The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-22
SEEN IN HHE WORLD OF ART
NOTES or THE ROYAL ACADEMY
SPRING EXHEBITION.
Abbey'H Decorative WoEk CFitAeisea
-OplRlans - the Rsksby ''Veans''--
French Irony About America and An
-RNhlbltlsn % weed EngraglnRa.


-OplRlana q lhe nakeby ''Venms''--
French irony About America and An
-ExhibltlSR % weed EngraStnBs.
Pictures at the Royal Academy spring
exhibition must be very much Of q mnoh-
mesa. to judge from tho printed oEiaiOillas.
John =. Sargent now goes In for laDd-
soapes and thousands Of fair Females
unoslebFated BY hls brush are N despair.
Frank BranEwyn gets -sPottisr' with
each season. and of Abbey the Art Rena
Of London. May s. writes; 'Mr. Abbsy's
huge decoration seems 20 b What decpras
ton should noe be: a realistic soens-ths
realism Of the theatre-a hugs oah pro-
iects upward - far - the sye can reach.
Underneath Penn meets the Indians.
Historical tablsau angsd By a leading
aCtor-mAnAgsr. II large apaos og wall
has to be covered. the eye does not want
90 look into il a. into an easel piganrS.
The larger the space the AatteE add gim-
pier tho forms. All tho great decoTatoFs
knew that from the Egyptians to Puyh
de Chavannea.' Says another authority:
MIR. Edwin A. Abbsy's pGintiRNn ara
imposing a. 10 sine. but fad 10 lInpraas
one a. satisfactory decorative Sworks.'
With the London. by O. Nora. tho cnas
h different. Hero b just che right rola-
tiOn between actually and Imagination
Mr. Sargents Glacier Streams' b adj
judged a brilliant achievement. Clauda
Phillips in the DoEv Telegraph b not too
favorable: TO speak frankly. there 70
hardly a single work in the exhibition
which impresses itself indelibly on the
eye and the memory. speaking concln-
lively OF the master hand and the master
mind working In combination and con-
oentratiOn.'
Walter Sickert jssts pleasantly Of q
book he says he has In the presa. 10 be
called The Painter and How TO Please
Him. From one chapter he culls Advice
70 a lady Of title who IL taken in TO dinner
by a minor painter Openings 70 DO
avoided: First, do not ask With great
concern whether your nsighbOr thinks
Mr. Sargent viii live The minor painter
will find IL dificult TO believe that the
question is a. urgent 10 you a. you appear
% suggest. Let him get on with his soup.
Second. do not say that you know nothing
of art but that you know what you like
Third. do not say ! hope you are not an
impressionist He may be. in which case
he probably dislikes the word. This
opening 10 apt 10 lead either 10 an irritated
silence or IN lengthy explanations that
you will find tedious Fourth. do not
ask " the minor painter IL working at
anything in particular
Mr. Sickert makes the COURAGEOUS dec
larati0n that a. much a. he loves the
Hogarth or GainsbOrOuRh hs finds that
the moderns have something that even
THESE great ones had not we have
q color and a vitality that would have
brought tho SIN into the room A
memlior of the A. A. A. Allied Artists
Association In the same journal pitches
into the Rokeby Venus. not because Il IL
or is not a velasqueE. but because Il IL
vulgar study Of the nude CWhiohia quite
cOmicaD He continues: The stupid
waste Of public money upon this picture.
E5O.OO a Titan portrait damaged. On. 900
the dry Holbcin, f7s.OOO the weak J
Halls group. E1S. OOO or eso.OoO-the boyish
early RaHaele. Es0.OOO. &c. what excurs
artistically foF all thisl And alaal az the
same time the callOus neglect Of living
talented artists. &c Same Old tune
bat what's the uss o. repining. A. A. Al
Some day you may become an old master
and your great grandchildren will then
enjoy the fruits Of your present labor
Cheer up aud be alir,nstic evcn II you
do miss all the ripe ohsrries' !
Arsens AleNRndrs doss not minoe his
words when dealing with tho Rokeby |
Venus al the National Gallery Like I
ComGdta he is impatient with thoss who /
call this canvas "A false Velasqns4' A !
false Velasque1 he points out b. an imita-
ton. more or less clever painted with J
the intention 20 deceive There are any :
quantity Of false Nattiers. Fragonaris. |
Daunisrs. COrOts. COurbets Tho Venus I
Is not a false Velasquez but q nOn-Vel- /
asqusE whether painted by MAso or
Mengs IL was never intended 10 be palmed /
of on the art world A. VelasqueE. That I