Evening star., 1913-11-22

Lord Faunt]eroy'' is and ever will lib. be
the Lord Fauntleroy. One Of the original
drawings belonging. to this set is IN IN
Veerhofr gallery. It is the picture OF
Little Lord Fauntleroy reading aloud
to his grandfather. the earl, and Is In
wash with tint.
Another Of the pioneers was A. B.
Frost. who marvelously characterized the
farm life in America He, too. Is repre-
sented in this exhibition.
The fact that American art does not re-
fleet the life Of the nation-that 1t lacks
a national note"-has been brought
against our painters as an impeachment,
but certainly 1t is not found true Of the
works Of American illustrators. They
have with remarkable realism mirrored
cotemporary life. We find the society
girl in all her charm. the American girl
at her best in some Of the Charles Dana
Gibson drawings, which are often. more
over. epitomes of social life. Occa-
sionally Gibson's drawings have been
more than this-satires, very thinly
yelled.
The names of James Montgomery
Flagg and Frank Leyendecker are as
we'll known as those Of Frank Schoonover
and Thornton Oakley. A remarkable Sc
ries of drawings in color made by Mr..
Oakley in this country and in the east,
showing types of people employed in
traffic industries, Is a. striking feature of
this exhibition.
Much OF the work set forth is in full
color and painted in oil, which to many
will be a surprise. To all intents and
picture, would have been no less well
rendered. But there Is a difference-the
illustrator always has the limitations Of
the mechanical reproductive methods IN
mite and direct He simplif1es his state
ments and leaves no gaps for the imagi-
nation to fill. Subject, moreover, comes
| first in his consideration and technique
A~lr@ to- ola tn
| Within recent years the variety OF
| subject matter shown In illustration has
| greatly increased. Whereas the majority
some years ago dealt with fiction and
| it today has to do with fact and depicts
! scenes remotely distant and altogether
foreign. Jules Guertn has been sent by
| the Century Magazine half around the
style OF Egypt and Greece. A stirring
| illustration in this exhibition is a view
| of the crater Of Mount Vesuvius by
corson K. Linson. Edward Penfield
| shows views in Spain: Anita Leroy, IL
| Illustrations Of life in Holland
Howard Pyle. who is among those rep
| resented in the exhibition. was not only
one Of the leading illustrators, but one
this country. From his school in Will
mington have come some OF the strongest
illustrators of today. Mr.. Pyle's ten
| dency and inclination was toward his
torical illustration, the rendering Of
themes related to the history Of America.
How picturesque these were. and how
stirring, 1t remained for him and his pu-
i pills to show. The lesson should not be
| forgotten. especially in this day of grow
| ing interest in the subject Of historic
pageantry.
Writing on this subject Of illustration
| some time ago, Mr.. Cortissoz, the art
critic OF the New York Tribune said:
IF the art Of illustration can claim in
America to possess one particular virtue
| 1t is the virtue of being alive Our illus
| trations have plenty Of go and light UP
| the page in ways that are inexhau Stibly
! clever and amusing. If they err, taking
| them as a whole II is on the side of
| restraint. American draftsmanship-and
] l speak here Of style pure and simple-is
deft vivacious, graceful. refined The tall
| ent behind 1t Is strengthened by knowledge,
| careful study and, above all, sympathy
for current interests and conditions. 1t
| has done much to command respect, and
every day Is doing more.
This ID an excellent estimate OF the
| value Of American illustration and sig
miles the interest and Importance which
1 may be found to attach to such an ex-
hibition as that now in progress here.
TITE works of American etchers form
| J an exhibition of considerable note,
now on view in the Venable galleries.
/ This exhibition was assembled by the As
| ISOLATION OF American Etchers and was
| first shown In the Salmagundi Club, New
York, from January to February / OF
the present year, since which time It has