The sun., 1916-12-25
EMPEROR'S
PICTURE Is SHOWN
Hui Tsung's Painting Of a
White Eagle Exhibited at
Arden Galleries.
IN ORIENTAL COLLECTION
Ancient Works Are in Black,
but Real Life Ripples
I'm Them.

Early Chinese paintings now on exhi-
bition In the Arden Galleries provide a
sufficiently severe test for ones con-
noisseurship. There are no enticements
OF brilliant color. as IL the case with
porceiains and japanese prints. to lead
the Indifferent into closer intimacy. until
he nnds At last. poor victim. that the
vice OF collecting has fastened itself
permanently upon him.
On the contrary these pictures have
a. serious and solemn an air AS must
have had the official court sermons In
the time OF Cromwell. They are prac-
tically in blacks and blacks that have
been softened by several centuries OF
time. They are mounted. classically, In
kakemono style. and the extended por-
lions OF the panels are covered with
rich. but funeresl black silks.
Nevertheless. once the eye has ad-
justed itself to the gloom, the real life
and vitality that ripples everywhere
through this ancient art begins TO max
itself felt. Artists use a slang word
amusing" which II by no means n
synonym for humorous with them. hut
rather suggests IAN interesting method
Of treatment upon he part of the art
, ist.''
| Most Are "Amusinu."
Most of these time worn pictures,
even when the subject is of such "A sim
pie matter as n group OF reeds by n
river bank. are amusing" and with
that ones attention Is caught and ones
study BEGINS.
!. The collection IL owned by Pans Lai-
chen and Yue Sisoki. and the paintings
date back to the period Of the Five
Dynasties. Dos to $50. There is even
N nt,stsn ~ xckttA An~l, sh.f vn.a
painted by the great Emperor HUI
Tsung. who did not disdain to be also
n great artist.
The other artists depict birds. too. and
some Of their finest work Is devotcd
to such themes. but n rival subject In
ancient favor was the aspect OF two old
knowledgeful men philosophizing upon
the mysteries OF life amid beautiful
surroundings. This subject was sure
to put the artist in his most serious
mood.
A work of the greatest spirit Is the
SOLITARY Fisherman on a Desolatc
River" by Hsia Kuei. with it's sugges.
ton of swiftly moving waters, which Is
n triumph OF simplicity in technique
Other importan; paintings are "Gossir
Under the Bine.' by Ma Yuan Tive
Cormorants.' by Yai Hsuen Viewing
the Waterfall" BY Ma Yuan: after
Music Under the Plantain.' by Hslet
Sung Blind Mans Song at "A Countr,
Fair" by Gnu kuang-pu. and Drag
ons in Clouds" by Chen Yung.
Zuloaxa Exhibition.
The attendance at the exhibition o
paintings by the Spanish artist Zuloags
at the Brooklyn Museum has been 29.0l:
up to date. This exhibition will continu.
until New Years day inclusive. Ii II
open every day free TO the public. In
Guiding holidays and Sunday afternoons
with the exception OF Tuesdays, whei
the usual charge for admission is made
\ new gallery has been opened to IN,
public at liO Columbia Heights, Brook
Ign. by Hamilton Easter Field, and III
first exhibition is devoted to works o
art that have a distinct modern tendency
A group OF dra wings by Walkowitz max,
"A particular success. and indicate an in
creased ease and breadth Of handlin,
upon the part OF this artist.
There are two lovely landscapes II
water color by Charles Demuth. severa
paintings by Prendergast that are ex
cellent In quality. a figure of a girl h,
Bernard karfiol that il sincerely an'
sympsthetically painted. and character
istic works by Preston Dickinson. Franz
Burty, Walter Pach. Agnes Pelton. JOIN
Marin. Alden Weir. Samuel I~Ialpert
Jerome Myers and william Zorach.
EtchinRs Of GObO.
The gallery of the Maison Al. Brau,
Ct Gle. IL given over TO the ctched worI
of Georges Gobo. and this IL the frs
opportunity that Americans have ha
to inspect the work of an etcher who /
exceedingly well known In Europe, Cob
was born in san Francisco, hut settle
: Ia France at an early age. and all of hi
subjects rave been found there. lie Ia
been IA regular exhibitor at the Salo
of the Beaux Arts and was elected a
Associate In 1912.
Many OF his etchinrs have been bough
, by the French Government and he
represented in the Luxembourg AZ we
as in the French provincial museums an
the Ufizzi in Florence. The King q
. Italy Is among his patrons.
The etchings are large Is to plate an
bold as to treatment, and OCCASIONAL
-, in the robustness of the line there Is
suggestion OF the work of Brangwyi
The themes are architectural for IN
most part. but a few figure pieces sho,
that Gobo has an all round training.