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

hall. we have had TO point out over and
over again that the only effective way
Of showing the desirsbilitv Of such an
sdhce was for the Academy 10 demon
yrste that Il could make good use OF
he space already az its disposal Well
co,or,ittee Of Academicians ought to
yoat once. hat in hand. before the Assn
eistion Of American Painters ana Soup
tors and thank that body FOR conilflI'hs
the need Of am exhibition place as ols a.
the s9th Regiment Armory Ihe'e o.
rubbish in this show but as we nave
aic. IT does not preponderate
An exhaustive sitting of the cNan rom
i.e wheat must be left for anoihef o'cf-
sion Tor the present We would sIIhl''
-eeord the broad impression received yes
ie-dav afternoon. when press 'le" 81
sblod one 10 make rapid survey. Iie
huge Aoor space In the armory mas oe'i
sdmirsblv utilized by the erection OF par
iiiions forming iifteer Or eighteen ac'ae
pasl rooms, some larger than others ou'
al Of generous dimensions. CoVe'ed WIN
bIrlaD the ample spaces thus maze aNeI'-
able provide good background "AI- u
tie banrino committee has employed 20
excellent ADVANTAGE So far as tHe III
unble is concerned the pictures nav
been well hung IN one respect VI. 90
rangement might have been improved y
rough princ-ple Of grouping has pe'h l"i-
.0ged. so that in many instances inv
works Of "a given exhibitor are Kept 10
sethe-. but this system has not peeii
rgldlv enough APPLIED. There are som"
lnfo-tuna+e dislocations OF indiVluudl ~
feet and We wish. TOO. that the ms
iorlcal part Of the collection hsd Oee'
more carefully ISOLATED. with parucu4@'
artists assigned 10 more clearly d'"'l' -
sections on the other hand we 90 no.
doubt that closer Acquaintance VIII u''-
pose OF this matter al Dracucdl con-
tnence
\ t.rono.osicaAy tie eXmbition ''s'H.
WY Incres. and il IS a pity thai Sin0'
Re vas o. o. included the Assoc
rould not get hold OF some NOR" 'ep'
sentative things Of his. HIS snai'
The enterprise is. a. it happens. prsctca'S
negligible and II would llav" peeh III
| 'sresting. from the educational poihi ga
j lev which the organizers have hau ~
And. II tho public could have been $40" ~
jas, what was The situation In which ~
msrked tho Darting OF the ways neal 'f
hundred wears ago. FIRST i"'o" 90
ind then q critic - David. be lhu''rd'''
partial undermining OF The classical ~
ntion: IN his art we sense tue hrsi bieA'i
{" the new life which WAS 10 iH~ 'a'
french painting fhen, IN his tune '"'
''onisnticists arlse. properly represeh''o
mere b. his great rival. DeiacToiN' an
flts their peculiarly personal comm
tones The general war Al this POM W.
show 8eakens little. Courbet - preNT'
eut Millet is missing. and the whoie bai
ezon group suffers curious neglect.
Hfmise. however. that o. the men ~
gathered all these pictures together tn'
landscape painters Of 1880 have not seeined
fuite revolutionary enough. They ia
been q, greater pains 10 bring the III
fressionists into their scheme Mah''
9fn"t and the rest. not forgetting peshS
70 where those painters cave or una
american contingent may be sara Z
feE.n on this occasion, artists IKE "'
Ne'n Weir. the iato John H. T"Heh'ii"i
ana Air. ChiIde lIassam heading the hd
NE list Thence the lines OF oe' e'op
mer; se, forth are To- some nnle COZ"
'e'Pai.Te enough ard ee rea'izo '""' ~