The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27

pose ~ MT tPrils one. though natural
she look a. you over her shoulder. smiling
Tor the safe % = possible bGs!nSsS sale
and l'sI h"- Guss si, has on her lap such
sourishing hmr - humanity. Her
-hrcwd melting gl-nce follows yor wher-
ever yru NAV happen - stand.
Sh. ~ almost entirely surrounded Ivy
fruits and vegetables. such still lite
oranges, carrots. pnmegrdnates leck-.
onions. garlic. lemons apples, bananas.
green peppers all painted with a saEant
brush, harmnnious ever. the values salts
rviug the sens. uf textures inevitable.
On one SID" - an old barrel. the surface
of which has h"Com" rich from age and
attritinn. lpnn Il ar" potatoes that
would make C"zanne's mouth water and
above hang u cluster of herbs that give
out subdu-d hIstre. The AIR circulates
freely about the figures, atmospheric
| /. tie hack ground One recalls with
pleasure IN" comparison made by writer
in the ErsRiRg Post MIR. Mathero last
SPRING between the respective envelopes
81 George Fuller and George Luks. And
this at "A time when the ma jority Of us AT
/ tn. Iuks exhibition tMacbeth's) were
wing with each other IN describing the
brutalities of the painter. The truth IL
that there il more tenderness and poetry
! in the I.uks brush than brutal realism
! While there can be no comparison between
the vast mural works ,and machines) OF
contemporary Americans and easel pic
lures IN genre style yet sincerity and skill
may serve To make n balance IN favor OF
the latter ". hold no brief for either
manner believing that the superior artist
il the one whose work IL worth noting,
whether he paints dead cats in hack allies
or Milwaukee. mural dccorat ions for beer
symbolism The heresy Of the subject
in art should have disappeared with the
advent Of Franz Halls. 4 drunken bur
gomastsr i. better than poorly designed
sober saint And remember that this ~
a Question not of taste but Of good paint
and good brush work
Now there il nothing but good paint
in this new canvas OF Luks Harmonious
VIZ called IT, II ~ harmonious. and the
painters knowledg. Of color values.
splcing and IN. contriving of luminous
atmosphere H. at it, top notch. Inc
envelope ~ not as misty as IN the RULER
paintings Nou can breathe freely. You
feel the r.perCusaslon Of TN" artist SYM
pathy with his subject. treated as ~ Is
ia dignified way; human. "a normal pic
tur.. IN. still life Of which would make
many mans reputation. Iha' MI
I.uks is proud Of Il "" need hardly add
His admiration for ms own work i not
irnmod.st iaIt naive NJ h" says. other
artists like their pictures h"c1tI-+' they
painted them, h" likes his own because
they ar. good Gentle George
Two sheep IN west Central Park. vera
clu,Isly depicted, Il little sketch tull 81
children in holiday whit" and t';id, Joyous
rhythm- and "A finely tempered. -ollily
@x.cuted portrait 81 " a Mr 10y, ESQ
ar. a few III he latest iahors ot i.uh~
Tn. head Of the we'll known EDITOR - ar
unmI.takabl. likeness. while the editorial
p-vchn lugv IL IL inclutrJyertIDle. But the
ur,yu.., II the studio. badly hung and
lighted a. II isis IN" Italian woman and
her baby Some dly It may H. christen-d
-Nurre LlmC DIES I"gIn"-. or Our
Lady Of Vegetables. or. better still
The Madonna of the Fruit Stand Call
il any name. Won will. u Is a picture which
will always charm uui arrest the ntten-
riur h-caus,. & IL rIry quality 81 cos
muppii'uu Nv YORK.
Some drhgh flliy conceived and eve
,,l,ad w...r culor~ ~ tn- navajo count ~
bv Frau,t- i Mot ouas ma ~ seen a.
~. N.r',-ih GALLERY uU-l November 81
Mr. Moons Ia mad. this ountry his
a-ti-iir property A. 'N' william S"hnus
AZ gallery 10. p. I- - -'pTpdu". ION II thu
. urIl.. decoration 20 ~. Boston Pubic
! tfr.. 90 u IdNin Abb", --Hpiv Grail
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