The sun., 1915-11-15
"BLACK HAND" ART
IN NOVEL CONTEST
Sensational Sculpture Exhib-
tied in the Mrs. Whitney
Competition.
PORTRAITS BY STERNER

A nervous hand modelled in blackencd
plaster grips a black. black heart until
1t drips, not blood hut tainted golden
coins That is the most sensational ex-
hiblt in the collection o. works, contrib
uted in the art competition for the
prizes offered by Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney on the subject Tho Immigrant
In America"
1t is the thing to which the Immigrant
submits himself. according 20 the opin-
ion OF the sculptor. Karl 1llava- 1t Is
the thing to which the arriving peasants
are willing TO submit themselves. seems
to he the prevailing opinion OF all the
artists who have competed for tho
prizes. most OF whom have strange
names and appear to have recently ar
rived here themselves. Even an Ameri-
can contributor, +. G. Applegate OF
Trenton. who won third prize, portrays n
woman who steps upon our shores hold
ing her baby aloft, as though for sacri-
| flee.
In practically all of these works OF
art II is the search for material gain
that now brings people TO America
I Very 1pW OF lneSe aTllSIs nave ltCol-
| lected the desire for spiritual or po-
| litical freedom that animated our early
settlers. Spiritual freedom In the art
world is apparently obsolete. Energy,
| which is the quality considered most
! essential TO those who would win Amerl-
| can renown. Is tho prevailing element
| in the art works OF this exhibition.
| Drawings, sculptures. paintings all be-
| tray more intensity OF effort than are
usually in evidence in such exhibitions.
| The show in consequence Is the most
| lively and interesting Of all that the
| generosity OF Mrs. Whitney has insti-
| gated.
} 1t opens to-day in the studios on
West Eighth street with reception. at
which an admission OF 81 is charged.
Beginning tomorrow tho admission Will
. Ice - cents. and on Saturdays and sun
days the exhibition will be entirely free
/ to the public.
\ number OF landscapes by Mrs
Emily Palmer Cape are on view In
the Goupil Galleries. They will be shown
/ until November q. Mrs. Cape is n
student of the National Academy OF De.
sign and the Art Students League and
for a time made sculpture her profes-
. sion.
Mrs cape has the distinction OF being
the first woman in New York TO respond
to Or. Barnard's call to come forward
| for Columbias work for women, and
thus she is historically connected with
the beginning of the great annex FOL
women TO the university
| Most OF her landscapes have beer
painted along the Connecticut shore o
tho Sound and almost all OF her pictures
contain pretty glimpses OF sparklinGl!
| blue waters.
Beginning to-day there will he an ex
hibition OF portraits in pastels by Al
Der: Sterncr at the Knoedler Galleries
in which fifteen to eighteen pas,els no
before exhibited will be shown.
Among the portraits will be those O
Mrs. +. French Vanderbilt. Mrs Steph"i
Olin, Mrs. j, Phillip Bernhard. Mis-
Elsie he wolfe Lewis stIyyesant Chan
Ter, Ever, Jansen Wendell and Marquis.
de Bueuavista.
The paintings by Father Carrasco q
the Society of Jesus are being exhibited
at the I.oyola School. 81 East Eighty
third street, from 3 to 8 o'clock
Father CarraSco, one Of the recently
cxiled fathers of the Mexican provinces
is an artist of talent. lie is helpin.
: his scattered colleagues by his paint
ing.
The next exhibition at the Mac Dowcl
Club will include works by the follow n,
artists: George Bellows. Clarence Is
Chatterton, Kathleen McEnery Cunning
: ham. Andrew Dashurg. Randall Davey
Robert Henri. Edward Hopper, Leo,
kroll, Henry Lee McFee, Gus Mager
Thalia W. Mllett and John Sloan. With
out doubt this will be one of the mos
important exhibitions of the season n
the MaCDowcll club. The eXhihitio,
will be open to the public, beginning o'
. Thursday every day except Monda,