The sun., 1913-11-09

in The latest. most fashionable
mann,". bat none of them rs
an artist rises above the fashion. None
trcmrlos Ipnu the brink of that chasm
bat all a'o murr ur l.ss "iisintcsratcd,
t. isc tl" iay-ou pf the day.
/, is. - We have pointed cut several
now 20 hc 'dlsintrcratcd" than II was
The .irs; d.s.EfcGrator made us talk
bu; me second ,rird and tenth rate
followers scared. pre- sent Ne with stuff
follow Their masters for "A time. and IN
plunainc with enthusiasm into new
movement hey AZ least serve to educate
their immediate Circle az friends and 10
nss'si ,he la,.'o' puhlic - conclude upon
thc inuyeui.rt Itself for the merit of a
"m"vomcri' filters through the public
consciousness more easily when in a
state of solution.
This noble Sclf-etfal OInout for a cause
Is eutai,cd Upon Youth. When the fleds
linS has had little experience of lif1
for himself or herself and begins trans
lating II into art. then he turgets the
''movement" and begins career.
One quality that all of the group may
be said t. have acquired is the ability
to make their pictures carry This is
one trick that science has made easy for
the modcrns. The pictures Of N.ronese
look we'll from distance, but he Sc
cured the result through precious hard
work Now it is easy. II Is the frs,
thing apparently that our child artists
learn. and sometimes the only thing
they learn.
OF the nine artists represented Mis-.
Anne Goldthwaite's work is the mos,
cleanly cut. She presents string Oi
portraits. all of a smallish but agreeable
size. Just the head and shoulders in
each case. but they are we'll placed upon
the canvascs. in fresh color and with
good characterization. Miss Gold
thwaite allows her gentlemen sitters IL
smoke pipes and cigarettes and all veal
a look OF suprcm" content in conse.
Guence that Is cheerful to see.
Miss Elizabeth Grandins landscapes
are impctuously painted, with the effor,
to Lse only tie dominant idea in the
scene, and to Use that deCorately. one
feels that nature in the struggle with
Miss Grandins decorative scheme some
times comes out second best, but her
smaller canNascs, those arrangements
of Pro,incetown themes. have some
successful features.
Miss MARGARET Wendell Huntington's
broken colors make even so familiar
an institution as the Ponte NccChiG
seem strange, and the Swiss valleys II
her pictures are placed in altogether
a new light. The new manner OF paint
ing. in which accents are abandoned and
every object far or near ~ treated
with the same emphasis, makes de-
cided appeal TO those Connoisseurs who
hate Swiss scenery in art. That sun UNI
brellas and flower beds in a foreground
should outweigh or equal Mont Blanc
in importance seems 10 he an argumen,
upon their side of the question. Miss
Huntington. we fear. Is Pateriar
propagandlst in disguise.
THE Brown Robertson exhibition
of the color prints OF George
Senseney includes every plate
ever published by this artist. Mr.. Sen
seney is an American, born In
Maryland, educated in Washington
New York and Paris, and during the
last ten years has gone in heavily fol
this comparatively new graphic art
They are called color etchings." bu,
that name Is n misnomer. The draw
ings may be etched upon the plate in
the usual manner Of an etching, but
when the result is so different 1t seems
that another name for them might be
invented. Certainly the amateur Is apt
TO be confused when confronted with
these works in full color. with scarcely
a trace Of a line showing, and told
that they are etchings.
"Stick to your medium" liz old fash
Toned. but excellent advice. When q
water color drawing begins to look like
a painting in oil; when oils, on the
other hand. resemble water color, and
n piece OF embroidery can be mistaken
for either one; when music sounds like
theology or sermons like modern jour.
nalism then the iudicious greve
] was once shown ny poor unfOr-
tunate man VINO was ignorant Of this
principle and who collected china his
prize tea set. Actually loose napkin
appeared to he wrapped around each
blue tea cup. The napkins were pnrce
lain fringe and all, and 80 realistic
that they had completely deceived
even Miss - my host whispered
mentioning the name Of a well known
china painter Of the town he lived in
This is Of course an extreme example
but II illustrates the danger that tho
color ctchcrs run. The whole art i,
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