The sun., 1915-03-29
ADVERTISING STUDY
IN POSTER DISPLAY
National Arts Club Exhibit
EXtensive-MacDOwelI
Paintings Tame.
DANNAT CHARITY SALE

The National Arts Club follows IN the
recent exhibition OF advertising posters
IN the Municipal Art Gallery with an
even more extensive and commemorative
show. The specimens have been ssected
from the several thousands in the well
known collection of Henry Lawrence
Sparks.
The posters have been arranged on
the walls in national groups and there
are characteristic designs from Bel
Fium. Germany. Japan. England Russia.
France. italy. Holland. Spain. Switzer-
land and the United States. The posters
include the work OF recognized masters
In the various countries. and students OF
color. art and advertising will nnd
among them much material for study.
or practical interest Is an exhibit Of
the materials used in producing posters
by the woodcut and lithogrs phic methods.
Alongside OF Watch Your Step" the
atrical poster are four large boards
from each OF which one OF the colors
Of the poster was printed. A large
autographed portrait OF Sousa is accom-
panied by the etched sheet OF aluminium
used in the place OF photographic stone
for the printing. This feature Is shown
through the courtesy of the Carey Print
ing Company.
A portion OF the exhibit that is Of
great interest at this time is a collection
OF miniature posters In the form ~ ad-
vertising stamps This exhibition. which
Is under the auspices OF the American
Institute Of Graphic Arts, will remain
On view until April 3.
The ten artists in the group now ex-
hihitlng at the MacDowell Club are The
resa Bernstein. H. Bettenardi. Thomas
q. De Laurier. Walter Farndon. Robert
Hamilton. Frank VI. Moore. Leonora
Morton, John +. Parker. f. f.. Richards
and {. w. Svensson. AS a group they
rank. 1t must be said. rather below
than above the average OF the Mac
Duwell club groups
Miss B,rnstein's is the most striking
contributor. but her work, while NOT
without merit, is clouded by careless
neSs. She .pparen'ly is so carried away
by her theme that In the end she for
gets what u is herself like some orators
who become so impassioned that their
W, rds can ~ longer he distinguished by
the audience. Tiveliness is excellent in
art but it must T." controlled. or Il
degenerates into confusion.
John l.. Parker attempts praise
worthy flights. taking such unusual sub.
jects as episodes I'm our revolution
AIRY war and Sunrise In the Land OF
Don Quixote" While Mr. Parker's
success II not sensational. II is fair
that he should be- told that even par.
tlal failure along such ambitious lines Is
I rhn, lat
In the beaten tracks.
Gimpel & Wildenstein announce that
an exhibition of paintings by Will
lam Turner Dannat will be opened &c
. to the public in their galleries beginning
, April g. The pictures to be exhibited
, have all been contributed by the artist e
he slld for the benefit OF the "Frater
mite des Art.stes" of which VI Loo'
Bonnat il president and whi0h wa
, founded 70 aid the war stricken Frencl
: and Belgian artists and their families
The pictures will he sold at special,
reduced rrices An interesting featur
, OF the exhibition will he the presenta
, ton OF gilt bronze plaauette BY An
: tonln Nercie to each purchaser OF
painting as token OF appreciation
, upon the part OF the ''Fraternite de
Artistes,"
=, The following series OF lectures hav
, been arranged for Thursday afternoon
> in April to be given in the studio O
Karl Bitter. the sculptor, ~ Yves
Seyenty-seventh street. Tickets ma
h. obtained from Mrs. Henry II Al
bolt. l29 East Seventisth street
Q April /. Arnold Brunner. "Our sur
n rouudings and Their Influence; Apr
n $ Edwin H. Blashfeld. Tradition an
e Progress in Art; April 10. Grar
n La Fargo. The Education OF tn
. Artist: April %. Karl Bitter "A Con
& parison OF the Relation OF Sculpture I
e Architecture In the Past and In Moder
G Times"