The Detroit times., 1914-02-19
American Artists
Canvases on Exhibition

An exhibition Of paintings by
American artists. collected and ex-
hibitsd by the Michigan State Fed
GRAFTON Of Arts. Is being shown In
the Detroit Museum of Art. In the
east gallery. II will remain until
Feb. ~. Most of the pictures are
very good. 1t IL quiet collection
'of % paintings by "a different ar
lists. all but two Of whom are still
living.
Gardner Symons has beautiful
and characteristic painting called
"Rock-ribbsd Hills in Winter" From
q hillside, one looks up a snow-clad
valley for miles.- Beside 1t Is pic
ture by #. Usher Devoll called
'.IAngerlng Winter In the Berk-
shires." A stream rushes by at the
foot OF hill. making its way among
rocks covered with brown moss; at
least. 1t looks a. II 1t might be moss.
Another winter picture 10 Chauncey
Foster Ryder's 'sSchoolhouse." . sub
|, tie picture which conveys adequately
the loneliness OF . building in the
mist Of snow.
Charles Warren Eatons Among
the Pines" - remarkable for its light
"A golden sunset gives rich orange
brown tone TO the canvas, and the
treatment OF the dark pines. bathed
lin this color. II wonderful Birge
Harrison's "Mid-ecean." with the vast
heave Of water and the moonlight
shining through broken clouds - I'M
pressive. Leon DAbo has . Noe
'turne," which can scarcely DO appre-
ciated bscause Of its glass. Close
study reveals the excellence Of the
work. Frederic W., Ramsdell's Mon
hegan Harbor" u q beautiful study
OF sunlight ON water, white sails and
q huge blum.
Augustus Koopnan's might and
Main" II full enough Of deep color to
suggest . wan painting or an illus
tration for q pirate story. Howard
Russell Buffers Sunrise" shows .
full-rigEed ship. which In two min
|utes will be on the beach, unless the
captain wakes up: and II she does
strike. the crew will get very muddy
in the brown, hard water. Lillian
Genth has the usual country scene
|of q number Of women without bath
ing suits. Arthur b. Davies, who
claims to be q leader Of the roman
tic school. depicts nude figure,
probably . man, leaning against .
tree on Q chilly day in spring. Emil
Garrison shows q Woods Interior"
where the stump Of q tree indicates
that the cross-cut must have pinched
badly to make such q c0ncAve cut.
George Wesley Bellows has striven
for q slate-biue effect in The North
Country" 10 raise the question Of
how his clouds can be so white while
his light il 10 poor. Two attempts
have been made to show the color
and majesty Of the grand canyon.
with some success as to color. They
ARE by Dewitt Parshall and Frede-
rick b. Williams.
Robert Henri has q portrait Of q
|girl Of Segovia. very brown and red:
Edward Timmons, portrait Of an
Italian child. very brown. A quiet
but beautiful picture. skillfully paint
ed. Is william Sartain's "Silver
Lake"-marsh, still water, family
tinted sky.
Other painters represented are
Matthias j. Alien. Frank Alfred Bick-
nell, whose "Autumnal Glory" gets
better. the longer one looks at It:
Judge +. Carlson. F. c. Frieseke. who
was born In Owosso and now lives In
Paris; F"ederick Fursman. Charles
W. hawthorne. Richard e. Miller.
George McCord and Walter Shirlaw.
The Contsntin 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, will remain until the end of
this week.