The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-31


or two ago was l%aconic. That
for his present show of water colors
I'm the Daniel Gallery is more so.
The first nineteen are simply called
1eowcrs.' the next ten dunes"
5revity il xSt only the soul of cata-
iogues, Mr.. Demuth thinks. but also
Of water colors. Briefer water colors
than his are seldom seen. they are
very pleasing. They are real water
color n the soi.rs charming.
AT least eighteen Of the flower pieces
would puzzle botanists almost to death,
for botanists are not keen on flowers
souls. Perhaps DIR. II. II. Rusby, the
great pharmaceutical botanist, might
cope with Mr.. Dcmuth's 1uvres I
shall recommend him to try.
| shall never forget an occurrence
in DIR. Rusby's laboratory now some
years ago. A rival scientist entered
the room, holding out a piece of white
cardboard upon which there appeared
to be IA mail smudge Of rust.
What's that?' he asked Of DIR.
Rusby in n defiant and now Nv got
you tone.
DIR. Rusby's magnifying glass was
already screwed In his eye. and after
O moments glance he replied:
at is 30 and so." mentioning n
Latin name about a yard long. "a plant
that grows in Yucatan and there
about"
His friend looked at him almost
stupeiied.
We'll. you do snow something" he
gasped at last. YOUR right. But
] thought had you. Why, it's been
partly digested. We got 1t from the
stomach OF u lizard that one of our
fellows sent up from down there for
dissection. Ta-ta.'
Mr.. Demuth uses hin drawing paper
md he allows his colors to run gem
erously. His dunes are suggestions
OF the lines OF hill forms. There is
almost no attempt at realization. yet
the stir and breeze OF nature flow
over his brilliant lines. Mr.. Demuth
has gained as an artist. His work has
more breath and vitality, and always
his drawings are decorative. His
flower pieces are very decorative. Even
before profiting by DIR. Rusby's more
scientific opinion I will insist that Mr..
Demuth's flower studies decorate.
The statement OF Laurence Binyon
1.-THE general conception of Chinese
art which prevails in Europe is N
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decadence"-while tru enough at one
time. is fast losing its ~pertinency.
Thanks to Mr.. Binyon himself. to
A.. W. Bahr twhose first exhibition of
ancient Chinese art made so deep an
impression upon American %connois-
seurs and who IL now holding IA second
and equally serious exhibition in the
Montross Galleries., and lastly to the
changes and upheavals which the last
few years have witnessed in China.
which placed long hidden heirlooms
in the public auction rooms. ting public
taste in these matters Is fast conform
ing To Occidental standards.
Mr.. Binyon has ~eXpounded h prin-
ciples of the best Chinese opinion
upon these matters. and has proved
the wisdom of allowing the Orientals
to be the best judges of their own art.
America and Europe have both been
,l,wl> swccpinr aside the false tradi-
tions and false valuations that we
out of our ignorance,
and the SIMMER and rrander forms
NJ tho norcelains of in, earlier periods"
that were scarcely known to Mr.. Bin
>on's clients have now become very
we'll known IN us.
Tb. .bnstnrd and comparatiyely
worthless productions made now for
two centuries for the European market
I'm Canton" have long since been rele-
gated To the attic. and auieter wares
of the Sung period and Corean tomb
lars increasingly occupy the attention
of our collectors. Tn recent and men,
orable exhibition of old poreclains by
the .Japan society would have greatly
edited oriental collectors could they
have seen Il. and no doubt also it
would also have saddened them.
We have worked through the same
evolu,ion i'm our attitude toward Per-
sian ceramics. toward Oriental fabrics
and .Jnpanese prints-always arriving
i'm the end at accepting the masters
,ha, the native tradition has ranked
hi~hes,.
The charm of rspvelty--mere foreign