New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-29
ART EXHIBITIONS
Groups Of Paintings by Some
Deceased Americans.

- ,bat memorial exhibition OF nus
-" -. .-o,,ld he held here. ouch an eA"'oi-
". ,,-as arranged in the Aior'sl' d''is'
no, 80 ana recently il has oeen trans
- enc National Arts Cluo' III TINS
7, ,s very welcome, TOT y H'"s'' e.es
- q man who was tuh oil Vllailty
~ -, ~ The end O, a lons career
= -. ererrv was. indeed one OF MS
''''' '-.'5,-c rats. The influence OF Muhich'
ro etu5,ed in the 'Vs imported
.bandedness into his work. anG
,.f- him: yet, parado%lcaily
g, mover deprived his orush 0l d
-,-i,r n certain sturdy nuehcE- his
,,.rerfic. and kept his German
81, ~, corclrslycly handicappinS hiii
aims while his training naue I'm -.
-. and the atmosphere OF M"''-O.l
80 everything lie 3D. so tla' p,c
,.s Tx. Che "Fonteo-anda' 0'e'iIl'- no
~ 20 rothing that IS lta''''n 49, - '-e
retained distinct personal oi''l''. 49,.
--,..~a Vas e. streak in MN o. '"e
,ai,to- tho artist lov'ns pisuie"' lO' -
90, cake There Is one niue Pi''ute D"
dis exhibition The No'e-e''e' winch -
~-,ste- interest than many OF l'S lar
--o.o ambitious companions II G" '''
s,,,a delightful. color, ano '"c nc 'u''i'7
q roYebout is both broad sno selS.liNe' '"
..l this painting Is a gem ana udNeS
90, wander why Shirlaw do nor more OF Ten
.,,~l. IN tie same vein. Was IT, posslplS b
rs facility that betrayed him? The houg"'
.t.-- 6es as one traverses the pretty id's@
collection a. tie National Arts Cluo' III
,--,- u .h- earlier pieces, Ike me hand-
so-,s Good Morning with rs eeauuIuiN
~.f--ed fowls. and ir the souvenirs o. us
u.s. ,r,rcrtar+ decorative commission tne
f,..ze for the dirlnc room in the house OF
the late D. O. Mills he seems az almost
crave t,pe. painting II very serious anu
80 esetio7 Later ne appears 70 have
-,-e very near 70 convention, rep1ooIcHlS
r.s familiar female figure in many olIereh'
-oses 9ra!nst many different backgrounds
t-- s1vavs more or less enveio pea IL the
e- Of the pictorial formula His MunlcN
y.-t- more ard more asserted itselI. tie
.---s his nudes robust-y enough, ana YET
-- -.i-e IS II he saw them in the rouhd
Ed. r.,.ir seemed rather 70 rest upon a
zion o. incl3silg q given body IN q AAeaf
..-r Wis color. TOO. subsded within the
..-.t-c 4 8 rather narrowly fixed scale You
rss-o-t his t4lhnica. competence oLt "lsh
.-e- he were a little more original tnat MS
..-.-..aie force were Used more freely.
.-o,A '-vertfvely. Reluctantly you confess
t-s-. rrue painter though he vas ne was
nat ~reo, artist On the other hand. ne
had q very engaging quality. 4nere IS
a.-. % Lis work. there Is often pretty
f---, and II Is OBVIOUS everywhere that ne
.4s- sincerely devoted 20 q fine IDEAL II IS
SOD 3D. SEE. this comprehensive array o.
OIL. painting, and drawings
Tine work o. another painter of ShirlaV y 5
.-re-ation the late Wortmngton WIT
trsdee has been placed on view IL the
r.-ls gallery Of the Century Club. re, TOO
" an artist u high ideals who studied
rf- 1s-Jscare subjects here and abroad with
..ofou7d reverence for nature. Forming
-.e STYLE half century ago. when the
American school had only begun 10 fee us
r.sv toward the application Of those prin-
-i-les developed by the Barclzon men, ne
--uovsd al his life long method OF
minute ANALYSIS His woodland interiors
i've Z lace'ke aueness r. their dellneaton
~ tree forms But he like ShlrlaW' na1
ne root q the matter in hin, and one
ors4rves in such pictures as The Oh
Hunting GROUND. with is lovely blond cone'
remarkable feeling for ush- and atmos-
mere That feeling breaks out again snc
7rafr. and vou se1 il broadening and en-
e. -so-inr works otherwise OF a rather ccld'
--~or~gph.cal sort. Ike ne impressive
rrn.-rt on The Shawangunks." There Is
a e--g1 Of some dftecn OF twenty o. these
.erefluv elaborated pictures of his at tnr
Century, Club. but q good deal 81 the space
IS given 10 paintings and sketches le,t n
~ O. a