The Sentinel=record., 1915-05-23

sculptures shows in marked taslion the presence of European war A considerable proportion of the exhib- its deal with war subjects, although the critics find little that they regard as of lasting merit
 Almost the only work universally praised in the press reviews of the opening day is by a Belgian sculptor M Egide RombeauX It is a statue of more than life size, entitled "Premicr Morning" The critic of the Morning TelesrapA says. without m re enthu- siasm than the others. "outside the | charmed circle where Rodin reigns supreme, no sculptor more remarkable in originality and poetry of concep- ton has been seen of late years in a | public exhibition"
 This Belgian work leads some of the critics to speculate as to the D ssi- bility of the war bringing about great renaissance of art, literature and music in the devastated parts of Belgium and northern France. The critic of the Past declares that the only real piece of artistic nspiTat on thus far produced by the war is the poem. "Chantons, Belges. Cbautons." written by Emile Cammaerts Bel- eian, British poets musicians and painters, he says, have felt as yet very little of the human or spiritual impulses of the war. Our artists" he explains, in common with our lit- erary men and musicians. apparently regard the war from a purely profes- siOnal viewpoint. They seem to lack the stimulating experience evident in NJ. Cammaerts' poem. If a new and nObler era of artistic bought and eX- pression is to dawn ir the course of the war it will begin in France or Flanders, or in the other countries where the wars seriousness has been impressed more p0ignantly on the finds and hearts of men and wom n. The WantOn destruction of old cities and glorious architectural monuments raised in ages of higher faith and ac- complishment should quicken the ar- tistic temperament of our allies and bring about a Renaissance
 One of the popular war pictures in the new academy win be Herbert Oli- yer's Where Belgium Greeted Brit ain" It is a large canvas portraying frontier post on the road from Dun. kirk 10 Furnes on December of last year. King George Of England, in neat khaki and polished boots. is aIiehting from his automobile to greet the king of the Belgians, while tla staff stand rieidly at salute and the chauffeur casts an interested eye np- on the Belgian king
 Another side of war, somewhat re- moved from the battlefield is seen in John Lavery's Wounded: London Hospital It portrays a long line of hospital wards, with a strapping Gordon HiehIander in the foreground, his wounded arm being dressed by a Red Cross nurse. The serious busi- ness Of war is keenly made evident by the surgical implements on the glass table. and by the helpless figure of .1andaged soldier in the nearest cot,
 
 conFaiesceut warrior smoking happily in a corner and in the warm spring sunlight which pOurs through an open door. The picture seems to be suH unfinished, owing, perhaps. to the fact that the artist caught Flanders flue" a form of influenza common among the troops who have been to- long in trenches He had 10 leave the hos. pital where he was painting this work and go to the seaside 10 recover
 The same artist contributes an- other war picture entitled "Armored Car Squadron" W. L. WylHe also has two war pictures. Fighting Line From Ypres 10 the Sea" and Bring ing in the Wounded Lion" sThe lat ter is so startlinely realistic that one critic questions the propriety of eN- hibiting it. If this picture S found- cd on personal observation" says tae critic, "or on duly ascetained fact, it furnishes evidence as to the state of the giant cruiser Lion after the North Sea battle. which no writer would have been allowed to reveal"
 Another brilliant war picture is Na- pier Hemy's Black Flag" This shows the pirates of a hundred years ago atI work. A queer deckless vessel. armed with cannon of brass and crowded with pirates sailing openly under the black flag, attacks with apparent suc- cess a big schooner which is going at full sail in vain effort to escape
 Norman Wilkinsons Battle Cruis- ers' 2ortrays the British nvincibls and nfleXibIe engaging the enemy in the Falklands Islands action Al glimpse of the fighting lines in France is given in John Charlton's French Artillery Crossing the Flooded Aisne.' .'| and his Retreat From the Marue."
 Comrades by John Charlton. rep-I