The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18

II will not, however. provoke dis
cusslon. Timid people who think they
have Just arrived al safe bearings In
their studies Of impressionism will not
be iolted from their foundations. They
will say: Yes. this is sound work.
such az we have already seen In Ma
nets masterpieces. Therefore II Is
right to admire H." And nobody will
contradict them. for Manet's night
was fought and won long ago and his
place is secure and his satellites have
actually become royal academicians.
II would be very delightful, however.
II our young American artists would
begin a fight OF their own. We don't
care a continental what IL shall be
about. all we insist upon is that all sorts
and cor 1itlons Of men take an interest
in 1t and fuss over IL. We should like
1t to be SO compelling. for instance,
that even Gov. Glynn and Mr. Sulzer
would turn aside from their careers
for an hour or two TO study II, and
that Miss Pankhurst and other fair visi-
tors TO our city should feel IL necessary
10 see the new works merely as
matter of education before starting off
on their lecture tours. Gabrielle dan
nunziO goes To Paris every year, Just
to keep up with the fashions in art
When shall we compel Gabrielle dan
nunzio 10 come to New York?
Randall Davey has the same manner
and the same weaknesses as Mr.. Bel
lows. only more Of both. His portrait Of
"Ruthie" shows a robust young woman
OF uncertain waist lines uncertain,
frightened eyes and a sadly sunburned
nose. She is no srotesauely CARRIED and
so swkwardly posed that there is a
suggestion THAI "Ruthie" may he in
| reality an actress doing a character"
part Mr. Davey's Portrait OF Miss
X" Ia much better, and in fact It may
cyedit him, like Mr.. Bellows's Red
Haired airl," az an advance upon his
last years performances, There are
the usual timidties of drawing, anil
holiness with the brush, that seem to
war with each other.
Guy Pene Du Bols shows several Of
his satir1c canvases. the most effective
| of which In Mrs. IN The lady in
this portrait" appears to be about 80
a most Interesting age II George Moore
and BalzaC are IN he believed. She has
ceverlv chosen to he seen by candle
light. trust the woman Of 30 for that
and her couture has been most carefully
| accomplished and she SITS there IN an
ldleness that is sure To he dangerous
for some one. The Seekers" in the
picture by George Alfred Williams thai
Ia also called the Drama Of the Spirits
have wandered to a high pinnacle over
looking the sea, but apparently did mo-
wander there to md each other. Tho
two figures are In a tangle ~ draperics
and their hands appear In uneXpeCt I'd
places, hut in alegories 81 this KIND
zone mustn't insist upon understandings
everything, In the same artists "Pll-
grimage" a procession comes along tho
road and the personages appear IN h'
seN-illuminated like the gentleman
who sdvertises cigars upon his shr
bosom on Broadway AZ nights.
Among the other pictures are Edward
Hopper's Road in Maine" a sincere
and quiet effort Of realism; three now6'
studies by Elmer l.. MacRae In a nov
manner for him, portraits by f.. +,
Speicher and Edwin Booth Grossman
ana not wholly successful attempt a
fantasy upon the part of Hugo Balm.