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

of Mr.. MsriuS A. J. Bauer and Ernest
Lumsden. are 10 be seen az the Kraus~
haar gallery. Perhaps you remembes
& certain street in an old French slum.
Now look at IT through Mr.. Brangwyn's
eyes. IL has a charm that you never
observed in IL that day you carried
your Bsedeker along its narrow side
walk Therefore let US take our hats
of TO Mr.. Brangwyn and his optimism.
For he knows. He went through just
bow before shs mast
Technically, Mr.. Brsngwyn's etehings
attract the most attention through his
ability to handle light His sold
Houses, Ghent. Belgium" in especial.
set forward this quality. The figures
in the foreground are almost white.
Behind them looms the dark silhouetts
OF a bridge. Beyond the bridge, seross
the canal, is row Of brilliant houses
The disposition seems theatrical. obs
viously so, yet with theatr.calisn
that stirs cheerfully acquiescent cred-
Utility And the peculiar thing is that
he arouses that emotion not so much
with a delicate as with q heavy hand:
perhaps il would be better 10 say a firm
hand. which attracts by an almost IN
calmly direetness. Another thing, in
"Notre Dame, Flu. Normandy" he ex-
hibits an almost Hogarth-like touch BY
his exposition Of manners in this pict-
ure of the mountebanks playing in the
cathedral square.
or very different key proves ths
work Of his co-eXhibitorS. Mr.. Bauer
and Mr.. Lumsden. Mr.. Brangwyn likes
to separate his pictures into cleverly
arranged contrasts OF light and shadow.
The other two seem anxious to pull
them together into a pleasing mono
tone. Mr.. Brangwyn interests for what
he puts in his pictures, Mr. Lumsden
for what he leaves out. This may be
because Mr.. Brangwyn has worked IN
the mist-laden air of Northern Europe
and Mr.. Lumsden in the sunlit country
of India. Anyhow. II rs just this leav-
ing out that gives the latter his effect.
On seeing his etchings, say OF Fort
and City" or palace Jodhpur" or BE
mares. No. t." you feel as YOU should
on brilliant day in the tropics. MIR.
Lumsden contrasts from white into
dark. Mr.. Brangwyn from dark into
white. Mr. Brangwyn's West looks hu-
manly unwashed. Mr.. Lumsden's East
appears newly cleaned. which somehoY
you do not quite believe. However,
there il deicacy about his taste
which makes such things as "BensreS,
No. - appealing.
II is with relish that visitor 10
Fifth Avenue store finds that eXtrava-
gance may. at times. 20 hand IN hand
with good taste. Such is the case IN al
exhibition Of rare lsces and fans and
house furnishings now 10 be seen at
Charles Their lace is their pride and
Justly so; court lsppets, that ladies'
wore in their hair in the butterfly days
of Marie Antoinette. seventeenth cen
fury Valecian Rose Point Of high and
low relief, especially a little square OF
figurated pattern. Louis Fourteenth
jabots, heavy Gothic laces, finer Milan
point. silver and gold Renaissance laces.
a point Alencon lace dress Of eXtraor-
binary delicacy. and, above all.
cushion made dress skirt that once
belonged 10 the Princess Charlotte, a
revelation of the costumes of the day.
With the laces go fans, Chinese fans.
English fans la Chinese, Italian fans,
tortoise she'll fans with gold inlay.
Also there are brocades. Venetian aud
otherwise. from the fourteenth to the
eighteenth centuries, good antique sill
yer. such as an Italian incense burner,
some verdure tapestries, a truly inter-
esting Gothic casket in soft colors and
amusing relief. Certainly they have
been selected by some one with dis
corning eve.