New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-22

A. the Macbeth Gallery the Woman S
AIT club is holding us annual exhibition.
and u gives. We may conciseiy aud. bet
ter account OF itself than We have ever
known il 10 give before. The jury OF Sc
lection has been courageous. il h. 10 De
inferred for there are oHl' htty-tNo
pictures Oh the walls Among them there
are number OF very good things. The
Rejecting Pool a large landscape by
Sophie VI Brannau. justincs IFS scale ~
IT, sound workmanship and it- wrll-oN-
pressed sentiment Their, IS some clever
painting iu Hildd Belchcrs Fellow Trav-
elirr.' mead well modelled and neatly
placed iu th. composition. and apropO- Of
pOTtratGIc We Igat cite also the two cdn-
vases ht Helen 81. Turner This artist
has ability. taste. and touch which
promises the ultimate afiim nation OF some
personal force Her Young Woman with
Jewels is q charming piece and Is paint
90 with remarkable address. There are
good pictures done out Of doors b. Clara
Davidson. Susan k.tcham Rhoda Holmes
Nichols Jane Petersen. Florence Smell
and Charlotte Conan. and among the fig
uie subjects We particularly note The
I.ittl. Chicken. by Alice T. Winter The
hight and the color Zoe this last painting
suggest that the artist should 20 far
"Th, Curtey." Toy MARY Greene Blum
schien. the most ambitious 81 the studies
from the ngure. contains some good draw
ing about the head. and There i- an excel
lent suggestion Of movement in the plct-
ure. but tine models dress is Oyeidone.
there not being enough art shown IN the
painting of il 10 atone Tor its aggressive
ness
Upstairs ~ the Macbeth Gallery there
l. "a group OF fifteen LANDSCAPES hy Gard
nei S,mons 81 few of them done years
ago. and tine rest presumably represents
ing the artists recent work. The earlier
Cornish scenes though rather common
place. have suayity which We wish no
might hay, carried on into his maturcr
studies. These are fairly brutal in their
handling Of pigment ON the whole. how
ever. Nj Symons gives good reason for
his change of method. Painting in more
straightforWard manner he has got an
abundance Of light and air into his work.
and the broader synthesis which marks
the pictures ne is making now eXcitcs re-
spect. II not admiration. Ills is "A robust
talent %hich will doubtless settle Itself
as time goes on and his enthusiasm FOL
truth proves not Incompatible with sym.
pathy for beauty.
Spanish art fills the gallery Of Gimpel
4 WidcnstcIn. the art OF Goya and VI his
imitator. Eugcnio Lucas. There Is. to
be sure. an "Annunciation" by III Greco IN
the show and # Is a fine picture. but TINS
II the only relic OF the early school. For
the rest the collection is pure eighteenth
century that Spanish eighteenth century
which was so dramatically different from
The French. substituting for the motive Of
tho drawing room the motive redolent OF
everyday life. Goya. who could paint
grandee with plenty OF courtlincss. was at
bottom 2 man all passion and oven fury.
The two leading canvascs by him In this
exhibition bear the same title n Bull
Fight" and both are about the same IN
nut II is interesting To see
how Goya. with his fire and his sincerity.
painiirg the same thin. twice from much
tho game polnt Of view. would ncverthe
less give TO cacn picture strong ihdlNIu-
uality. These studies OF the rinG are char
actcrized In the catalogue as master
niece" and for cnce NC may gladly give
the catalogucr his head. They are mas
terpiccos Of execution and of style The
hand Of the master Is apparent In the WV
idne.s with which the surging crowds arc
portrayed. i'm the expression OF violent
movement within the unity OF artistic de-
sign. and finally In the magical play OF
color which causes ono episode after
another to CLEAN beautifully In the mass
like a jet Of light against some sombrc
background. The golden sand or the ring