The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29
6EYILLE, IN ETCHTNGS,
DISCOVERS NEW YORK
Splendid Work Of French Artist
Vow on Exhibition in
Gallery Here.
FINDS CITY BEAUTY SPOTS
Masters Difficult Problem Of
Putting Skyscrapers Into
Real Pictures.
FINDS CITY BEAUTY SPOTS


,,,. Of Henri Deville. now on view IN the
.,rsries Of the Maison Ad Braun ct Gle.
:, West Forty-siSth street. IL that they
..o,ld have been accomplished by a for
.,,rsr The series OF the Picturesque
,,.-,,ses OF New York" published in to-
a.. issue 81 The SrS Ia but a part OF
,A,m There are thirty-eight etchings In
a.. New York set. The artist has been
.v.rvwhere apparently and seen every
,,,s and has made a beautiful report OF
What he has seen
There is no doubt that the etchings will
cause many an old New Yorker to rub
~. ewes and start up In quest OF these
,..u.y spots that the French etcher has
,o,nd so plentfully In the lower part of
manhattan. and IL Is equally sure that our
,.siaent artists will, begin to make pill
,rm,ses in greater numbers to the same
region
found In Paris. and although in them the
Arts, shows the same powers as an etcher.
,bs same skill in discovering hitherto I'M
,o,iced beauties in familiar neighborhoods.
,sv.rtheless the New York etchings are OF
amer calibre they seem to be born OF the
s,,hu.lasm OF a discoverer. and they have
H. power of awakening that enthusiasm
in others
VIII Turn Eyes 70 Fletcher 81.
I, is not at all unlikely. for instance.
that many who have hitherto felt but
mild interest in the aesthetic qualities
0, Fletcher street will now go out OF their
vav 10 catch the glimpse of the towering
singer Building that may be obtained from
,h.r, The Brooklyn Bridge We have
Known from It's very beginning to be a
fruitful source Of artistic suggestion. yet
,he view from Frankfort street is one
,ha, will not only give pleasure to those
who have special typographical interests in
N, SPOT itself but also to those who will
,uas. the etching as an etching without
regard TO subject. The Brooklyn Bridge
IL finely treated in several plates. Besides
.hat We have the City Hall Park. the Penn
sylyanla Terminal. the Interior or st.
Thonas's Broadway at Night. New York
PYbae Library. the Coenties slip and
many others.
Naturally the FIRST anxious question we
pu, to newly arrived foreign artists n the
question OF the skyscrspers II is also the
one Ars, fact to occupy them. They are
USUALLY overwhelmed by the unexpected
n-s OF the effect their great rase pro-
dlces and usually In their emotion they
b-rcns incoherent. MIR. D-ville Is very
Gear upon This subject. Possibly because
he Is an architect as well as an etcher
h. has been lsrs inundated by them
than others of our visitors who have
sroken o. them. He approaches the sky
scrapsr theme with squAreness and cour-
ar. and achieves a singular measure OF
artistic success.
l. q OF course too soon to attempt posi-
tive opinions upon the exact artistic value
o: these towers, a. IL II by no means
certain thai they have yet reached their
fullest expansion. with the Eiffel Tower
s.ll reaching higher into the air than
even our Woolworth Building we canno,
NJ sure but that our ekyscrapers will he
sill further extended. With their style
still in process Of evolution II follows that
ne last word In works Of art that portray
mem also may not be spoken. Mr. De-
vnes etchings however, are the most
eomnandng that have yet appeared.
Ceverly Evaaes Di0eulty.
The most powerful effects IN works of
an are obtained by the use OF the most
simple and elemental themes. In a sub
,scf OF great complexity the problem Is
70 90 reduce the completely to simplicity
tmt the picture may make clear domi-
natnr impression. As q rule he who
,Gs IN picture OF skyscraper fails
because the artist becomes lost in the
rrllrrud. of windows or berau.e III.
hunan beings in the street are too tiny to
nave a relationship to the big building.
NJ Devllle evadss this difficulty clev-
oV IN two OF his most striking plates,
IA ne Curb Market" and the Broadway
" nonng Down Town" In the Curb
N1"t the heights of the buildineu are
a Terrific as they actually are At Broad
sna Wall streets, but the hundreds. per-
haps thousands, OF windows are held in
psoe oy great masses Of shadow. In
s.sad OF an individual upon the street
w'fe ~ the unit of the black mob of
vac curb market. 1t II all most ingeni-
'sy and srtisticslly contrived
'e broadway, Looking Down Town
~, sha.er and Is treated more play
W." The stir Of light in the clouds.
~ mass.ng OF big shadows and the
pr,set,y tree treatment OF the windows
sh' other architectural details make Il
ns Of the most satisfactory pictures of
etched
me chief delight OF the average in
gNGua! who has no concern In the tech
IA problems Of art will be in the charm
~ contrasts Of the old New York with
new Tor which the etcher has
Guessed an empowering fascination.
n sohs tnese may be mentioned the "ClifY
u sueet Arch OF the Brooklyn Bridge
y. Lunch Hour" the "oId House in
sAe Street and the est. Paui's Colon
.aae The various river and dock activi-
-p, Ha'e mad full Justice done them The
ps4s'n Coal Hoist and the Goal
'sII es are fine etchinss secured from
-,A.y material