New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-17
MANY EXHIBITS
OPEN ART SEASON
Paintings by Howard
Cushing at Knoedler
Galleries
By ROYAL CORTISSOZ

The art season opens with a number
Of small exhibitions and few on &
large scale, with prints much in evil
dence. At the Knoedler gallery there
is a collection Of paintings by the late
Howard Cushing. a man OF consider
able talent, whose decorative portraits,
frequently of the same sitter, long at
tracted favorable attention.
The same gallery presents an exhibit
ton Of wood engravings by the late
Henry Wolf. Pictures by James But
Ter are on view at the Bourgeois gal
lery. Modernist works are in the open
ing show at the Montross gallery, and
paintings by Messrs. Prendergast,
Glackens, Hslpert, Marin and others
are at the Daniel gallery. Pach Broth
ers, the photographers, are showing
some portraits painted by R. ". Len
hard. The Modern gallery exhibits
paintings by Diego VI. Rivera
The first of the big print sales this
fall will be that OF the Frederic r. Hal
leries. There are more than ten thou
sand pieces in this famous body Of en-
cravings and etchings. The earlier
schools of all countries are volum-
inously represented, the collection is
rich in works Of the eighteenth CEN
fury and il contains valuable impress
sions Of all the modern masters OF i'm
portance.
The Americana forms a treasure
house by itself This part will be solo
on the evenings of November /, 2 and 3.
The sporting prints come later, on No
vember % and "a; the eighteenth cen
fury French engrayings will follow IN
December. and then the rest OF the col
lection will be disposed Of, in six sales
Meanwhile there is an exhibition al
these galleries Of etchinGs, engravings
and old woodcuts from the collection
of DR.. William Hirsch, which is TO be
sold on the evenings Of October ~
and 20.
The first sale TO take place at the.
American Art Galleries will be that OF
Mr. Judson Metzgar's japanese color
prints, on the afternoons and evenings
Of November 10 and Il. Various mas
ters are included, but Hiroshlge APP
pears 10 be the particular hero OF the
occasion. A little later there will be
sold at the same place Renaissance
PAINTINGS, sculptures and other objects
of art brought to this country by Pro
fessor Ella Volpi, some OF whose old
masters we recall seeing not long ago
at the Enrich Gallery. He is the Italian
antiduary 10 whose enthusiasm and
taste we owe the interesting restora-
ton of the fourteenth century Palazzo
Davanzati. at Florence, a building
which had an entire number Of LES
Arts" 70 itself in 1911. It's stately
rooms. judiciously furnished with pre-
cisely the right Golfers, tables, tap
estries and kindred decorations, have
made a profound impression upon
American travellers. ,
From this palace. from the Villa Pa
and from other sources Professor Nolpi
has brought paintings By Titan, Palma,
Gentle da Fabriano. Paris Bordone ana
others. Il is especially interesting 70
note "A Masquerade Bal IN the
Ridotto." by Guardi-if It happens TO
turn out q good version Of the remark
able picture in the Edouard hann col
lection.
Primitives are included among the
paintings. and there are some notable
nTOnZes and terra COLtds. DeolNr' ''t~
-apestries and furniture there is col
lection of ancient wrought iron
factor which ought to prove OF peculiar
value. The sale begins az the Ameri-
can Art Galleries on November q and
continues for the following seven
weekdays, the paintings being sold at
the Plaza on Monday evening, Noyem-
Der 81. -, =.
On November there will open az
the American Art Galleries on exhibit
ton of over two hundred pictures sent
over here from London by the Royal
Society of Painters in Water Colors.
Sargent has a painting in the colIec-
ton "The Looking Glass and there
are works By Alfred Parsons, D. T.
Cameron, ". Russell Flint, Henry D
Tuke. George Clausen, James Patter..
son. Edward j. Sullivan and score OF
others. On the evenings OF November
Q and 10 the collection Will be sold at
auction. I'll;
The twenty-seventh annual eXhioi-
tion Of the New York Water Color CLUB
will omen at the Fine Arts Building on
Saturday. November 4, and will close
ON November %. Circulars are out Tor
the sixth exhibition Of contemporary
American paintings at the Corcoran
Gallery. in Washington. Opening on
December II, Il lasts until January IL