New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-16
ART EXHIBITIONS
The PasteIIiStS' Second Annual
ShoW-CharleS Conder'S
Rare Art.

rbA Pastelnsts. an organization In which
-. moving spirits have been Mr. Elmer
,1acRae and Mr.. Jerome Myers. comes for
,rord with its second annual exhibition at
,ha Folsom galleries. to endure through
,,oeuber 80 IL was a happy idea to gather
nus these more or less intimate records
- Aeeting Impressions and Of studies made
.-;,rarilv for the artists themselves. Looked
Of as a whole. the collection gives 10 the
visitor sense of uncommon frankness and
s,ontaneity II is as though tho commercial
s,irit had had little voice in the choice OF
themes here set down; in many cases one
fsncies the artist made his drawing with
ont the least idea that IL would ever hgure
in a public gallery. Another f~Foraole
foature of this exhibition is the small num-
her Of examples shown Twenty-one artists
ore represented by sixty-six works. one
room, al the Folsom galleries suifices TO
contain them. II IS 10 be hoped that the
syc,ess Of this new venture Will not lead
% any material enlargement of its field or
onerations The essence Of such a show IS
us intimacy. and with large exhibition
this would disappear.
The list is headed by Mr.. Bryson Bur
roucbs. who has been an absentee from
current exhibitions for some years. since
nc duties as curator Of paintings at the
Metropolitan Museum have claimed much
or his time A portrait sketch and a study
Of a seated woman. half draped, declare
sncw MIR. Burrougns's distinctive person
Atty and his skilful and serious touch. Inc
study. I'm particular, is strong and OF posi-
five power. The line is of sensuous beauty
and the pose is charged with significance
or curious potency are four crayon studies
nv Mr. Arthur r. Davies. one OF then'
called Big Wave Design" presenting the
general rhythm Of a wave, is made up OF
writing group Of nudes, Indians IN type
whose movements are tense and compel
ling vet are subordinated in large degree
20 the main wave outline of troughs ana
crest. Another. The Trapeze' Is an IN
ranious simplifCation of the straight lines
NJ rome swings the elastic curves or tiny
figures that depend from these and the
arcs Of their orbits as they oscillate IN mid
air The lines are IN white upon mono
chromatic gray background. One might
readily imagine piece OF music built OF
themes corresponding TO the impinging
lines Of this design.
BY Mr.. Albert Steiner is a portrait OF
COMPOSITIONS in red chalk. showing groups
Of nudes. one OF them unusually free ana
persuasive I'm drawing. There is a striking
head by Mr. Henri. and Mr. Glackens mas
five small sketches here. one Of which,
FACTORY Girls" is vivacious and brisk
I'm movement and gives an impression OF
actually and Of having been studied OUT
Of doors All OF these notes are worm
while. Clever observation and faculty
for gathering data into pictorial form marx
the three pastels from the studio OF MI
Shinn. two of them Paris street scenes ana
the third a full length study of woman.
There are tiny nudes by Miss Marion
Beckett. sympathetic notes OF beach ana
other scenes by Mr.. MacRae, with children
as the principal figures in all OF them;
tenuous Adirondack sketches by Mr.. r. A.
Kramer. which seem scarcely 10 be Infused
with the breath Of life: invertebrate land
scapes by Mr.. Leon Dabo, several sketches
bv Mr.. Myers. which have more decision
than some other work he has shown OF
late: two delightful bits by the late J. H.
Twachtman; a little sketch Of baby In
carriage by Mr.. Weir two agreeable land
scspe studies by Mr.. Lawson, handsome
and bold flower group by Mr. Lie. with two
ether contributions, and work by Mr.. Colin
g. Coorer, Mr. Cornoyer, Miss Cassatt
Mr. Reuterdahl. Mr. Henry c. White and
Miss Juliet Thompson
Charles Gender. who died in 1909. was
member Of the little group of English
rsinters. including such men as Mr.. Au-
eustus John. Mr.. Wilson Steer, Mr.. Will
: Rcthenstein, and few more, who have
been recognized by amateurs in London
and by some art lovers here as marking
the advance guard Of current British art.
Mr. Rothenstein's work was lately eXem-
ulifed az the galleries OF the Berlin Photo
graphic Company. and now there is TO be
seen i'm the same rooms a loan exhibition
Of the rare and delightful art that repre-
SCENTS Gender There are paintings on can
vas paintings on silk fans, and on the
same fabric backed by wood panels; there
are uastels. Autographs and drawings
Will, This work is somewhat uneven. there
is not a single one Of the nearly fifty eX-
amples I'm which the painter failed 10 COM
,runicate a mood. Realities exist for him
and no revels I'm their beauty or their char
acteristic aspects. but only as these are
trausmutable by him into terms Of feeling
essentials Of a scene and at the same time
raising them 20 a plane OF lofty magma
tion is Of kind not too often to be found
IN any artistic period Whether he sets
down his impression gained from group
NJ s1irited and individualized men and
women u "a scene Of everyday life, sucn as
is recorded in his drawing in sanSuine,
"The Rehearsal or whether he conlures
Up such q vision as that Of Women by the
Sea" with it's curiously haunting figures on
the gray shore I'm the light Of dawn, Gender
achieves the expression of a definite and
poryasive mood.
Iu "Tue Rehearsal" which may stand
as an example Of one phase Of his art there
is the vyacity and quick movement OF
Ioryous figures. accumulated by the care
less position Of the woman in the eore-
ground seated at the piano. who adjusts
her stocking while she watches the acting
Of Der colleagues An this is seen and
rendered with quick appreciation. but less
Tor its own sake than for the suggestion
Impaired 10y the little drawing a whole
Of an atmosphere distinct and joyous. Al
the other extreme the composition entitled
Women Uy the sea" is Of no very definite
meaning, or Of any meaning the observer
Chooses 10 find i'm it. TO the sympathetic
eye the TWO shadowy women IN the beach,
their backs turned 10 the blue water and
misty SKY. viii seem, indeed. TO be freight
cd with a strange but quite undefnable
importance. The picture kindles the imag-
iDdUon and. above all. IT captivates by it's
sheer beauty. Character is here, as IT is
IN another picture, comparable with this,