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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-08
Some Memorials of "R. l.. - at the
Grolier Club.

There is only the slenderest handful
OF portraits and kindred objects in the
Stevenson exhibition now open at the
Gro!icr Club, but there is good reason
for reckoning this among matters Of
artistic interest The author Of
"Treasure Island" was an artist. n ever
"literary man. could lay claim 20
that designation. a gallery filed with
relics Of his work and personality IS
extraordinarily rich in atmosphere.
When Saint-G audcns made the medal
lion which Is. OF course, included m
the present show, he portrayed fell
low worker in the realm Of beauty.
Opinions differ as 10 the value Of what
Stevenson did with his art. There are,
Tor example, enthusiasts who regard
him as one of the imm0rta.s. One may
reject that hypothesis and still delight
I'm him. immortal or not. he had a
winning way with hm. the way of an
artist who is also an intensely human
creature.
This tribute TO the Steyen.onion cult
has been made possible by the gerer-
ositr Of "a number Of collectors and Is
especially indebted 70 the custodians OF
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often misdirected. illustrations suit
able FOR publishers Of juvenile book
ere taken 20 publishers Of standard
works; designs which might have some
promise for wall paper manufacturers
are offered 20 manufacturers % rugs
and carpets; pictures are worked on,
without special purpose which could
have been shaped 20 meet the require
ments of advertising. In word. there
Is great economic loss through lack
Of special ability or wrongly directed
talent. or failure % learn specihc tech
meal requirements, or imperfect knowl-
edge Of the needs OF many different
fields FOR the work % artists. iliustra-
tors and designers" The Art Alliance
would change an This. promoting CO.
operation between an the interests
concerned by various processes. II VIII
hold exhibitions. and these VIII help.
but IL vii. do much more. II viii provide
department of information, and gen
eral registry for artists, art students.
arr sans and employers. 10 viii bring
together the persons who need advice
and r,e experts VINO can give DO. IT,
viii publish information relating %
those objects which it mas been formed
90 develop. These. 40 any rate, are the
plans with which it sets forth. and We
are sure that it will quickly obtain the
public support necessary 20 the fruit
fullest exercise OF lts disinterestec
functions. Membership is obtainaoie
on ;he payment Of small sums active
membership costs only SO. and "asso-
ciate" membership. 50. year and %
is earnestly 20 be hoped that many
applications may soon be addressed TO
-nc Alliance 20 its Office in the Mu-
bank Building. 45 East 42d -.
Mir. William p. Osgood Field D. pres
ident OF the alliance. Dir. Ripley Hitch
cock IS first vice-president. and Mr
Francklyn Paris is secretary. The
board Of directors is further composed
of men and women representing prac-
t.cally every field OF endeavor. among
them the following: Mr. heroer,
Adams. vice-Dresid,nt OF the Academy
of Design: Mr.. Joseph Chaplin, arr eol-
TOR of "Scribners Magazine; Miss
Constance Curtis. president OF the Ar
Workers Club for Women; Mrs. John
Henry Hammond. president OF OBJ"
Three Arts Club; Mrs. Montgomery
Hare. the Cooper Union Art school;
Nfr. Albert Herter. the llorter Looms;
Dir. Ripley Hitchcock. author and cd.
tor: Mr. Henry ". Kent. secretary of
the Metropolitan Museum OF Arr Nf.
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urcs. but as he has also been much
occupied painting for the theatre, he
has not hitherto made an exhibition Of
his own in New York. The canvases
with which he now makes his bow al
the Arlington gallery disclose an
agreeable talent. sensitive alike 10 the
romantic picturesqueness of Southern
Italy and the interesting truths in our
everyday world. II is. perhaps, his
realism which is his surest resource.
AN idea suggested by the vitality OF
his portraits and the persuaslveneSs
of such an open-air study as the "BoyS
Bathing" The latter Is unquesti0n-
ably his most considerable achieve
ment. the best of his paintings for the
easy but firm dclineatiOn OF form and
for the strong expression Of dlilused
light. Al the same time be H. safer IN
the management of his color. As color.
when he gives the least play OF sun
shine IN MS compositions. The pct
ures here in a high key are common
place i'm tone The moment he lowers
the key and feels his way amid shad-
ows. as i'm the street IN Auvers,' he
steadies his taste and improves m
quality. All of the quieter studies
gain by contrast with the others,
and in one picture. Bronx RIVER
where the two keys meet, the
trap which one of them lays for him
IS almost painfully obvious. The ltal-
IAN souvenirs are very engaging, some
of them showing greater breadtt
than Others. but all being touched by
the charm OF great subject.
At the Folsom gallery there IS a
curiously uneven exhibition OF paint
ings and pastels By Mr.. Athos Casarini'
an eclectic. who seems TO oscillate be
tween the preciosity OF Aubrey Boards
lev and the uncouth eccentricity OF the
futurists. with occasional excursions
into ordinary convention. One OF the
the best things he shows is Portrait
Study" done. and done well, IN a per
fectly simple. conservative way We
have described his work as uneven. but
the word is possibly not quite indica-
tive of the transitions he can make. Al
one moment he paints The East River, y
say. with high piles Of buildings lifted
above the water. and holds Us through
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\ New Society for the Encouragement
OF American Art.

One of the most battling anomalies
i'm our professional life Is the absence
Of "tram work" in bodies nominally
formed for the cultivation Of Just that
kind OF activity. Every artist ln New
York. j. is fairly to be presumed, is a
member Of some society but n would
hardly be said that these societies. for
all their hearty acceptance Of the prn-
chile of organization, invariably use 20
the best advantage the means Tor
progress az their disposal. The dis
scnsione Of the painters. for example.
are notorious. To remedy some of the
defects in .hp administration If our
artistic resources a new association mas
Just come into being, the Art Alliance
of America, and This time there would
seem TO be the promise Of genuine
practical achievement. for the pro-
e.amme adopted abOurds .n common
sense and the workers already "nilste 1
ign the cause include the most diverse
.vmpathizcrs with the arts.
Their prospectus, pointing out the
pressing need for enlightened co-opera-
ton. calls attention to the unfortunate
manner IN which individual effort is
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IN common with the eighteenth century
color print. that triumph Of beauty and
bloom But without the invention OF
Ugo da Carpi, two hundred years be-
fore. the famous French and English
craftsmen might never have learned
the trick. This is a small exhibition,
necessarily 1t contains fewer than
forty prints. On the other hand. near
IS every one Of these has substantial
interest for the student The Germans
tried their hand at the clancy prob
lem Of frightening the effectiveness OF
% print in black and white with some
thing in the nature OF color, and Mr..
Lderheimer exhibits some pieces which
testify To their skill. Durer, Hans Bal
dung Gren and Hans Ulricn Wechtlin
figure authoritatively in this wing OF
the little show. The last mentioned Of
these masters is especially TO be noted.
But it was in Italy that the art Of the
color print was not only invented but
best understood. perhaps because good
taste was one of the essentials. UgO
da Carpi, in some of his blocks after
Raphael. seems almost 20 be manipulat-
ing brush as he works out his web
Of line and tone. The latter is often as
pure and delicate as some swiftly APP
piled wash. The student will observe
more particularly this delicate char
acter Of the earliest OF all color prints.
It embOdes a pointed lesson for the
modern practitioner.
The British school OF the late eigh-
teenth and early nineteenth centuries
is represented in the current exhibit
ton at the Knoedler gallery, an exhibit
ton of sporting plates in color. They
cover wide range coaching, racing,
hunting. shooting. fishing and even
"owling." The subjects are not, per
maps, Of very poignant interest to
those who do not hunt. or fish, or
"owl," but the beauty Of these plates
must be apparent to the yeriest lay
man. II is a beauty Of color, chiefly.
The engravers were not notable mas
tiers of line. but they knew how 10
make the best of their pure tints.
Whistler prevails at the Kennedy
gallery, where an exhibition has been
formed illustrating three phases OF
his art. In one room beautiful impress
sions Of certain Of his etchings and
Autographs are brought together. In
another there is group OF five OF his
Venetian pastels. selected by the artist
himself for relative. and now Tor the
first time shown i'm This country. He
was bewitching there Is no other
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6eencn the force Of his appeal. TO
mike the more effective his Venetian
oorgeousucsS where the figures ana
their hahilimcnts are concerned ne
has wisely filled the backgrounds OF
both panels with broad masses Of
sylvan green. sparsely broken Oy
oiimnses of the sky. The Academlclan
T. submerged IN the rOmantIcist. Inc
decorator keeps his indispensable
noise. vet INDUCES himself IN some
thing of the lighter. subtier quallly
tbot belongs to the pictorial episode.
II is delightful and entirely success
rrl diversion that is marked ny the
On the opposite wall at the Fine
AIS Building Mr.. Coz has two new
,ainti,os They are 20 iill lunetteS 10
tLo vestibule Of the administrator
building at Oberln college Whlch
building has been erected 10 the mem
ory OF his father. General JACOB -
CO. graduate and trustee OF the
Ohio institution. In one OF 'he paint
mos. "The Active and ContemplatiVe
Iife'p a male figure in red. bearing a
baton. is seated beside woman wear
inc a darker robe, VINO bendS over d
hook. In the other. commeihoi"''Nc VI
the artists mother, Helen ihhey ~
Who was the daughter OF one o. the
|arlier presidents of Oberlm' a single l,
enc appears. CARRIED in red and vel,
i 60 with thorn-cncircled head. around
rbicb "a nimbus glows Her wings are
" aeon blue. and she holds aioft IN
oIc hand flaming heart. This figure
Iitc The others. is placed upon a long
low seat. drawn with architectural pre-
rision The designs are wholly IN the
Architectural tradition of the Eenais-
Sanco decorators. and in this part OF
hi, work Mr.. Cos reveals all has wonted
Judgment and mastery. He knows well
how to adjust his forms 10 gwen
mace In color these decorations are
TOO hot and hard. Doubtless however
,boir effect viii be modified when they
.,.. rut IN Mace. and are seen, al a
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WATER COLOR
CLUB DOES WELL

praised according 20 what one expects
Of water color exhibition. Years
ago. when the American Water Color
Society used to supply one Of the lead
lng events Of the winter at the old
huilding of the Academy Of Design,
there were artists at work who used
the medium for the production of what
IS conventionally termed important
pictures Men like Abbey. Blum.
Smedley. were salient then. But they
embarked upon other ventures. painted
mural decorations or portraits, and
presently the annual displays Of water
colorS took on different aspect In
some ways we We're the poorer for the
change. 10 was as though a solid block
Of talent had been deducted from our
resources. On the other hand. water
color promised TO come into it's own by
the force Of the new circumstances. II
promised to be cultivated less for the
making OF such pictures as are better.
IN fact. II produced in oils. and more
FOR the sake of its own peculiar genius.
That is an affair Of Spontancity. Of
casual impressions quickly observed
and as quickly noted. We speak with
reference 20 the average American
temperament I'm art The modern Dutch
school has shown that water color can
be super0ly employed upon schemes
essentially deliberate and solid" and
its method is not infrequently emulat-
ed IN THIS country with success But
our natural tendency is toward the
ideal which was represented i'm former
times by Fortuny and is to-day served,
after a fashion OF his own, by Sar-
gent. This is the ideal which gives us
an water color the note rather than the
picture, the sparkling bit Of realism.
the souvenir Of travel. the figure
Sketched where once il was painted.
The comparatively few departures from
IT on the present occasion suggest 10
crucial movement. Our water COlOriSts
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exhibitions on a large scale. the Wits
re-n idea has suffered ,hipwreck.
There IS nothing talisn2nic about
crae.ao'9-r and tubbed bay trees. and
no. have -aar some attomDte 10 make
.r... -i,t-.s oorrt which have been
.oI. -.+Ie-ic Tho imnortaut point.
~ ..-~so is IN treat each collection
IT'S ..ol' i'a! "'sl',>. LUZ 10 ,,. Ti
.es ' I NJ y. ,'g p";iGi,,. 20
az inc . .i'e "a cn,'i -t,-e So
.s... ....s ,o,sraJoJ 70 collaborate.
sers.~.- "a number of small bronzes.
and Che Herter Looms generous! pro
'.D some tapestries ana otNei ~
- g..
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The Lecheyerel Orientalia and the
Late Mrs. Hayemeyer's Collection.

". Charles Lecheverel, Of Caen, IN
Normandy, lived for q number OF years
i'm China. This circumstance enabled
him 20 form pretty large collection
of Oriental art objects, which IS now
10 be dispersed at auction in New York.
The twelve hundred pieces which ne
has assembled were placed on view at
the Anderson Galleries yesterday, and
will be sold there in six afternoon and
evening sessions, beginning on NoNem-
Der Is. There are many items IN the
voluminous catalogue which are IN no
wise brilliant. but this is one OF those
collections through which 1t IS worth
while 10 plod for the sake OF the good
piece which at regular intervals is
bound - be noted. We have observed
the fact, especially amongst the single
color porcelains. which embrace some
admirable examples of celadon, tur-
quoise. green and other glazes. There
are several interesting works IN the
group Of old Chinese paintings. The
temple carvings are Of fair significance
and there are three important palace
screens. huge affairs, of the museum
type. Jades and crystals figure IN the
rich mass of color. and there are, OF
course. the usual contingents Of snuff
bsttles. Mandarin necklaces, rugs and
50 on. Il is a characteristics ~ d.
yersined lot OF material. and, as mas
been said. contains plenty Of things 20
interest the discerning amateur.
The American Art Association an an
nounces that il is TO sell the artistic
belongings of the late Mrs. Theodore
4. Hayemeyer. The paintings VIII De
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the charm Of his grayS and the odd.
vague feeling OF character lying about
in the thing. But ia the next he VIII
produce an ugly grotesque. such as ms
"Vision Of the Stock Exchange with
no artistic quality TO validate its satire.
His pastels. the "Bacchantc' or the
CLEOPATRA" have a genuine sensuous
brilliance. but his big portrait. "A
Great japanese Actor" IN which
values" are left to take care of them
selves, is merely turgid and repellent
There is power and there is delicacy
somewhere i'm Mr. Casarinis cosmos,
but he has not co-ordinated them he
has not yet found himself. The satirist
in him makes him violent where he
ought TO keep his poise. lie TOO often
gives 10 his idea the force which ought
To be used i'm artistic self-discipllne.
and for gift like his discipline is worth
while.
This matter of caprice and theory
versus reflection and subordlnation 10
the schools is, nowadays. always crop
ping out in our local exhibitions. The
Daniel gallery, dedicated so bravely
to the new idea. is constantly present
inc 10 the public artists who. IN think
ing for themselves, turn their backs too
cavalierly upon what the masters have
thought out. Mr. Bror Nordfeldt is the
latest of these ardent eXperimenter5 TO
throw down his challenge, and with
him. as with Mr.. Casarinl. We mourn
the warning of an indubitable faculty.
Mr. Nordfeldt possesses The markings
of a good painter. Only a man with a
certain Unborn aptitude could have
painted the portraits he exhibits, with
their rough but convincing denote
merts of form. His beach scenes, too
are unusual I'm the vividness with
which they suggest movement amongst
figures unaffected By any of the for
mula Of the studio Mr. Nordfeldt
could eNtort q good deal. we dare say.
ont of nuances of expression, ii he
world paticntly follow up the clews
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word i'm his exercise of the most
fragile Of all artistic mediums. Never
vas he more economical Of the means
at his disposal than when he used
pastels. The brown paper on winch
he worked was made to play an impor-
tant palt in the picture. and the
touches of color he laid upon the sur
face were calculated with consummate
art. Yet when a sketch like The Lit
tie Riva" was completed it seemed
as though breathed upon the paper
with unstudied emotion. The etchings
and Autographs. full likewise of hIs
daintiness. Of his genius. are always
GOOD 10 see. But we see them fairly
often. Such a quintet of his paStels
AS NAV now be enjoyed at the Kennedy
gallery is the rarest Of boons.
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DISPOSED Of at the American Art Ca
leries on the evening OF November -
but everything else will be sold at me
Madison av. house. Visitors VIII De
admitted. on cards TO be obtained from
the managers. next Wednesday ! huIs-
DAY and Friday. The sale W.iI take
about q week of afternoons ana even
ings. beginning on November 10. III
this collection there are paintings
tanest,.ies. articles of furniture,
bronzes. marbles. arms and armor.
prints. draperies, silver PofcS'"Ih@;
mantelpieces and other woodwork and
interior decorations. In addition 70 the
appointmcnts of the house m New
York. the sale will include objects
brought from Mrs. Havemeyer's homes
i'm Paris and MontreuN.
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which we recognize i'm one after an
other Of his pictures. But it is evident
that he is in thrall TO some arbitrary
conception of draughtsmanship and
color. some notion of painting which
mistakes blatancy for force, rudeness
for simplicity. Once more we feel that
here is an artist worth watching -if
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.,,d;es as the "Garden by the Sea Of
Grace Hackett. or "The White steamer
bv Thomas Hunt, on Neptune Au-
vance" by James Nerrier. and so on
through a list so long that 1t Wouiu
be absurd TO try TO signalize ever!
thing in il. The endeavOr, Invariapi y
is TO record truth with "a certain u
rectnoss. and. into the bargain, a Ger
tain vivacity. IL does not make or nv
great" work OF art. but IL nl"hc9 va
all manner of entertaining cieEei nc9S'
This is the distinguishing accent OF lne
exhibition. OF course the MODE ol az
tack varies now and then. Nlthess ny
decorative charm Of Mary Langtiy
"Personally Conducted the quaIh'
nicture of duck and her ducNihGs'
~. Tho Gqbt elegance of Arthur Crisp's
luminous interior with figures, La
Danse de la RIVAL or the homely sen
timent of Colin Cooper's "A race IN
tbe sun" or the simple picturesqueness
&c Mary NacCord's sketches IN SAINT
ives and Susan Br.dley's sketch IN New
York But as we 90 slowly through the
VOL filled rooms il is the gayety OF the
,,ork that mostly appeals 10 us, the
hr;obt dcNtrous notation OF ordinary
oa;esodes The difficulty of particular
~ is the difficulty of analyzing
+r;Acs What more is there to say OF
Iobn Brevfogle's profile OF a glri III
GVi.t "T6c Would Be-" than that II IS
,.o,kmanlike and amusing nat
"Ui I,,'' is enough. and it is all we have
soi az az Of n great number Of these water
'.olorS Not in long time. we repe"I'
S Soe the average of interesting work ,
mas ''le hiCb The scores of exhibitors
beem 80 % " have ave been moved to do their
best and to do it with a vim. Ihey
PEST, a"G individually and as body an
aSoonti ANAL measure Of success
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the books and manuscripts left by the
late HarryElkins Widener. The cases
are full Of rarities. OF all latter-day
writer's Stevenson was perhaps the
most productive Of just such prizes for
the collector He was forever inter-
esting himself in odd little bookish
ventures. destined inevitably 10 stir
the soul Of the photographer. There
is a copy here of his "Ticonderoga,'
privately printed at the De Winnie
Press. It is one OF only two copies.
the other having been presented 70 his
Hawaiian Majesty King Kalakaua, for
whose delectation the edition was
manufactured How like Stevenson
that was, How like his artistic and
romantic sense OF things. lie was the
brilliant craftsman in life. as be was
the brilliant craftsmen IN letters.
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Clever p aimtim g S
and BromZeS - A
Group of MURAL
Decorations.
\, EONNL CORTISSOZ.

Sometimes tho thing hoped Cor
comes or. a. the present moment.
,.,.r Che American artist has the OPP
,-,frr,ty OF "a lifetime before him.
c.cry one interested I'm the subject
t.. houca that he might have the wit
., take advantage Of IL in just the
.-rt way The first Of the larger
Shows o. the season has been awaited
....h rccular soiCitude. The New
Na-k Wotcr Color Club was scheduled
., mako 10. Would 10 merely mark
Emo ir it's tvcnty-ffth display or
would 81 realy give the public a rea-
SON for taking it seriously? The an
.cr. embodied iu collection Of Scv-
m hundred pieces az the Fine Arts
n..lrc. lis % Itlc more than reas-
.-- We have uot had so good a
.r,.. of Water ,oIovs i'm New York Tor
...... and. not content with getting
...s. rrt works together, the hanging
..rr-rcc has surpassed itself IN the
arrangement OF Che galleries.
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An Exhibition Designed Wholly TO
Give Pleasure.

.-rc room full of pictures is, az
... best. rather trying affair. Even
museum OF masterpieces can 6e con
rc and fatgunc. Hence the ef-
FORTS made. especially IN more recent
wears. to mitigate the wearisome press
ure OF sheer numbers. Whistler be-
Gan .re camrNgn. with his back
grounds OF checsecloth and his bat
lon. .rt his frames Occasionally. IN
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greater distance. under n different
light and with surroundings of stone
or marble.
Paintings by \. Grinager. 4. Casarini
and Others.
For twenty years or more Mr.. Alex
andcr Grinaeer has been painting pict-
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Now Mural Decorations by blash'e'o
and Cox.

1..;1o,,Iv there is spirit IN the AR
.,l ~ ,"e" foy the good fortune Just no"
m@ ,bose who frequent the galleries
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MUSIC.

are satisfied. first and last. TO please
rather than 70 impress
They please by virtue OF fidelity to
the thing seen. There are no brilliant
types of style IN this exhibition, no in
stances of the theme serving but as
the vehicle for the expression Of IN
dividuality. The theme is always given
its full value and that. we should say,
i'm the maiofity OF cases, is the value
of color and light Consider such
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More Prints. Ancient and Modern,
Plain and ColOred.

The "charoscurO' cngravngs at the
Ederheimer gallery must strike the
ordinary observer as having very little
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Ucw Water Color Has Slowly Come
Into Its own.