The Detroit times., 1914-02-18
American Artists
CanvaSeS on Exhibition

An exhibition of paintings by
American artists. collected and ex-
hibitcd by the Michigan --trtr trri
Grafton OF Arts. Is being shown in
me Detroit Museum OF Art. ln the
east gallery DO Will rcmaiu anti
Feb. % Most OF The pictures are
very good II is quiet collection
OF - paintings by 80 different az
lists, all but TWO of whom are still
living
Gardner Symons has beautiful
and characteristic painting Called
Rock Hills I'm Winter From
"A hillside, one-Inoka upga snow-clad
valley for miles Beside II rs A pic
ture by +. Usher DeVou called
Lingering Winter u the Berk-
shires. A stream PUSHES by at the
foot OF Il hifi. making its way among
rocks covered with brown moss al
least. il looks as if 10 might be moss.
Another winter picture is Chauncey
Foster Ryder's "STnUOihouse. a sub
tie picture which conveys adequately
the loneliness OF a building in he
mist Of snow,
-~t harles Warren Eaton's Among
the Pnes" is remarkable for IT'S light.
\ golden sunset gives rich orange
brown tone 10 the canvas. and the
treatment OF the dark pines, bathed
i'm 1his color. Is wonderful Birge
Harrison's "Mid-ocean.' with the vast
heave Of water and the moonlight
shining through broken clouds Is i'm
prcssiye Leon Dabo has Noe
turne. which can scarcely he appre-
ciated because OF its glass lose
study reveals the excellence OF the
work. Frederic W Ramsdell's Mon
hogan Harbor" is a beautiful study
OF sunlight on water. white calls and
a huge BLUM.
Augustus Koopman' = Might and
Main" is full enough OF deep color 10
suggest wall painting or an Illus
tration for pirate story Howard
Russell Buffers Sunrise" shows a
full-rigged ship, which ia two min
utes viii he on the beach. unless the
captain wakes up; and If she does
strike. the crew win get very muddy
IN the brown hard water Lillian
Genth has the usual country scene
Of "A number OF women without bath
ing suits. Arthur -. Davies, who
claims 10 be loader OF the roman
tic school, depicts nude figure,
probably a man. leaning against a
tree on emily dry in spring Emil
carlson shows a Woods Interior. :"
where the stump OF a tree indicates
that the cross-Cut must have pinched
badly 10 make such a concave cut.
George Wesley Bellows has striven
for a slate-bue effect in "The North
Country" TO raise The question OF
how his clouds can be so white while
his light Is SO poor. Two attempts
have been made 10 show the coicr
and majesty OF the grand canyon,
with some success as TO color They
are by Dewitt Parshall aud Frede-
rick b. Williams
Robert Henri has a portrait of'a
girl of Segoyia, very brown and red;
Edward Timmons, portrait OF an
Italian child. very brown \ quiet
Dut beautiful picture, skillfully paint
ed is William sartains Silver
Lake" marsh. still water, family
tinted sky
other painters represented are
Matthias j ATten. Frank Alfred Bfck-
nell whose "Autumnal Glory" gets
better. the longer one looks at IL;
Judge r carisoH7-F C-FAr+esel1e, who
was born IN Owosso and now lives in
Paris; Frederick Fnrsman, Charles
w Hawthorne. Richard r. Miller,
George McCord and Walter Shlrlaw.
The Contantin Meunier exhibition
of paintings and sculptures has been
somewhat delayed. and will not ar
rive before Monday or Tuesday OF
next week The German posters.
which have aroused considerable in
terest, viii remain until the end of
this week