The sun., 1913-11-09

that the modern color etching resembles
sometimes a meZzotint. sometimes u
lithograph or n print from "a wooden
block. or anything In fact but an etch-
ing.
These comments are not intended as
rcproach to the art Of printing in
color from etched plates. 4 success in
any method is its own vindicatiou and
makes new rules for itself. and cannot
be- long denied. So far none of these
| new etchers have positively succeeded.
and the reason seems to be that they
have sought to reproduce the effects
that are more easily obtained in other
mediums, instead Of searching out the
limitations of their processes and adapt
,nS their expressions to them. In the
meantime Mr.. Senseney and the other
color etchers seem to he enjoying their
eNplorati ions. and THE Sun heartily
wishes them luck and IA quick success
TANET SCt'DDER'S exhibition OF
sculptures is now on at Theodore
y B. STAIRS.
Miss Scudder has won so secure and
cnriable plaC" among the women
sculptors that she has i'm fact for some
time past repudiated the protection of
that classification and prefers to COM
pete On even terms with the men. not
az Il woman sculptor, but as n sculptor
IN fact there are a number OF the gem
tsmen sculptors To whom she could
give odds and stiI win OUTPUT We
mustn't go into that. Comparisons in
sculpture are odious.
Most of the work is in bronze and most
of the pieces are fountains Or projects
for fountains. The subjects ar. cupid.
for the most part cupids who have =.
rampant. iourishng, early Venetian
kind of health. They are Of ali sizes
but when they are life sized the vivacity
and ampl-ness Of their expression,
make them seem even Bigger than life,
! just as Bronzino's portraits always am
plify life.
The Young god. according To- Mi.s
Scudder. has abandoned his most serious
business with his bow and arrow ami
gives himself whole heartcdly to play,
preferring to tease fishes than men. The
small cupid with the fish is the one
| We like best. The urchin j. thn.oughly
, absorbed in his play; hc intends To do
something interesting with ;hat fish.
| he doesn't know just what. ana the
spectator has the sensation of spying
upon one unconscious Of being watched.
! The decorative adjunCts are slight N
| this and in all of the fountains som.
thing aquatic. fishes or shells or sea
| plants. and always skilfuily placed. The
| fountains have been made stiil more
aquatic by having been given the power
| to spout real water for this exhibition.
The new piece. The Fish Girl Is
different in manner. /, was made L
seems. in America this summer and
| there is a trace here and there of its
| nativity. The cupid fountains do not
particularly suggest country or a time
| or place, but there is a refinement -
| THE Fish Girl tina; is modern ana
American. John Galen Howard. the
architect. says the one recurring ten
dency in American art since its begin
ming has been its refinement, and he
| cites the Colonial style among other
| Illustrations. II seems decidedly pro-
| nounced upon Miss Scudder's part tI
have refined her Fish Girl" so notice
ably, and yet Mr.. Howard will agree
with her. There is no intrinsic reason
why FISH girl should not he spirituelle
| especially when We recall that the fish
ing industries centre around Boston.
BE that as it may. Miss Scudder has
achieved some good modelling in this
| figure. As it is lighted at Mr.. Starr's.
the back Is especially effective, well
composed and we'll modelled The long
lines have the grace that FL Greco was
| once condemned and now admired for.