New-York tribune., 1910-05-11
ART EXHIBITIONS
American Water Colors and
Other Productions.

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r,-,5ldins. but the most beguiling part of the
- * that in which attention is drawn 20
o-- IN other mediums. This is the part,
e-,,,- The certrai gallery, in which the
.-s7-s and drawings are displayed The
s-,xinSs especially are Of rare interest and
,.,o--ance They include, for example. a
--r,ber Of studies by Mr.. Arthur B. Davies.
nose paintings have so often left mixed
.r,uression. suggesting that his technique
-o,,ld not keep pace with his imaginative
.,5 sometimes very beautiful conceptions.
= re nay judge from the fragmentaTy
,seoes he now shows. the bizarre treatment
= fo-n which we have hitherto noted in
7is work has been a wilfuI indulgence
-bass Studies OF the nude figure, which we
Ike 70 be waits and strays from his port
fo1io. casual but intensely personal souve-
l-s 5f the studio. reveal in him a powerful
s distinguished craftsman, possessing
-,- only great dexterity but q peculiarly
.,btle sense Of linear beauty. We marvel
:. -he unstable technical equilibriun-or the
.--s-sttv OF temperament-which could
-s---i- t1e maker OF these fine studies 10
s.,line upon the nerveleSs inadequacy
erich has marked so many OF Mr.. Davies
-sfntirgs, and this beIated demonstration
- his ability makes US feel that we have
sae1 badly treated In the past. For the
,.-irfc there Is no pleasure in the world Ike
.-ar q expressing e whole-hearted adr1ira-
,fon for Al artist, and Mr.. Davies, as we
-,oyv know EiIl. Is man 10 praise with %
.7.-iue. Il he insists upon preserving In
,ts v-o-1z n oils the traits which We ind so
=,s,o,-aging It IS TO be hoped that al his
.ribs-iors in the future win contain
- = cravings. They would restore the
taIs7os and ne would travel far 10 see
-hen. l..
+sov interesting his craftsmanship Is
how III OF character and beauty, may oe
Inferred from the fact that on this occasion
- o--itg overshadows Mr.. Sargent 1he
hitter is here represented by al adrlifa ole
--svips : portrait Of the Irish poet. WIZ
an Rutler Yeats. Il Is q sterling piece O.
--f--y vsr 81 seems almost commonplace pe
s;5= v- 0avies's sketches. Most worthy OF
sssocis-ion with the latter are the nan
soze- sketches and water colors py lhS
+-7glishrnzn. Augustus John He, too' mas
- individual instinct for form ano Ger
=, 1e-~e,ess Of STYLE. The truth is that
p and NJ. Davies make a little eXhloluoh
- themselves But all around them IN ne
rs---sf gallery are things that are amusing
I'D so-ne1irnes more than that-dTawiIlgS
b. Tz-i-ero7y Homer Charles keene' Johh
s7cs- Roa-dnan Robinson and others, ana
-7-f-a1 erchings by Ernest Roth. AlexaIloeT
--hi17f-r- Iosepn Pennen. c. T. W MlelaUz'
70 late J. y. SuiIlie and Otto J. Schnel7e--
--vs-vx7s-s there is picIuresqueness, there
e lie and there IS high executive aOiiilS-
You md these qualities alike In me mas
---fv South Ses studies by NJ La tarse'
- s-,,-fred sketches Of III. late Frederic
z.--,r-ro- and rhe sprig1tlv notes by Ar-
George Wright In short. as we have sslo'
.-fs miscellaneous section Of the show car
-ies Of the leading honers-
-e- this Is not 10 say that the water col
o-5s-s have failed TO Justify themselves
lev nav not bring the same note OF
freshness. of original force inro the ga
-z~ies mi they nevertheless give TO the
rz-rer very pleasant air Of adroit teen
-tqrs and well handled color. There are
-71sr-v Of good landscapes, sincere studies,
.=z-rr-1- touched. and II the figure pieces
embrace no particularly brilliant perform
zr-es. thev are. at any rate, fair specl-
mems oF workmanship. At this season O.
fhe year collection of the sort IS very
--elco-ne. L IS agreeably vivaclouS1 nlleo
with rae atmosphere o. spcntaneltSs OF
bright impressions brightly caught when
- associate with the special medium en-
Diovsc
- -r= Macbeth Gallery there IS zn eI-
.--5irior O. paintings and sculptures BY
,.--7~ hers Of The Wcuan's Art Club Tor
N organization Of the sort one can have,
y COURSE nothing bur good VIII. YET the
.=-ssr1e-ested observer Is constrained 70
estate z doUtt as 70 whether there Is
7rv very real reason for the present eE-
--i-.-tor- Certain Of the contributors would
MD their own anywhere The portraits
-- Miss Mary Foote, Miss Ellen Ernrnet,
MSS Elizabeth R Etnlay, Miss Cecilia
-se-x and Miss Susan Watkins are mature
- -=crrtoue and al disclose individual
--zt-s O. interest The figure work Of Mrs
Eiu-enschien Is full of promise. especially
= regards color. and there are some e1-
,eue-r Lanascapes by Miss Blanche Dill
Ave Mrs. c 3. Conan and Mrs. Rhooa
Homes Nichols. TO these effective exhib-
.---s v-e would add also Mrs NJ c. Rich
=-5sor. The painrer o. The Dancer" But
zood deal of work remains which is IN
ess=rcs con2-,onplace and illustrates e very
-7o5esr standard CT technique. To put II
-5-- -e-<e-- <renkness, the exhibition
night much better have been confined TO
e.s handful q painters, like Miss Foote,
~-nose work would pass q fairly ruthless
tu-v there Is 100 much work On the walls
thar soezks merely Of the industrious but
oui-e -rinsp:red artist. The group OF
sculptures includes z few. deftIy modelled
-ieces bu- IS not. as q whole, st ali i'm
lrsss-ve-
--e CID WUnderlich Gallery, long known
- lovers of good prints. has suffered
change In The FIRST place. II has beer
moved uptown. 20 premises IN Fifth avenue
--sr ab1vs z9-h street. and, secondly, it has
adopted 6 new style. The firm name Is
~rw Kennedy & Co, Z designation which
Goes no raore than personaIize its leading
squire fcr many years The new gallery Is
i-aUFurared with z brilliant exhibition OF
DLrer's woodcC-s L includes the three
famous secs known as The Small Passion
he Apocalypse" and The Life OF the
Virgin ard iu addition 10 these there are
several Of The most notable Of the great in
-Spencect designs Salient among the lat
I7- IS The TriumpLal Car Of Emperor
--aIl--l-ian.' perhaps the most gorgeously
-scc-a-,Fe Of al OF Djirer's linear compo-
si-lors- Two Impressions are shown Of the
superb Uric Ta-enbruler." that pictur-
f-aue portrait IN which the finest drafts
1-eIsltD @ The master was brought to the
i-Ie-Dretation Of a singuIarly robust and
simple type But one may study, indeed, IN
riis exhibition. pretty nearly the full length
elc breadth q MS genius. Profoundly con-
F1ced q his mission as z disseminator Il
devotional ideas, Durer gave 10 the pro-
dleuon u ms wood engravings, destined
for circulation among the people, all OF the