The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-04
GROUP" ART EXHIBIT
AT MACDOWELL CLUB
Works Of Janet Scudder and
Others Shown-MOntclair
to Honor InnesS.
PANAMA PICTURES BY READ

There lie no note that dominates the
present group" exhibition in the Mac
dowcll club 1t s not necessary that
there should he one. but the exhibitions
tina. do have a strong leaning in par
ticular direction are the ones that most
Impress the public. 1t Is not even a re.
Election against the Macdowell Club sys-
ten that certain exhibitions should he less
provocative OF discussion than others. vn
the contrary the great ideal OF the group
system IL that the opportunity for exhibi-
ton b. so broadened that practically
every artist. no matter how obscure. may
finally get his chance to he seen.
The artists now represented are Olaf y.
Brauner, clara -. Davidson CAlrs. G. 5.
simpson,. Emily Nichols Hatch. susan NJ.
X tcham ~ r. MacGnnis. Sybilla +.
Mittcn Josephine Paddock. Alta West
Salisbury. W. r. y. Starllwoather. Anna
Milo Upiohn, Elizabeth 8. Bliss and Janet
Scuddcr
or this list Miss Scuddor is the most
emlncn, but she shows nothing new. All
Of ncr sculptures have already been com
mentcd upon 90 these columns. Among
lltU are TWO DOIlIhu DuSlh VI WIZ lll'
lament Mr. Boniu used to call high
flyers NJ fashion II Is something OF
yomfDri 60 realize ,hat now some % ou'
social lights have this chance to br
worthy u,rpe,udted .u terra Gotta. w"
maintain that these few portraits alread"
achieved constitute a promis" upon Miss
Scuddcrs part and We demand that III
tu, future she fulnl the promise and limit
her ncld 10 tn. mos undeniable of our
celebrities
OF the others Josephine Paddock. Emily
&Ichols HItcn and Mrs. simpson com
mand especial interest. as each has
markedly improved Ina form since last year.
Miss Paddock IL one who has looked upon
Manct and y. Gifted thereby. She paints
with great direCtucSs rather welcomes an
unusual point OF view aud succeeds IN
mnldHG - ceiling. forceful picture. realistic
and good In color She has made 80 grel'
an improvement; within the year that %
begins to se,lu not impossible for her to
have a career.
Miss lIatch's best canvas Is a portrait
Of a pretty girl, VINO stands archly. CO.
uuettishly by the door through which she
has Just entered. with this picture Miss
Hatch secured distinct success In the
International show at l'ittsburg last
spring.
Mrs. simpsons decorative gift becomes
more pronounced than ever before and
as she uniics 80 with good color her cam
vases give pleasure The "Shinnecock
Lighthouse and bigger picture, I'm the
Greenhouse" are especially agreeable.
The Arlington Galleries. on Madison
avenue are given over 10 an exhibition Of
the work OF Two artists. Bolton Brown,
who is not only landscape painter but
teacher and writer ana T.. Joseph Read.
who was pupil Of Frcmiet and Laurcns
IN Paris and for number OF years pro
fessor OF drawing In the College OF Fine
Arts Of Syracuse University.
Mr.. Read has recently gone To- the West
indies and has visited Panama. while
40 the latter place he was the guest Of
Col. Goothals who says that Mr.. Read
sketches Of the canal operations reflect
tho spirit OF tho country admirably. and
he certainly ought to know Even those
who nave studied the region and the giant
undertaking from this distance viii agree
that the artist has approached his task IN
a conscientious spirit and with the case OF
a trained painter The pictures are small
IN size. but the painter makes You feel the
bgnoSs Of the CulcbIa cut and the trcach-
crousness Of the CucaraCna slide, and he
always uses good color
Bolton Brown paints with IefiaCted
color and pointillist touches in a manner
that seems to echo Fautin- Latour lie
has some figure pieces in his exhibition iu
which the outlines are sof,ened and the
tones so subdued that the artist has been
plunged into difficulties with his figure
proportions. His silent Night a land
scape IN which the style of painting adds
to The mystery Of the subject, Is his most
successful canvas
The Moutcla.r Art Museum. on Bloom
field avenue. MuntClair, is 80 honor itse'f
and the memory OF ono OF its most dis
tingushed citizens early in January with
an exhibition OF the work OF George In
ness George Inness lived IN Montclair
many years and some OF his most famous
landscapes were not only painted there
but We're painted from Montclair themes
and stll guard proudly their Montclsir
titles, such as Sunset az Montclair' &c
F. Ballard Williams. the most famous
artist now living in Montclhir, !s chair
man OF the art committee which r. plan
ming to make the exhibition representative
and notable.
IN exhibition OF the fine book bindings
Of Marguerite Lahcy will he open to public
view until January ~ in the galleries OF
Charles OF London. Included In the show
viii be a number Of fine bindings made
FOR J. PIerpont Morgan.
Twenty three OF the viriic and very
American landscapes % Gardner Symons
occupy the art gallery OF the Pratt lnsu-
tutr. Brooklyn His pictures ~ towns,
! hillSidrs and rivers are painted with the
sympathetic touch that stirs the imagiua-
/ lion They are fun OF the charm Of ont