New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

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or worry.
A word. too, of his etchngs. His
Bridge" especially, carries much the
pleasant effect Of his painting. More
over. again. as in the case of his
painting, the texture Of the surface is
amply inviting. IL would be a most
Mr.. Caser's paintings opposite the foot
clock.
A note of the West is what the Wis
itor expects when he enters the third
exhibition of the Society Of Men Who
Paint the Far West" at the Macbeth
gallery. In a measure he receives II.
But only in q measure. Though there
is much sound workmanship, the touch
of inspiration remains lacking. The
range Of pictures is wide. They pre-
sent almost every aspect Of the West.
with the exception OF one. which to
this traveller, at least, seemed most
typical, its aridity. Mr.. Ben Foster
alone attempted il. His Saddle Back
from Balboa Inlet" offers a certain eX-
preston of that parched beauty; a
f1rmly -outlined, blue, treeless mountain,
rising from a treeless plain. Obviously
Mr. Foster worked In the extreme
Southwest. "Aliso Canon, Southern
California" might be any one OF
dozen to radiate from San Diego. Sage
brush and brown earth and bits Of
green on the hillside, for the arroyo
shows that the rainy season has not
long gone. that is his problem. Some
how he fails TO master IL. As far as
he goes you agree with him. But he
does not carry to this particular East
erner the barren lonesomeness of out
look which made miles of the Golden
, West worth not an acre OF the goo A.,
green East, which made this same
Fasteners eye light when he saw the
oaks on the hillside above San Luis
Obispo, such as Mr.. William Wendt
paints in his Mountain and Meadow"
Take the other extreme. Travel east
from Portland, or Tacoma, or Van
couver, into the mountains, where the
downpour of the North everlastingly
struggles to make up for the drouth
Of the South. Here Mr.. Carl Rungius,
in AT the Forks" returns to offer
his impression of the Canadian peaks.
Mount Athabaska" is another which
speaks of the damp clearness OF the
North, as Mr.. Foster explains the dry
clearness of the South. Somehow
neither has reached the vital spot
They might both have been in France.
Mr.. Foster on the arid plains and
before sharp rising peaks of Provence
as you enter Marseilles from the west,
Mn Rungius at the summit Of the
Col d'Aubusque, or some other Py-
rennean pass.
Mr.. William Ritschell. perhaps, has
come a bit nearer with Morning, Mon
terey." He has losfed along the Seven
teen Mile Drive and, like so many Of
us. has been fascinated by the cedars
and has picked up whitened abalone
shells from where the misted Pacific
swell grumbles at the rocks. His
storm, California" too. was painted IN
the dunes not far away. There, at least,
he brings 10 us, as man OF his craft
should bring, mood of nature. The
dark storm clouds behind the bleak.
sand-polished grsyness of the dead
cedar limbs we'll express a spirit Of the
land that Is personal TO It.
OF course, there are paintings Of
Indians. Mostly they seem Of the
picture book type, that say "Um
waugh" TO children. Mr.. Ernest
l.. Blume.scheln alone makes tne eN-
ception with Chief Warbonnet and
Eagle Wing" Here we find more than
an Indian, savage. There is nothing
beautiful about him. But it will be a
long time before we forget his dull red
head dress, the glow OF which seems 20
reflect from his copper shoulders.
what is a thumb box sketch A
thumb box sketch is the original i'm
preston in miniature that is sfterward
used as a monitor for more prenten-
tious painting Tin point of size only,