New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-22
PAINTINGS BY SARGENT
Six Notable Works Shown al
Exhibition in London.
BEERBOHM'S CARICA1URES
Unpleasant Pictures by oome
English Artists-Many Charm
ing Water Colors.
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London. Nav 21-J. S. Sargent per
severes stubbornly in, his REFUSAL 10 re
sumo portrait painting he pas sM
works on exhibition at the new Ensil'h
Art Club. opening to-day Two ase
water color drawings remarkable TOT
their brilliancy One is hashins
glimpse of boats and jewellers on the
Giudecca; another. entitled rlahfleiS'
is a rapidly improvised sketch OF
luncheon party after a restful outihs'
and the others are examples OF the al
of a great painter when he plays Win
paints One is an Alpine glimpse OF d
moraine's with the. beauty OF desoiatioh
in it's cold tones, and another is an I'M
pressionist blend of dark green's IN an
olive grove, With patches of vivid hsil''
The third. revealing the portals OF santa
Maria della Salute, with subtle PA!
of light on its marble surfaces, has oeeh
purchased for the Johannesburg gailery'
and the fourth and most characteristic
is Whistlerish FlOrentine .nocturhe'
with columns and statue in hair hshl
and night outside with stars Sargents
friend. w. G. Won Glenn, shows the in
f1uence of the same powerful brushworK
in his Venetian sketches. Ihe oaiuse
and The Piazzetta.'
The exhibition is remarkable LOT
sudden outbreak of the cult OF the usiE-
William Orpen leads the way in most
unpleasant and angular painting Oh
naked woman sprawling on a bed w IL
son Steer follows his style more decor
ousJv in a portrait of an awkwardly
posed girl in a muslin dress on cheap
sofa. toying with a hat with Diue rio-
hons. Mrs. Give Bell has drawn
shivering, disconSolate nude on cheer-
less. frosty morning, and George Lam
bert. in frantic effort to 'out-Manet
Manet,. displays cleverness In hesh
painting after a morbid choice OF sub
ject.
These are vagaries OF taste In Varieu
and almost brilliant exhibition, with d
long array of charming water coiors ana
many cleverly painted portraits ana
landscapes Mr.. Orpen's Irish open air
rictures have much vivacity, and his
strongly modelled face OF a Drother
artist, A W. Rich, IS an admirable rev.
eIation of character w. W. RusselIs
portrait studies have both power and
charm and William Shackleton, Marx
Fisher and David Muirhead nave hlgh
standards of technique. without allow
ing it to get out of hand as sneer
virtuosity.
Max Beerbohm, the Art Clubs IRE
sponsible comedian. has ten caricatures
in the most grotesque and audaclous
French style. Among his victims are
Frank Harris. introducing Shakespeare;
Lord Desborough as supercillous
athlete, r. B. Cunninghame Graham
critically reviewed bs navvies, William
Nicholson painting a flower in thimble,
Henry Chaplin with more than ample
girth. and Edmond Rostand with MS re-
cent stage creations; and George Gros-
smith with the Gaiety chorus. Henry
James. Hall Caine. ]. s. Sargent. Maurice
Hewlett, Sir Edward Poynter, the Marquis
de Several, Rudyard Kipling and the
Duke of Norfolk appear in an astonlsh-
ing medley. Perhaps the most humorous
of these caricatures represents the push
full Winston Churchill administering
political balm in Gilead to his shrink
ing relative, the Duke of Marlborough,
outside Blenheinl, with the consolatory
remark, There is nothing in the budget
TO make it harder for the poor shard
working man to keep a small home in
decent comfort"
The third Fair Women Show at the
International Society will be opened by
the Lady Mayoress next week. and there
will be deferred exhibitions of drawings
by William Rothenstein. Herbert Mar
shall and others. The American painter,
August Drexler Turner. has been ex-
hibiting work of fine quality, with cheer
full French landscapes, bright sheep pict-
ures and sketches of children at play
conspicuous among them.