The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-12
The BECKVTHH EXHIBITION
a, tDEMICIAN HMO WlS q
M BEL HIMSELF 10 WARS AGO.
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Auction 90 TharsnAy ana Fr1aay.

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ter 10 viewed WIN Espsolal lnaerest
NBettoa 90 Thsrsaay and PrIaay.
The exhibition OT J. Carroll Bsckwith's
"a nBnGs aud drawings which opened at
the American Art Galleries yesterday has
y meaning iust at this time far beyond
The usual exhib ition O9 an American
ra:nter's works prior TO thsir sale al auc-
ton For Mr.. Beckuith 10 odarinG these
works at an auction which takes place
neSt Thursday and Friday evenings and
Friday afternoon. at time when the latest
70, ~ rsvolutiOnises against the Academy
ar- holding their exhibition in protest
directed at the same academic body
against which Mr.. Beckwith himself was
me Of the irSt rebels and % which nov he
- a member.
And among the works which Mr.. Book
With here puts forward are some clons a
vr even before the TINA % the flrst aotabIe
rebellion against tho standards % tho
National Academy. in which he was
among the leaders IN well a. works exc
cutcd by him very recently. So in Twea-
~ third street the community may zee
trr revolutionist Of thirty years ago
tns Academician % to-day. and In Thirty
MIN atFWNA lna FeNOluNlOutNtA ON HO-01K
wno may he the Academicians OF to-mor-
NV Who kno~se
When in the late 'TNp Beckvith and
chase came back 90 the United States On
ths same ship after their European studies
they wondered what they would do here.
where art had just been gently awakeued
by the Centennial Exposition at Phila-
telphia. Could they hope for patrOna Ee
-.
Ing. which was beginnlng 10 look up. or
undertake. teachingp The Art studsntM
League had been formed. and they wer.
welcomed as teachers there. which pleased
them. ~ il left them the more free TO de-
velop their painting. They invited
students 20 their studios They exhibited
their work.
tons ard when With J. Alden Weir. Alb
ioti " Thayer. n. swain CLIFFORD and the
ra~' they Joined IN the formation OF the
enciety og American Artists. which was
organlzed In the studio Of the late Rich
AID Watson Glider. and exhibited their
-Aivanced' and colc-ful paintings 70 a
pubic accustomed 20 the dusty can
vases OF the Hudson River school and 10
academic bootblacks. the town vas
upset. the acadsmy vas Mortified and she
students were heartened nightly.
The National Acadsmicians we're very
bitter and were sincere In their loudly
expressed conviction that these secedsr-
from established standards (established
within the academy were not only i'm
pertinent in asking tho public To look NJ
their exhibitions. bat WEIR A. wide " the
mark OF true art A. some OF the academy
LuN lyeltevs the insurgents OF Thirty
nth street are wide ot all that ~ good.
true and meritorious In a noble heritage.
But tho league houri-hed under thu
nee teachingp. the students went TO work
thore with new zest, the Society Of Ameri-
'sn Artists greW at the expense OF the
Rcademy. the Fine Arts Building In Fifty
s~venth street came into existence by a
union OF progressive art socisties. George
AndeTbitt gave tho society the bic gal
lery that baars his name there. and a few
years ago the Acad"my had elected TO
it, ON n membership ~ many Of the earlier
rsvoiutioni-tS that the a. ademy and the
society merged by common cCn-@nt.
Inevitably this Tecapit ulasion Il the art
LIE at New Nork tor this period - evoked
by a visit TO tho American Ara Galleries
and look at Mr.. BeckUith = l5t paintingS
pastels and other drawings there ex-
hibit@d. an view u the cotem pora neoJl-
oxidation 81 the prc-e,it day insurgents
m Thirty fifth street u The Felconer'
IN Madison SQUARE y far from, awakening
such feelings a. the -Sssous naHc~T-
~ Thirty -dtth street from the point OF
view ct arr u may he worth while Just
TIE same To recall that IL painter Was
rIst a. much an innovationist when q
vas tainted - are some 81 the lndepsn-
dsatz ard then 20 guess what method
in art viii receive the stamp Of time.
Mr Bsckwiths exhibitor - varied
although naturally mainly made uD ot
hgure Cauyascs. and the catalogue itself
"a not only unusually interesting. hut IL -
an enlignteuinE one. Particularly pleas
ing IN the exhibition. and especially Ne
the artists view u. are the numerous draw
InGN 10y Mr. Bsckwitn and his nudes.
~ which HE ART has always appealed to
his fellow painters and 70 all Whose eyes
arc sensitive to the charm winch h@ puts
INTO these works. such. for inst tnce. A.
the Reclining Figure. ia ferle.- The
Hat Bath"
there j. also a collection Of furniture
and various objects % interesting appeal
which Mr. Beckwith has brought together
for Use IN ms studio and his home. which
also c1fne under the hammer. "a he does
not wish 70 carry them with him To Rome
where he intends opening a studio this
year