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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-23
The Spring Academy - Mr..
BIaShfieId'S Decorations
PAINTINGS and Prints.

The season draws near to its close
and as it does so it grows buster thah
ever In their mere numerical weight
the current exhibitions are almost De-
yond belief. Everywhere there are
pictures and still more pictures. Evl-
IDENTIFY there are not too many. IN
ouiry here and there has disclosed the
fact that this has been a winter or
many sales. The Association of Ameri-
can Painters and Sculptors made an
astonishing record in this regard with
its recent international show. and IN
other quarters we have heard of sinii-
lar good fortune. Doubtless. too, III
the next few weeks we will hear OF
more of this prosperity The exhibit
ton of the Ten American Painters con
tinues at the Montross Gallery and the
Academy, as we note below, is in fun
swing at the Fine Arts Building. 1t is
interesting to observe, by the way, that
so much of the prevailing activity Is
concerned with the works of our na-
tive artists. One of the auctions of the
year still to come will be devoted en-
tirely to American pictures. This Is
the sale of the collection belonging 10
Mr.. William T. Evans. which will be-
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brook winding through the woods in
winter. 1t has left a memory of cx-
quisite beauty. and. into the bargain.
of admirable technique. We hope that
we may without discourtesy urge Mr..
Rhen to abandon marines and go or
painting landscapes. Also at the Mae
beth Gallery there may be seen num-
Der of landscapes by Mr.. John Carlson.
pictures true in sentiment and ably
painted. The winter scenes are partic-
uarly good. At the Powell Gallery
some oil paintings by Miss Harriet S.
Phillips leave a rather unsatisfactory
impression. but in a few colored draw
ings and in a group of pictures done
i'm tempera she reveals some talent. At
the Moulton q Ricketts, Gallery there
are half a dozen Mexican portraits by
Leslie W. Lee. The Ralston Gallery
shows paintings by Thomas Il. Cong
don. picturesque and tolerably well ex-
ecuted studies of subjects found in Eol-
land, Brittany and Venice. Mr.. Cong
don also exhibits few portraits. The
current show at the Cottier Gallery is
given to modern French and Dutch
paintings, with a number of American
pictures. Chase. Hassam. Bunce. Weir.
Hoeber and Ryder are represented in
excellent examples. and among the for
eign pieces there are some fine things
by Monticello. Daubigny and De Book
At the Herter Gallery there are paint
ings by Edmund Greacen and Ossip L.
Lindc.
NJ. Francois Picabia. not content with
showing his Cubist paintings i'm the re-
cent exhibition at the Armory, pre-
sents sixteen more Of them at the
Photo-Secession Gallery. Some of these
are catalogued as studies of New
York. New York Perceived Through
the Body Is one of the titles For "A
certain type of mind, the type that
recognizes in grass "a tendency toward
movement rather than toward green"
these impertinences may have an in
terest. Having already paid our COM
pliments to the jungle growths includes
In the Armory show we decline to
waste any time on a recurrence TO the
subject.
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with new portraits by Mr.. Wilhelm
Funk. Cav in color and facile In
brushwork. he gets a bright decorative
effect. He like Mr.. Mark. makes us
feel in every instance that he has OBJ
tanned a good likeness Of his sitter.
Mr.. Augustus Koopman. at the roi-
som Gallery, shows dozen Breton
subjects. two or three figure stuoies
and the rest coast scenes. The cara oil
invitation describes the exhibition rs
one Of "color emotions" and the
phrase. thought a little precious, Is
ant. Mr.. Koopman is all for color anu
the world well lost. He filings IL 'aV-
ishly into his canvases, he is fairly ro-
mantle in his fervor, and at the same
time he is not unfaithful to nature. we
commend particularly the Windy Day
on the Beach and the Sunset on the
Reach" Sea and sky are well painted
in these pictures. There is air in them
We share in the artists zest.
In the same gallery there is col:ec-
ton of paintings by the late Allen IS.
Talcott. an artist Of exceptional talent.
In one respect his work Immediately
discIoses "A rather unfortunate llmlta-
ton. His textures are curiously mex
nressive. But once we have accounted
for that deficiency we positively re-
| ioice in the truth and charm OF his I'M
pressions, and. above all, in their Varle
N \
known nothing whatever about lor-
mua. but to have taken his plctoriai
motive where he found it, and to ave
had necessarily the best of good luck.
There are twenty-five pictures III the
exhibition, and they stand for twenty
five different moods. There lies the re-
markable interest of this painter
work He was spontaneous and SIN
cere. he felt what he painted, and he
Loyalty kept his eye on the OBJECT
Though there is poetry in his lano
scaped. there is never anything facu-
tious about it. The sweet lyric note IS
enforced. Altogether this Is an eXh'-
hilton for the fastidious observer TO
make a point of visiting.
At the Macbeth Gallery an exhibition
has Just closed which we wish mlgh'
have been extended, an exhibition OF
LANDSCAPES by Mr.. F.. *. NJ. REIN. For
twenty-five or thirty years he has been
known as a painter of marines. Re-
Gently he has turned 10 the fields ana
woods. and TO say that he has painted
them as well as he has painted the sea
would be TO understate the case. lie
has painted them infinitely better. One
| picture, especially, we marked for re-
membrance, the picture OF back
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Dutch Masters, Philippe Mer
cier and Old DRAWINGS

seventeenth century Dutch art is IL
lustrated at the Fischer Gallery In q
collection of twenty-five or thirty paint :
inss. Some of these Mr.. Fischer has
shown on other occasions. but he is
well advised to show them again. One
cannot see too often an example of
PETER Codde like The Marriage" an
interior with figures almost jewel like
I'm its brilliance. We welcome again,
too. the large Van Goyen. Castle and
Ruins on the Rhine" perhaps the most
romantic canvas ever painted by this
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happily inventing one. Meanwhile. he
persuades us that he is on the right
track. His picture is distinctly above
the average.
We can speak as cordially of Miss
Lillian Genth's Mother and Child" and
she. like Mr.. Balm. we may note in
passing. is sloughing off an old man
nerism. Where she was wont to deal
in shadows too dark and give a STAG
cato pickering character To the lighting
of her picture. she is now more suavely
luminous. broader. tenderer, and vastly
more attractive. The interior with
figure by Mr.. Paxton. Girl Combing
Her Hair" offers another case of an
artist lengthening his stride. He is
still a little too tight" and polished.
still little too immobile, but this
painting is better seen than anything
of his we have hitherto encountered.
and throughout the tone, which means
so much to him, he has gained In pur-
ity and quality. Mr.. Kronberg's in
ItTlO1, Ht 'di hilihi - iN''''
seen before this winter, and we cannot
better show our appreciation than by
saving that il is good to see il again.
The composition is good and there is
fine note in the broad splash of rich
red color. The Lonely Vigil" Mr.. w.
II. Dunton's picture in the vein of the
late Frederic Remington. recalls that
brilliant artist without losing any OF us
interest as an original piece of work.
The sound execution here could not
have been developed by any process oi
mere imitation. We pause to enjoy the
ouaintness of the three panels in MT.
Arthur Crisp's Summer Time" capt.
tally decorative frieZe, and there are
similarly pleasant moments to be got
ont of Mr.. Prellwitz's Figure win
Shell" Mr. Couse's Prayer to the
Water God" Mr.. Hawthorne's File du
Pecheur." Mr.. Guy Roses 1.-THE Chinese
Room" and Mr.. c. &. Colemans Ihe
Model" But here we exhaust the fig
IRE subjects and turn to simpler
themes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-23
The Spring Exhibition of the
Academy of Design.

Only about three hundred works have
been accepted for this show, and Inc
result is a very agreeable ensemble,
which grows particularly interesting IN
the big Vanderbilt Gallery, where the
hanging. in a single line, is at its pes'.
Some good portraits are shown, but
this Academy differs, to its advantage.
from many of its predecessors in not
giving overmuch space TO this form
of art There is nothing more weari-
some than the average perfunctory por-
trait, the pot boiler which covers lot
of canvas in a manner often creditablc
enough and yet hopelessly dull. ON
this occasion the jury has sifted with
exemplary resolution. and in conse-
ouence we are not only spared acres oil
mediocrity but the good things sent In
make their full effect. High up among
these better portraits must be placed
the canvas by Miss Cecilia BeauX,
study Of a woman seated in 4 spacious
room. presumably In some warm COR
ner of the world, for the servant just
discerned in the background is clad in
the white of the tropics. He helps to
turn the portrait into picture. aud
the dress of Miss Beaux's sitter also
contributes to this end. gorgeous az
fair Of purple and gold. Those tints.
by the way, have a little baffled the ar
fist. They are sharply brilliant rather
than charming as she leaves them. But
this hardly matters, we are so taken
captive by the bold elastic way IN
which the whole thing is treated. 1t
is a strong, workmanlike performance,
handled with an admirable sureness. If
only il had a beauty equal TO its tech
meal adroitness, its easy force, With
this we would rank the Portrait in
Black" by Mr.. Wiles, a full-length of
a pretty lady in a picturesque hat,
standing beside a bust of RichelieI
which brings a handsome decorative
note into the scheme. This is little
more than clever a really capable piece
Of painting in which Mr. Wiles profits
by Sargent's example, but keeps his
head and does his work in his own
fortnight way.
The practised hand of Mr. Thomas
Eakins is responsible for two good por-
traits, "A Bohemian" and ID. Hayes
Agnew," and there are some other
meritorious studies of men by Alphonse
Jongers, G. B. Troccoli. b. r. Campbell
Margaret r. Richardson. Martin Bor-
CORD and r. d. Gauley. Mr.. Borgords
Walter Griffin" arresting as bit of
characterization. is beautifully painted
and we admire the technique. too. in
Mr.. Troccolis seated man. Both these
canvases have qualities Of drawing in
them that bring one back for more
than one sympathetic analysis of their
traits. The portraits Of women,
whether they be presented merely as
such or In the guise Of more or less dec
orative pictures, make a fair but not
especially impressive group. There is
ability In them. Of course. One re-
marks the facile, swinging touch in
THE Green Gown" by Maurice From
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T.. II. Blashield gives us the oppcr-
tuuitv To take a kind of swift BIRDS
eve view of practically everything :hat
he has done as mural decorator
Most. if not ALL of these designs or ms
have been the subjects from time I"
time Of full critical analysis in The
Tribune. and there is no occasion tor
describing any of them again. Nor Is
il necessary to touch in any detail upon
the DEVELOPMENT of Mr. Blashfield's ca
reer. indicating the manner in which
his art has been spread all over the
country. in public buildings of impor-
lance. But the show does invite bTle.
characterization of his traits. Seen at
full length. so 10 say. they deepen our
sense of his powers. From the star.
he has been what can only he de-
scribed. if we must adopt some mode
of classification. as an academic type.
His sense Of form and his style As a
craftsman both strongly suggest the
arduous and thorough training of the
conventional French schools. But he
has risen above convention in the grain
of his work through the sincerity Of his
feeling. and especially through his keen
sympathy FOR the subjects OF national
or state significance which i has been
his task To illustrate.
Surveying the length and breadth of
his work. one is struck with the fact
that while he has made his excursions
into allegory. and. in purely decorative
pondcntives and the like has drawn
many symbolical figure he has never
thelcss encrgized his themes by n
thoughtful expression in them of Amer
lean ideals. the figures and principles
which have gone To the making Of our
history. He is academic. yes. but he is
not lifeless and dull. His work is SO
framed as 10 touch the mind and imagi-
nation of the citizen. II means some
thing. That by itself would not have
served To win Mr. Blashfield repute.
Besides being good American he has
been good workman. Those French
masters OF his would have 10 confess
that they could not better his compost
ton. could not have more profusely
poured forth groups of figures well knit
in themselves and effectively adjusted
to their architectural surroundings.
We know. too. though the present ex-
hibition can tell us little on the subject.
how admirably his color has kept pace
with his form-in other words, how
shrewdly he has always struck the
needed decorative balance. one char
acterstic he has which we would like TO
see modified and one he lacks which We
wish might be added to his resources.
In the first place. his artistic recti-
tude is a shade excessive. II lands him
In "A finish too complete. in a style too
neat And something of this impec-
cable habit crops out in the physog
nomy and bearing of almost any one of
his figures. These men and women of
his are too invariably handsome, too
stately. not merely for human natures
daily food but even for monumental
decoration. The pervading loneliness
i'm the mass of work is gained some
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striking instance i'm the Spring Time"
of Mr. WaltertGrifIin. His work has
always had character, but in this beau
tiful study Of a typically picturesque
French village, with its slender srecs
giving a peculiar elegance To the fore
ground. he has gone far ahead. The
vitality in his work is symbolcal of "A
great deal i'm this exhibition. The
reader will have observed that we have
signalzed no startling or particularly
memorable work of art, but to do that
is a privilege rare enough anywhere.
The main point is that an exhibition
should show some signs of general ami
nation. that ii should contain "A yea
sonable quantity Of competent and in
teresting work. In this the Spring
Academy is on the whole successful.
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Recent Landscapes and Ma
rineS.

We turn. for example. with something
like gusto TO MIR. Coleman's "Oil MILL
Anacapri." There is proficient WORK
manship i'm his picture of The Mode''
q romantic page from old Italian NE
hut in this cool interior there is nucn
moro than that: there is the magic OF
new impression. the special quality oil
a work done out of an original impulse
II ought To have been better hung IL
is too distinguished work 10 nave
been RELOCATED to the smallest OF the
gall,r ies The landscapes and marines
embrace some lovely things. so many
of them. too. that we make no pretehce
Of traversing them in detail over ana
over again we encounter such true OBJ
servation. such refinement Of color and
atmosphere. such sincere sentiment rs
we observe i'm MIR. w. S. Robinson
white Birches," Mr.. \. T. Van Lac! $
Warm Day in January Mr. Ernest
Peixotto's "Villa Lante." Mr.. Charles
Rosen's Floating Ice" Mr.. W. T..
Scho6eld's "Wintry Sun" and Mr..
George BeIlows's Virginia" The sin.
cold charm of The Brooks Winter
Bed" by Mr.. Walter Nettleton. the IN
innate sylvan atmosphere of Mr.. Shurt-
leff's I'm the Adirordacks," the swlnI
of the water and the strong, well lllu-
minated color i'm Mr.. Arthur Hoeber
sea piece. Late Afternoon the ro-
mantle depth i'm Mr.. 6. II. Bogert
CLOSE of Day"-these and dozen
other episodes of natural beauty sensi-
lively interpreted contribute largely 10
the broad excellence of the show. In
this field, as among the figure subjects,
too. we come upon welcome signs of IN
dividual progressiveness. There is a
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An Italian, an Hungarian, and
Some Others.

The exhibition at the Catholic Club Of
n great quantity Of paintings by Signor
Prcviati has introduced here an inter-
esting though not perhaps very i'm
portant type. This Italian artist is an
illustrator of religious and symbolical
themes. a painter of landscapes and Of
flowers. who produces easel pictures
and also covers canvases of imposing
dimensions. His studies Of nature
leave us quite cold and his large de-
signs are not precisely thrilling. but
they have some poetic feeling in them.
and. especially, the element sof grace.
1t is odd that "A painter of such spirit
uellc conceptions has not much quality
in his color. Signor Previati seems to
want nervous force. To be so subdued
and careful in his tone as To leave IL
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count. Mr.. Hassam is charming in his
Reflected Sunlight" a painting full Of
luminous color, and in this category Of
skilful open-air work we would cite
The Landing Place" by Mr.. w. H..
Foote, Mr.. Frieseke's "Bather,' work
of greater delicacy than we would have
expected from his brush, and Mr.. Bal
Inns Butterflies" 1t is especially in
teresting TO see this last named picture.
study of two nudes bathed in sunlight
against a background of fresh green.
For years we have been publicly ask
ing Mr.. BALM why in the world he has
not emerged from the studio into the
open air, leaving his characteristic
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charging his view of light and atmos-
phere. II is too late for him to turn
realist and Impressionist. even if it
were desirable, which is not the case
But it is never too late to open a
studio window and to drink deep
draughts Of natures rough winds
Their tonic influence only strengthens
the artist in his pursuit of truth and
beauty 4 certain Journalism is insep-
arabic from true mural decoration, but
it is not Incompatible with the richer
vitality which Mr.. Blashheld might
profitably seek Armed as he is armed
he could certainly afford to make the
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artist. The collection is uncommonly
rich in Van Goyens, Ruysdaes and
other early masters Of landscape. The
limpid blond pictures by Solomon
Ruysdael are works of extraordinary
beauty, but there is indeed nothing
here which has not a winning pictorial
quality; the collection is quite free
from the dry stuff which has an his
torical but no aesthetic interest. Take.
for example. the little Landscape with
Figures" by John Wynants This Is
no perfunctory work; the thing is as
fresh and interesting as though II were
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times at the sacrifice of character.
And that brings us to the missing ee
ment in Mr.. Blashfields equipment the
element of racy variety. of free. wide
ranging force. 1t would be good to see
him plunging deeper into life as it is
lived to-day, exploring further reaches
of humanity. and. incidentally, as he
enlarged his view of the social pageant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-23
Mr.. E. H. Blashfield's Work as
a Mural Decorator.

There is an exhibition in the little
gallery at the Century Club which
might well have been arranged in Il
more public place. In "A number OF
photographs Of executed work and n
series of black and white studies Mr..
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placed on view at the American Art
Galleries next Wednesday. 1t VIII d's-
pose of more than two hundred paint
ings by Inness. Homer Martin, I. w.
Dewing. George Fuller, Robert Blum,
George De Forest Brush, Childe Has
sam, Winslow Homer. j. II. Twacht-
man. w. NJ. Chase. John La Fargo, ID.
w. Tryon and others. These works
will be sold on the evenings of March
81 and April and in the grand Gall
room Of the Plaza.
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somewhat feeble. At the Knoedler
Gallery an Hungarian painter, Mr..
Louis Mark. is showing number Of
portraits. He has, we gather, an in
stinct for character. all his heads and
faces having a certain vivid. expressive
quality. His color is commonplace and
his workmanship generally is amateur
ish. The Renhardt Gallery Is filled
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Subject Pictures, in the Studio
and in the Open Air.

There are no subject pictures of any
notable substance. but there are not
few examples of interesting craftsman
ship in which the figure is made to
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experiment, and he could make II with
the more security since he already has
behind him so splendid a body of work.
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Continued on seventh page.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-10-24
TAX NoTIcE-1sIs
Office Of the County Treasurer Of York
Eaunfy

S0uutys
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NOTICE is hereby given that the
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be opened on WEDNESDAY. the
18TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1918, and
remain open until the 31ST DAY OF
DECEMBER, 1913, for the collection
of STATE. COUNTY, SCHOOL AND
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1918, without penalty; after which
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month Of JANUARY, 1914. and TWO
PER CENT penalty for all payments
made in the month Of FEBRUARY,
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atty will be added to all payments
to the 18TH DAY OF MARCH, 1914.
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Single Polls will be turned over to the
several Magistrates for prosecution
in accordance with law. ra ,a
For the convenience Of taxpayers,
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tober 25th, to Tuesday. October 28th.
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ber 3rd, to Saturday, November Sth.
And at Yorkville from MONDAY,
November 10th, until Wednesday, the
31st day Of December, 1913. after
which date the penalties will attach
as stated above. .. L5..rt
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or properties are located.
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Treasurer Of York County.
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humorous pfpartmtnt.


A Narrowing Experienee.-"Yes," he
said, .1 once had a terrible experience
with a mad bull. ! was in big field
when he started after me. 1t was al
most half a mile to the nearest fence,
and there was no tree anywhere that
could climb.r
How perfectly awful" she exclaim-
ed. Gould ;he run fast?"
II never supposed there was any
thing in the world that could run as
fast as that bull did. And big! He
looked bigger than passenger loco
motive"
Mercy! II makes me shiver to
think of it. Wasn't there even big
rock or a haystaek or anything of that
kind which you could get. behind?"
Not a thing. The field was abso-
lutely bare. The only thing Icould do
was to turn very quickly every little
while, just as the hull had almost
reached me. That would give me
new chance, for the animal, being un-
aware of my intention. would not be
able to change his course immediate
ly, and I would have an opportunity to
get my breath again."
'It must have been horrible. And
did you finally escapeg'
mo. He ran me down at last and
gored me to death."-Chicago Record
Herald. -:s"