The sun., 1913-11-02
AMERICAN ART AT MACBETH'S.
Clever hut luambittOus Paintings
Are the Nule.

The Macbeth gallery is showing an
Inviting collection exclusively Of tho
works of the younger American artists
all Of wirom are capable OF holding their
own III the Acaden5 and some of whom
have already carried of hpnors there.
The ARTISTS represented are clifford Peal.
William Jean i'-au."N. Sophie VI Rrannan,
Cecil Chichester, Allen l.. Cochran, Guy
iene Du H"Is. Kenneth Frazier. ". ".
G!lchriet, J:.. George II. McCrum. Kath-
ieen NJ Emery. Ivan pllnsly. Lillian Il.
Reed. charles Roscn, Henry 4. Sr!den.
Martha Walter and Guy e, Virgins.
The hreez.est I.lcr OF work in the
show is Miss Walters Molly" plen
air portrait Of an extremely young person
seated upon the lap of her nurse. or per
haps AN elderly friend. "Mo!ly's" pink
and white cheeks. fingers and toes meas
ure up to any eugeuic standard ever
heard of. Yet II seems that she is an
Indian child Another picture Of Molly"
by Miss Walker is frankly labelled The
Indian Baby Both are agreeable in
stances of swift painting.
The student who watches and con-
stantly hopes for greatness In American
art asks himself when confronted by such
n picture as Clifford Beal's Marble
Rousseau or Daubigny, and why. al
though 1t is perfectly well adapted TO
shine at our Academy, II will never he
sought for by the French Government
for the Louvre as "A characteristic example
of great American art. The mere asso-
citation of these names is enough tn
frighten local connoisseurs but no injustice
is involved. BY shutting our eyes to the
standards achieved by the French land
scapists We bar our own progress 10 the
same attitudes Mr.. Beal and Mr.. Rosen,
who painted the winter Evening" know
every technical secret that Rousseau
knew. They have AS good paints and
brushes. but they don't try hard enough
Rousseau and Millet lived and died IN
their work. II all of the young Americans
whom we must not mention in comparison
with the great owing to the injustice in
volved, could be subjected to some cruel
Eoad to seriousness the percentage oi
| great American artists would shortly In
crease.
| Kenneth Frazler's contribution il not
| called "A Winter Garden" but THE Win
ter Garden Future historians will find
! IL difficult to identify the spot. II ap-
pears to be a roof theatre. Two lightly
clad figures on the stage are fleeing from
, the storm, with n scarf OF pink gauzt
! floating In the breeze. like the celebrated
! picture in the Metropolitan Museum, but
/ no one in the audience. not even the bas'
| fiddler, betrays much interest. This time
| 1t is the standard of Degas that is moi
reached.
| Henry Seiden's Summer Breeze" has
some decision of style and w. ]. BeauleI
! has a light touch. There is good dea
! of nature in Cecil Chichester's summer
and George MacCrums picture entertain'
! us with the river docks that he 40 fire.
| ouentIy paints. w. w. Gilchrist's stud,
! in Lavender" is really brown study
! The young woman In the picture is attiret
, in lavender. II il true, but the problem
that occupies her is how she can "d'
over" the last years hat. which sh'
spins upon one hand.
The exhibition will continue until NO
1 yember 10.