The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-20
AROUND FHE GALLERIES.
TIse IAua.s Pictures.

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That has first Single man eAhan''.On
would he the artistic event OF a waning
season NAS foregons concIhslo"' "n"n
he apI'earet IN couhIany WIN ,ne
Eight hts WORK aroused peculiar ih'e'eS''
No need To tell Sun readers that IN any
eHhlhition. here or abroad "e"rke ~
Lnks would hold has own n"re "n,
poTtant question was whe'her ne "ou,n
stand the extremely trying test OF 500
performance. This question ~ larry an
sWered 10y the present coltectlnn' nov
one hut thirty-six canVases hg'ire on th"
programme. and vet Il - not 100 long.
Nor II the eye shocked by the explosion OF
hueS or by ins'-tent brutality OF themes,
There ls but one example In the gallery
that can he called brutal u ~ the Mnes
tiers, an almost academic exercise
COMPARED with some pugillstlo illlssra-
tions We have lately reviewed Bes'deS'A
wrestling match - not precisely hArP
recital. as much a. the extension and con-
traction of legs and ARMS resemble arpes-
gios. That fortnight quality appertain-
ing Z" the art ana temperament OF IuAs
isaverse from calling spade ny any other
name. Therefore ms TWO giants roh ana
clutch; you hear the gasp 81 wind that ~
.
and the squeak and crackle OF thesr
strained muscles. IL n monsarous oe
sign. one that might have pleased ootn
MIcheiAngeio ana John L. sullivan mat
Il may be called gentle art We douot'
bat u 10 alive. every inch OF "; ana We
are spared the sight OF blood. a man 70
being massacred. but n u dry' not
liquid massacre
M
catalogue Tor the sane OF VARSITY Tor ne "
nothing u not versAn'e. ~ oe'nonsurAS1s
his sense OF -tactils values with q Nenee-
ance. ana IN inc last Analysis ~ ."
human AZ ms Sp'e'ers. tnouSh not an
pleasant The latter picture recnrls-
tened The Dancing uiris. SHOWS us Iuns
In his most charming mood II ~ q httle
masterpiece ana the post snd me PM
'"-opher are IN the makeup OF LnAS' ms
mixed German and Dutcn ancestry nave
contributes To the erssmo'e OF ms Anmi-
rab's qualities out hls hnrnor ~ aitoGetner
American. we are tempted 70 say aitogether
OF Ne~ YORK. Ne u genuinely co~mopoh-
tan without losing an iotA OF our IN
ingenious virtue painter OF ths PEOPLE
o' the cofnSSiy Sna Tragedy Oh me hthe
lronleS. ne - never oc'raycd INTO oep'cAng
WIN s-htinentAi ekce~S Vns Socio'os'cA'
wrongs OF class rms ~ refresh'ns' Tor
nowadays We get TOO many seconn rave
sermons ana pAmpn'e.s IN paint Inc
humanity OF ms snnJect ~ the cniei con
Germ OF Luks- we never TIRE OF s~e'ns
those two carefree chiioren whirl ABOUT
10" pavement 70 some merry tune ovsr-
heard rather thAn he@ru' inc ra~h-
broker Daughter classic Inc en-
Nelope OF thls plc'urelsD eautiiua' theco'
conmingie hArmonloHs'y' the gri WIN tne
Eastern eyes. VINO carries 80 ueitD the
csrhS on plAt'Sf Sai"tle ~" NOT COM
pas the t~at more graceiuhy ~ unior-
getidble. Signed Win the name ot some
sr'-i' n'"heTn DhtchHiah uhis cAhNAS NOu'u
~ famous HNll U" Suns Gay
Iuks - more D'ltch thah herman N
style. mat haby WITH Tue vigorously
m"d"ied head pIncklng AZ the strings oi
"A guitar - quite Dutch IN FEELING. IN"
paint. IN" br.shS"fh. the sentiment are
an of Holland Nltch too IN suggestion
~ the chess cafe WITH ltS group OF inter
-si"d players IN hethofAhdtiihe Attno--
phere Mr.. l'uks was never in Holland
though he studied In Dusseldorf luckily
| h- has Forgotten now Va paint hkS that
iuic~'"ss school Abounding energy an
obstinate curiosity tempered 10y sympathy
~ith poverty ana sunerng. united Win his
retnarkAble piasuc1ty OF Sty'e' nave kept
him from stagnAtlns ~ Acad~fnlc s"amps
Nor can ms WORK oe placed IN the cate
7 CORY II IN" insurgents tie ~ too indi-
vidual. too much Luks To be drawn into
the ma"istrom created by another man
tie will never b~ follower OF MAtisse.
because he has too good an opinion OF
I.uNs. nor OF Manet or Monet And this
- we'll IL ~ his way Of seeing things
rather than his recording OF them on can
vas that IL his prime claim upon critic
and public. His color sense - 10 opulent,
his handing 81 his material 80 dexterous
that he ventures easily into territory
where others stumble -AOdacsous" 10 the
word that best Describes such color eE-
/ periment= a. the Woman and Macaw
We praised u last year. a. well a. the
Woman With the Parrot not in the
present exhibition. The man who can
manage such scarlet sOnoritie~ can also
paint a miserable girl in gray tonAli-
I ties that are exquStely modulAted. She