In conpoaifion
cookery than nature unsolicited h.. has
painted without Encouragement the story
II a summer afternoon a. i, unrolled
before his eyes. However. de-pit. hi.
mpromptu quality he knows how TO
place his subject Tn" umbrellas seven
n number. make picturesque nartern.
and what with sky and lighting that
awful pier becomes positively ey. en-
'hsinIng. And how the sen-ltiv. ones
will -hrver "a they crtr the Madison
square Gallery. whore hang two Of Law
'on : latest works
The other picture is Of exceeding charm.
, Nav party within Central Park This
hem" j. hardly novel Gackens. sloan
Jerome Myers have set II before rs Law
ION il himself. His rich hua@ 50 artfulIv
'alued and th" weaving line- ot trees,
'hildr"n IN festive mood. and all .ny.l
Iped IN "a seduCrlv" atmoSpher. ar. his
alone. This particular canvas will he
admired whore III" other will give n DIV
larnic shock. tho painter - dynamic IN
III tn" Consy Island episodes
A. his studio are a DOZEN 'he mos,
triking being sizing 81 passengers
aaving the iron s'eamhoats and moving
~ the pier This was painted direc,ly
rom III" second story ~ the pier Why
lidn't sot:sa one think II IN. possibilities
4 such sight In Law-on'a clear. CAV
olors this group - plaasur. seekers
PRODUCES a stunning impression n. has
ever been given so p.npling his canvase~
he landscape usually sufficing. His bow ,
afhcrs are we'll known. but generally !
peaking he avoided figure compositions
hat has now been changed. Another
a~son let us call it his second period. ,
lst for fun and hlStorys sake has come ,
ITO view When in January he expose. ,
1-~e Coney Island picture, ne will create ,
sensation. The further We get away in q
meri"a from tn" artificial finished ,
iTfac"- IN art the better Our native ,
rama ~ crude. hut isn't IL better than I
Ir inane. sickly. ansmic fiction? Ameri. a
IN landscape art Is superior tn either; c
svert hele-S II must avoid that stumbling \