The sun., 1910-01-30

! tul atrocities had ever seen masquerad-
ing in the name Of art The dealer smiled
pensively. merely said he had thought
so himself at first But now could not
! live without one at his elbow II was
! to him the intoxication that another night
| get from glass Of Champagne.
And just as spurious l remarked.
! -Matissel- remarks a long haired
painter. His art is like the music OF
Elelstra' put on canvas New York is
frightfully provincial else we would
have already had an exhibition of his
work; but it's coming. and predict the
greatest sense ton that we have ever had
Remember there was just as much hue
. and cry raised when Monet and Manet
/ first exhibited; and what sort OF recep-
tion did Rodin get when he dared break
! away from the barbed wire edges of con-
, vention?" ..t
-Matisse.- remarks a third who has
waited to add his quota OF information
Yes. they call him the Strauss OF the
palette. Idon'C believe the man is sincere.
A few years ago he was painting pretty
little pictures and trying TO ssll them.
They had the right spirit in them and they
were genuine and true and all that, but
the dealers had no use for them and he
was starving. Suddenly the name OF
MAtlsse was on every tongue He had
shown some canvases that made the
pictures Of the so-called impressionlsts
look like Sunday school chromos. Many
Of his landscapes seem as II he had trans
+, ferred the contents OF his palette without
alteration to the canvas and his admirers
look at these little patches OF color and
/ say, Art isn't form. Il isn't organiza-
tion.'
! 'Once Matisse had to 20 to a hospital.
and for a long time refused TO tell his
name. for he said they would laugh at
me- All Paris was laughing then. To-
day Matisse is rich with his country home,
his Paris studio and dealers clamoring
New York will have it's chance soon to
decide whether to laugh or weep
AZ the Chase Retrospective Exhibition.
consisting OF about 40 pictures. shown
at the National Arts Club. several hun
dred persons strolled about on a certain
Saturday afternoon. Among them were
many OF the Chase students. graduates 8
and post graduates. Several summer res
ideDts OF Shinnecock lowered about the
beach and sky views and one of them
remarked: % o..
/ What l like about the Chase land
scapes and waterscspes is that he makes
the sea and sky so important and the
figures 80 unimportant That is the way
YOU feel I'm an open place like that. Most
painters make the two subservieHt. which
they never are. When you stand in
front OF the ocean you feel as unim-
portant as a fiy-but does an artist give
you that impression? Not ordinarily"
Before the picture entitled Portrait of
My Mother" a brother and sister stop
rehectively. The canvas in question
shows a dignified gray haired figure in
black gown with white lace cap. The
hands are folded patiently in the lap and
the lines Of the face show the character
which has triumphed peacefully.
One Of the two looks at the other and
says softly: Isn't it wonderful how much
our mothers look alike!"
Near this is another interesting can
vas. II is entitled whey One Is Old
and is loaned from the George A. Hearn
collection. II offers. taken with the
other. one OF lifs's startling contrasts.
! II is an interior where even the grayish