The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-24
ART IN THE GALLERIES.

Leon krolFs fifteen pictures In the
Daniel Gallery, West Forty-seventh
street. are resolute forceful works that
disclose considerable talent The subjects
are divided between New York views and
along shore scenes. probably near
Gloucester. Mass
AS New York city Is itself = seaport
all Of Mr.. krolls pictures may be safely
catalogued as along shore" views. The
color in them is good, without any whimsi-
cal innovations, and the same may be-
said of the style in which they are
painted.
Mr. Knoll arouses our interest by his
honesty and directness He looks upon
a group OF people bathing Ia the sea,
and an attendant audience OF sightseers
upon tn. rocky shore. with fresh interest
forgetting that the subject has already
been treated by other recent painters
His Interest and absorption In the theme
begets corresponding interest by US
In his pictures.
The work is strong enough already 10
stand out we'll In exhibitions Of current
American art Mr.. Knoll must be ciassel
among the younger men VINO are succeed
ing. and of whom still better things are
to be expected.
Only one OF his canvases is a ma
rine,' for although he drew his material
from the sea- beaches II was rather the
human Incident upon the shore than the
sea itself that concerned him. His one
marine. with deep sea water coming white
with foam through chasm of black
rocks. II excellent one other best picture
is the "Hill at Riverdaie." with some
ugly wooden suburban houses made beara-
Bile by sheer good painting.
The great difficulty that Mr.. Knoll con-
tends with is fondness for too much
population In his pictures. II is impossi-
BILE for the spectator to follow the for
-
as small as ants. figuratively speaking.
and are doing nothing. Breughel. the
Dutchman. who is success with crowded
canvases, thinks up a special activity for
each member of the village group, so that
our attention Is never lost.
The present group exhibition In the
Macbeth Galleries includes West Side
Docks" strong. freshly painted picture
by George Luks There are two fine.
white horses In II hitched TO a dray. and
back Of them are cleverly massed the
desperate activities of the dock men.
The sky In this picture helps It to success,
too.
Three little canvases by benjamin d.
kopman have original qualities. The one
called '1nterlor"--of an old woman at
work in a Kitchens especially rich In
color. The row OF pots and bowls on the
table In the light OF the window is worthy
OF some OF the painters Of old Dutch In.
teriors
Five OF Ben Fosters serious and dis
tinctively American landscapes are In.
cluded I'm the exhibition. as we'll as three
by Mr. Ranger that have a blended French
and Dutch air.
The second Macbeth Gallery is given
over TO the sculptors- Cheste, Beach
Mahonri Young and Abastena St L.
Eberle.
Mr.. Beach shows five small pieces, tn
best OF which Is over the CITY," work
man poised upon lofty iron girder.
A pleasant fact in regard to Mahonr
Young's display is that the most attract.
i've OF all is his latest called "Cyclops.
two men struggling TO move a great
mass. left underlined in the wax for
the little piece has not yet been cast In
bronze.
All Of Miss Eberle's works show great
vivacity, The little girl on one roller
skate. yelling at the top OF her lungs
the girls dancing. the Bubbles" and
most Of the statuettes In fact. are i'm
press!ons that have been seized quickly
| and radiate the sense Of life. Sometimes
they have been seized a trife too quickly
| for sculpture IL an art to be pondered
over; but there Is no denying that Miss
| Eberle has talent.
Prince Paul Troubetskoy Is another
| sculptor who works impetuously. Vivacity
| IL the word also for his sculptures. which
are now to be seen at Knoedler's His
| figure portraits are modelled In long
| strokes OF the wax that give them a
| resemblance to Boldini portraits.
His well known equestrian figure OF tn.
old Count Tolstoy Is included. and so Is
| a life sized portrait OF Thomas r Ryan
and a full length. life sized portrait In
| plaster OF Charles y. Macdonald Prince
| Troubetskoy gets n likeness easily and
vividiy. The most clever OF the portraits
Is that Of segantini, the painter, who Is
most Economically and nowingly modelled
Among the other notables among Prince
Paul Troubetskoy's sitters have been
icnrico Caruso. Mrs, Ogden Mills, Mrs
William Ast,r Ohanler. Mr., and Mrs
w X. Vanderbilt. Baroness Robert Roths-
| child and Mr.. Borgmeyer.