The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15

d. efttr>futlN upVii NHp &C
paintings would be.
Theodore X. Pembrook's pictures n.
main at the Snedecor Gallery, 107 West
For;y-s!xth, until March IS. One OF
his most attractive canvaees 10 the
Rugged Nature IN which the light
breaks from behind massive woods
painted heavily and richly in the Bar
b.zon manner. But all Of Mr.. Penn
brooks landscapes are rugged.
Max kuehne is the latest candidate
for impressionist honors to 10 spon-
eored by the Daniel Gallery. ! West
Forty-seventh street. and while he
Is not as yet IN a position al
an artist TO eclipse all that have gone
before him In the series OF brilliant
l!t;ie shows that the new gallery has
given us this winter. ne at least chal-
ienges respectful attention. He Is In
,erested In the Hudson Of the upper
part OF the city. ard much Of his work
IN that part OF he town suggests the
influence OF Lawson. HIS color 10 ex.
cel,ent. without being strii<ingly ind-
vidal. and The same may be said Of
h!s compositions He Is weak IN his
textures his Hudson River although
pretty in color IL rot composed OF water
and the raw paint upon his buildings
sticks out in ragged edges that could
only be forgiven to an artist who burns
with e'oquence. That Mr.. kuehne
hardly does az vet
one Of the best pieces is q picture
OF the ever fascinating Gloucester.
Mass. the topography OF which. thanks
to the army OF painters who flock there
in summer has become vastly more
familiar to New York art lovers than
Brooklyn. Some OF the same houses
that Mr. Knoll showed us but q short
time ago figure again in Mr.. Kuehne's
canvas. with the same cottage decked
hill across tho hay. but tho whole thing
bathed In a soft green light, the tone
~ the greens IN the Celadon vases that
the Japan Society teaches us to ad-
mlre.
The director Of. the Department Of
Fine Arts. John " Beatty. announces
an important exhibition at the Carne-
gle Institute. Pl'tsburg. representing
present and recent American painters.
The collection. consisting Of 1853 paint
ings by sixty-one American artists. IL
the property n. DR. Alexander Hum
phreys. president Of tho Stevens 1nsti-
tute OF Technology OF New Jersey.
The history Of American landscape
art can readily he traced In this notable
We find the earlier expo
rerts represented by Colman. Hart
Moran. Whittredce and r. Swain OF
ford Trness has three works IN the
Homer u. Martin eight and
Wyant seven. Thus an adequate num-
her Of works is offered to study the
efforts Of the early Ameri- !
can landscape school william Morris
Hunt. John In Fargo. Plakelock. Wins
low Homer. George Fuller Theodore
Robinson and John Twachtman. artists |
OF the late nineteenth and early TWEEN
tieth centuries. are among the names
familiar to every American art lover. |
Examples OF contemporary art arc
shown nv the following we'll known
artists: Brush. Bunce. Chapman. Beal.
Church. Conan. Curran. DainRerfeld. |
Davies, Davis. Desrth. Dessar. Dough- |
erty. Eak.ns. Foote. Foster. Hassam,
Hoeter. Howe. Inness. II.
Bolton Jones, kost. Loeb. Lungren. |
Mosler. Murphy Ochtman. Parrish.
PAUL.. Peters. Picterss. Potthast. Ran.
ger. Ryder sartain. Schoield. Smile. |
Smell, Tryon, Walker, Virgins, will
Jams.
The IIer'er Looms SAL Madison ave. |
nue. are showing sixteen paintings OF
Osslp l.. Llnde, until March 2s. Most
OF the subjects have been found In
Venice and Rruges. spots so much
In demand for modern art that even
the stay at homes know the geography
OF these two places absolutely. Mr..
Linde paints IN good color. which he
applies 40 thick,y and In such curious
manner that the picture resembles an
enamel. His most attractive study Isl
that Of the Steps of Venice"
Next Tuesday evening at Matropoli-
tan Temple Fourteenth street and
Seventh avenue Alexander T. Van Laer
will continue his course OF lectures
under the auspices NJ the Board OF Edu-
cation on The History OF Painting"
with a lecture on "Rubens and REM |
brandt and the Painters OF the Neither. |
lands"
The original sculpture by Constantine |
Brancusi OF Paris Is now to be seen In |!
the Photo Recession Gallery 2S1 Fifth !