New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-17

the whirling de1yishes OF whom We have
heard o much 10 10; really require 20 b.
taken as seriously as they have been
taken in some quarters They are yer,
Ike the Fat Boy 90 "Pickwick IheF
want 10 make our flesh creep. ha'ioh-
ais observed. they seem foolish rather
than terrible GauSuin Is bold drafts
man and c0lOiist gone wrong MIDWAY IN
the course of nis artistic education
Vaguely working in him is inohu-
mental sense of form. Which f. not how
over. realized IN the actual results. Paul
rGzanue and Vincent van Gogh. III" land
scan. oracles Of "a. neutrality-suspicious.
Sanbedr,rp. internationally tumble t.c.f
vav INTO iuterestinr achievement o''
more often wrtst'c with tnrir uifIheh'
and are sadlv thrown. Henr haus-r'
who fg All Tor TIC nude and the Voi
well lost outs Strangely elongated hs iTrs
through even stranger contortons paint
ing ueiy plcturc-. the fdtlitF o. WHO
80 ONLY accentuatCd br thcir sca-e. W."
nave heard much about the spacing o.
uetisse his linear RHYTHM. and lhs SUBJ
er-ution II some ,.n mvstcriously beau
,if,,l quality f5r the reslistie representa-
1ior OF given object With "n.ch me
masters Of III" ages ar" h'en 'oi''""
In the face OF al this talk M' pomp'''
cruaities seem very absurd
With Picasso and the rest Of I'D" N'-
lets the farce grows wilder TEe' throw
mon The canvas a queer agelomrratI"n
az line and color ir which on" may
divine in q lragmentary way clements oi
the humau form. Tn. fragments posscs'
her. and there some expressive qualities.
II is ike the monsirous potato or souru
which tie farmer brings 90 the ViIi"t'
store 20 Gee T. ns croni"s can MAKE OUT
I'm certain bumps which ne indicate
the resemblance that be has found %
General Grant or the late y. !. harnuh.
II f. even more Ike what one would con-
tenplstc 4 perfectly respectable won
bat in ding himself ~ tie midst OF oH'
of those gigantic Colcred vesseiS winch
stard in "a druggists window. should sJd
derlv co quite mad thiashing about MN
ana CAUSING great havoc. We are All
( ooipc 20 heaven" said the dying Gains
! horou2h "and Van Dych. Is OF uie COM
many TIE Post lmpressionist and ihe
e,nulat. I'm their way this. rot" Of proih
: cop,.ia.iou But before the evidences they
cYer OF their right 10 be called artists
and original creative artists al that We
tsrs oul. reminded Oh the Western ladE
yho. Tor he first Time. showed her r""
.-,vipr room. A tragic tumble OF tawdry
/ 1l.c,ratiop. 20 one Of her friends. saying.
.grhie i, our Louis QUinZe room Quoth
,b, friend What makes YOU think so?
/ II the retort was cruel It was also just
and &: is In IN, spirit Of the utmost fair-
,s.s tl,ai see note its applicability tn thf
arotesoue pretensions characterize o.
the extrer lsts in this exhibition The AS
,ocia+ion Oh American Painters ANA
cc,,l,,ors Las shown commendable i'm
r.r,islit, II has no other object in dis
,1s,.ioy these works tnan that Of giving
! .h. rttli,. a chance 20 see ana Judge ioi
use,r WIN that policy, for which We
L.. r,ore thar once heartily praised the
/ .s.ocla,ion we are indeed in such sym
na,l,v that We would not FOR moment
! adout In condemnation Of what we be-
| ua,.e tn he mlscnicyOus and worthless
"tsns.. the merely dogmatic tone so IRE
o,,epftv 10 H.. heard IN, the so-calied reVo-
h,ionarv camps BIZ, II is TIE ousilcss
| ~ si,icism 10 Judge and, remarking that