The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-13
FUTURIST ART PUTS
THRILLS IN EXHIBIT
Paintings by Miss Stevens at
Naison .\d. Braun Are Up
10 the Minute.
OTHER WORKS on VIEW

ruturistic paintings by a young New
yo-tcr. Miss Francis stevens. have been
,l,ccd upon view In the galleries Of the
v,,so, Adj. Braun ct Gle. The tites OF
IN. ric,ures are In themselves sufficient
.n proye that the artist has been at.
',smp,lng subjects that painters OF other
.nnrhs never dreamed Of. The by
,.m,c Velocity Of marlborough Rapid
rr,,s,, Power station" holds the place
~ honor ON one wall and near It Is
,Torpedo Detected by Imaginary Hand
wilson's Diplomacy" both Of which
arc strictly Of this era. II not beyond H.
Mr.. ORTIZ. director Of the Maison Ad
braun ct Gle. thinks II necessary to dis.
claim the responsibility OF his house for
The present exhibition and insists not
So much tina the work Is artistic as II
IS sincere his contention being thai
m,uris,ic painting has at least won the
rrh, 10 be studied. The artist too has
oreaxeL a foreword to the catalogue in
rh,ch she says: There has been. so
FAR no attempt in art to find a method
ADEQUATE to express the vastncss OF
events Of to-day. Our skyscrapers can
no; be rendered In the same superficial
lines as the modern portrait or land
scape, Tho whole strength OF line. OF
solidity, Of construction, must be shown.
not By por,raying one side but all sides
throughout. Every great age has created
lis own form Of art. otherwise there
would have been no period paintings"
with that last sentence at a few
will quarrel.
Miss Stevens's n Of painting Is
oil that IL generally understood by the
term 'futuristic" and consequently II Is
too soon to assign Miss Stevens's exact
position In the hail Of fame. Her work
scores undeniably n sort of success
II compels attention. Those who enter
The gallery look at all Of the pictures and
have distinct feelings for or against
them and usually say 10 audibly. In
spite Of the TACT that The artist has an
excellent color sense II In the black and
white picture Of the rapid transit power
house that THE SUNS reviewer prefers.
This view has since been confirmed by
one Of the chief engineers of the Inter-
borough company. who after first re-
jecting Miss S~tevens's Interpretation AT
the exhibition. telephoncd later when he
returned TO the plant hat the artist WAS
right and that he now began to see the
power house much as Miss Stevens had
represented II.
The galleries of Henry Symons b Co
q: 70 East Forty-siNth street have Just
.trelved from England two large ceiling
decorations painted by Sir James Corn.
III. who was knighted by George !
The paintings came from an old country
house IN England and are in excellent
ireserNation and rich in color. The
.hef figures In the composition tina
NJ SyronS has just placed on the cell.
no ~ ppa nf his utll.rias AFRO UnlIessp
pp!fylng probably the advent Of spring
One Is seated by n gushing spring AND
TIE other is receiving flowers from LITTLE
CIpids. cupid heads are here and there
20 the clouds.
rNp interesting still life paintings by
l'espu~'rS, which came from Ballocf
Castle n scotland. have also been placed
o. view.
III" exhibitions of the work OF a
Atnsaip IN the galleries of the Berlir
Photographic Company and of j. Alder
N,r n the Whitney Richards gallerie.
. 10 tie Holland House owing to theil
great success will remain on public view
Until March IS.
The new paintings by Augustus Vim
cont Tack. now on view in the krau
slaar Galleries. show that this artist II
becoming more n more of a pointillis
AMI more able in point!llism. There ar
~ only landscapes, but portraits il
which the paint has been applied IL
rCealol'ke patches OF brilliant color
Nj Tack shows a c~ommendable desir'
lot 20 lose sight Of the character OF hi
s'terS n spite OF the f~ascinations o
' MS new way of painting. and upon IN
whole It must be reported that az ~
sr''s, lie has gained since his last exh!
h.tou The small landscapes in tn
present show are quite iridescent AM
decorative. They do lead one to sus
rec,, though. that the artist in making
= them has been too largely occupied wit
he technique. The theme of the paint
ing seems TO have been too frequent.
suggested by color combinations foun'
upon the artists palette rather than upo'
motifs sICr.s,e1 ny nature