The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08

mants It was the heavy going for the
| horses Of the truckers that was respon-
s.bie. What ,wc lose in one direction.
however. We will. probably gain in an
other. No protests whatever have been
received from the artists as TO the con-
ditions Of the snow clogged streets.
| They. have all been busy painting the
conditions of the snow clogged streets.
We will be encountering the blizzard
Of 1919, in the art shows and auctions.
The sale in Paris recently Of the Bear
skin Collection Of modern art was Of
lively interest, for friends and foes alike
Of the now movement watch the prices
closely for sisns Of the times upon
the rare occasions when post-impres.
sion stalks the ancient rooms. The
| "Bateieurs" Of ,Picasso. which sold for
the top price Of. tho sale. $500. was one
Of his carly works. ana q iine one. The
Matisse still hfes were in his early I'M
pressionist manner. the best one fetch
Ing $1,000. The experts had valued the
pictures cautiously and the bids ex-
ceeded the estimates by far
Tho following Is a rough translation
OF rho fcreword to the catalogue Of the
Collection de la Pean de- rOurs:
"A Jew friends united. ten years ago.
in an effort TO gather a collection OF
pictures for the decoration OF their
homes. The fine works OF the past
being practically inaccessible. sthey al
lowed themselves to be easily persuaded,
being young and hopeful; for the most
part. into confidence in .the young
and recently discovered artists. II
seemed TO them more honorable to run
the risks connected with new works
than to chance tho gcnuineness Of
pseudo old masters. Ones among them
was able to give more OF his time to
the project than the others. To him
certain initiative vas given. and this
collection. which exhibits the tenden-
cies Of a period particularly rich in
afdor and exploration, was formed.
AFTER the liberties gained by the
hardy struggjes Of the impressicnists
still other freedoms have been obtained
which hate given the modern palette
q new vigor. From the antipodes cour-
ageously explored a tribe Of prlmitives
have come bearing fruits of savage
and bracing colors. At home les in
timistes have enlarged the conception
of interiors and have taught us an un
expected suppleness of line Another
has sought TO express with colors what
no one before him has put upon can
vas and BY n magic OF exalted and In
spired harmonies has realized the do
sire. Another. while SIN young
has worked through seyera, evolutions,
full Of force. grace and gravity before
going IN purely for tho abstract beauty
20 highly praised BY Plato. While il
10 Impossible TO measure tho possible
ties of the actual tendencies Of the
day. IL may be said that painting
to-day knows no limits. knows no rules,
save the eternal ores. of taste. II IL a
license dangerous for the weak but "a
liberty that r. excellent for the gifted
but already one sees a fantasy and AN
engaging youthfulness OF taste among
the newcomers that one hardly sus-
pected In the work ~ the leaders who
bastled for this freedom. II would
seem that when We get far enough from
the prfud to Judge correctly the work
Of the early twentieth century Il Will
be characterized under the banner Of
Cezannc. no doubt. as 4 return 20 solid
ity. composition and tradition. loftny
understood"
In addition TO the exhibition OF the
Japan Society a, Knodlers two other
shows OF Eastern art opened this week.
one the early Chinese po;tcr.es collected
by a. W Bahr in the Nontross Gar
lery. $50 Fifth avenue. and the other
the collection OF japanese prints be-
longing 10 X Hirakaw,, at the YAM
anaka Gallery 25s Fifth avenue.
Mr. Bahr's pot,er1cs include examples
Of the Han. Tang. sung, Guam and
Ming dynasties; Celadon vases. bowls
and boxes. a clair-de-lune plate with
rare blue splash, a nsh shaped teapot.
incense burner in purple and jars in
green and peacock blue
The Yamanaka prints include n Sc,
OF tall Hokusa! impressions in !nlpecca-
BILE condition OF the series headed hv
the well known Poet Gazing nj the
Waterfall OF Lu," fun set Of the
utamaro sllkworm prints and many
Toyonohus. Haronobus. Masanobus and
Moronobus. Especially lovely IN color
are the Two Gelshas" ur Ge!shi, the
Toilet" by Shiucho Tamahawa and the
Toyokuni Lady IN the Garden. with
Parasol" q
william L. Il. Starkweathcr well
equipped painter. IS showing a collec-
ton of portraits. marines and land
Sapes in the Folsom Galleries. 396 Fifth
avenue, All of the work shows direct
method and a considerable gift for
more or less unadulterated realism.
The marines have personal note
which is to be commended, although
the many detahs OF sea water in sun
light are not reduced to simplicity. The
little spechs OF white for the myriads
Of high lights upon small waves are
true enough, the effect Is seen often.
but In art. to be interesting. such
tr!te facts have to be reduced 10 order.
played muscally. arranged in sequence.
or suppressed hero and there in mist.
in the same way that the Japanese