New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

way remarkable, save for their quiet
thoroughness and general accomplish
ment. There is also here an interesting
understood that Mr.. Charles Loeser, of
Florence, formerly Of Brooklyn, has
given Mr.. Sterne a commission.
The paintings, with their thick line
and rude handling Of design and color.
illustrate strikingly Sterne's efforts
toward masculinity Of style. At first
glance they will do doubt seem to those
not familiar with this manner Of paint
ing horrifcally ugly. Looked at longer
and after intervals Of time. their rug
gedness will grow less displeasing. 1t Is
probably true that the qualities Sterne
wishes to emphasize can be appropri-
ately expressed in this Post-Impression-
list manner. They have. in fact. some-
thing OF the heroic vigor now widely ac-
knowledged in Richard Strauss tone
poems, which was recognized at first re-
luctantly, because Of the mixture OF
commonplace triviality and appalling
ugliness that then seemed to permeatc
these orchestral creations. Masculine
these certainly are-one thinks OF the
broad shouldered opening theme OF Elm
Hedenleben"-and perhaps, like these
musical TRANSACTIONS OF the spirit Of our
time. the manifestations OF Sterne and
his colleagues Of the Post Impressionist
group may grow less forbidding.
The exhibition Of paintings by old
English and Continental masters at the
new galleries Of NJ. Knoedler & Co.. for
the benefit Of the Artists Aid and the
Artists Fund societies, has already been
reviewed in this department. II may be
repeated. however, that the exhibition Is
OF unusual interest. On this page are
reproduced two OF the paintings which
compose IT. The portrait by Raeburn OF
little isabella Brown is of a charm and
tenderness quito unusual.
Efforts are being made 10 assure pros
rective visitors to the twenty-seventh
annual exhibition of the Architectural
League. which is to he at the Fine Arts
Building from January 2S to February
II. that architectural exhibits will by
no means be the only ones, but that
pa,ntirgs and sculpture will be shown.
While this organization numbers among
It's members not only architects but
many OF the chief sculptors and painters
of this country. 1t is worth remarking
that the architectural exhibits are In
interesting TO a good many
people outside of the profession. This
ig especially the case since so many ar
chitects in recent years have illustrated
their work not only by conventional
plans and elevations but by perspective
drawings photographs and plaster mod
els. The making Of perspective draw
ings of buildings not yet in existence. ex-
cept on paper has been carried by some
artists to a point decidedly interesting.
One OF the best exemplars Of this spe-
claized art is Mr.. Jules Guerin. when
no occasionally sets himself to such
task. II involves no less than an intelli-
gent and sympthetic Interpretation by
the artist OF the spirit OF the architects
projected building.
BY Mr.. Guerin and a few others II is
that sort of legitimate
divination is often required to set before
the layman a fair and truthful idea OF
what a building viii really look like
when translated from the ink and paper
into stone and steel and glass Proper
curving and other apparent liberties
quite unsuspected by the average visitor
At an Architectural League show are
taken, and the result is in the main e.
'ect a truthful prediction OF how ,-e