The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-12
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~ March 80. THIS nr!i.. .r- ., wei
established a p'rcc n the are lows "
nose irtcrcrtcd In the development -!
'ucdcrn art that he n~nrounscmsr:
win have wide .rte-es,.
AWlp.ft tns been living =, t'nr., ga.
/ rtcms. nd most ~ the sixteen can
vafcs ri tho show were painted the',
The subjects concern th-nsslves VII
he architectural forms 81 villages
,erched on hills. Landscapes. s,.il ..:es
und flowers. There Ia one figure p.ecc
n the collection. but II 10 TO. .,a:.!cu-
.arly happy.
Al o. the work bears the impress ot
"a etern and serious talent, All Of HE
canvaSes are decorative and the colurs
ana textures, particularly In the st!l'
LIES. ere rich and A. the
zane tim It must DO allowed ths.
aone Of the work will leave as powerful.
IN impression upon the MIND as the
picture Of ships In the show Of last
year; or the still earlier series OF Lake
0eorge pictures. This Is merely by
WAV OF news. On the other hand GER
tain little changes in Halpert's
1chnio will have special interest 10
STUDENTS. for in these days Of change
and tendency the experiments Of an
able painter have peculiar Importance.
Inc traces Of Portugal are visible In
tho new paintings, but only in subtle
fashion Something in the color il
Portuguese, hut exactly what Is
hard to say. Halpert himself Is GER
tAinly al reticent a. Sir Joshua
Reynolds counse.led all artists To be,
and the sesrcher after facts gets them
only by reading between Halpert's
lines. He doesn't mention the bull
fights, which are said 10 he 80 DIFF
ierent In Portugal. nor the delights of
C1ntrx, nor even tho revo,utionists who
shoot ut each other from around street
and who must be deucedly in
convenient M times to artists engaged
upon architectural themes.
The "villaxe on the lEl," No. j. 10
. VILLAGE that deserves to M more
psecisely located. as II appears 10 he
sitogethee charming. Tht church with
* tower and clustering red rocss Is
something that any artist would ike TO
paint, md bcsides thers is a green
churchyard with animated goats. The
'Sttl life, No. o." IL large in manner.
and the carthen Jar. the me IN and the
vino that casts shade On h tabl
unite into u harmony that seems very
Portuguese.
II il reported that the artist rcturns
to America in April. and this is good
news. Nowhere in Europe does there
appear Ia tr much atmospher" Tor
lr~ndscapists at present, and Halpcrt
Is much more likely Ia find himself
hers than abroad. Besides. IN. cam
paign for modern art is lsirg Tough
out in New York with more vchcnenCc
than anywhere else IN the word. The
firing line for artists il upon this
side Of the water.
Carl Melrhers is one Of the dis,in-
suishcd group OF American painters
who rejoice in an international reputa
ton. He has long had most OF th'
!onors that academies and institutions
can bcstow. for his art IS .f the sort
hat Institutions approve Of. II Is
clear. eminently sane. II not to,
troubling. No jury could resist Mr.
Melchers's work, and ! believe none
ever has. His list Of medals must hs
as long AS a~nybody's. lie Is "A typ!ca
successful artist OF the day. and th'
exhibition ~ his work. which has jus
opened In the Moniross Galleries. vii
have great fascination for such Of u u
painters IL yrtrn for the secret %
worldly SUCCESS.
The chief principle ~ tlr success
however. IL one that may not Il" fol
towed easily Al present. Tor II con
nsts In going abroad, Mr.. Melcher'
has a~ssiduouSly recorded tn" attrac
ions nf life in Holland, and the ar
ehitecturc. the costumes and IN" u
toms OF the people there have ~
strongly attracted him hat IL. has al
most ~ y8triat.,l himself, trtiSts g
where beauty IL and al, artists feel tn
temptation Ia live where life has pic
turps1uo trappings. The great DANCE
IN self-rNpatriatlon. though, j. tina
the arts, gets little N addition L
the trappingS
The "'orr.rt' conventions NJ paint
ing employed by Mi. M.lchors Civ
The spectator tho plrssIr" that on
always Huds Ia good workmanship
The u,IInt architecture and the sti'
quaintcr costumes make su"l, an ap
peal 10 residents If modern cities VIII
happen ia he ~a,ed with the same
nesses NJ fashion that the fact sal
ways temporarily overlooked that dee
questions of life and deep analyses q
character are not within the artist
province. The large canvas 'Easte