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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12
Random Impressions of Art
in Current Exhibitions
Chinese Pottery and Sculpture at the Museum-Nlore
Spanish Work in Metal-Pictures at the
Salmagund and Elsewhere.

The French have been most conspicuous IN the exhibitions
made this OF modern pictures brought from abroad
but presently the English school be heard from On March
20 there will open the Knoeder gallery show OF paintings
water coors and drawings by Augustus ohn William Orpen
William Strang p Connard Charles Shannon W. Rothensten
and Others Meanwhile there danger that the native artist
will be overlooked His works everywhere Some OF
them are below. Others only announce
These include paintings by c. H. Davis William Sarain
X H. Miller F. Dougherty and c f. Ryder at the Macbeth
gallery paintings and water coors by Homer Boss at the
Thumb Box gallery paintings by Richard Farley the Airing
ton gallery and paintings by Ernest Lawson the City Club
Berlin Photographic Company will continue the exhibition OF
Mr. Aanships sculptures until March u.s. and the exhibition OF
Mr. Wer pictures at the Whitney gallery has also been
extended to that date
There will begin next Wednesday. at the American Art
Galleries. an exhibition OF the properties and antiquities be-
longing TO Mr. Karl Feund which be sold there on tour
afternoons the following week Paintings tapestries furniture
and many miscellaneous objects included IN the lot Inc
Anderson Galleries will show and sell this week Mr. Mira Ra
Persian antiquities and quantity OF Oriental rugs screens am
pottery and then will present another large body OF Orena
consigned b Mr. Naka ayash. OF oklo japanese screens W
t NAV be seen at the Arden gallery An exhibition OF work
m American painters and scuptor donated Tor the benet of
ng artists will held the former BakeSee gallery opening
on March IS arranged under the auspices OF the Friends
If Young Artists which society also organizing another com
petition for their proege planned in this instance for TIE
decorators The results viii be shown at Mrs Whitney ud
n April
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

The ceramic ar. o. the East Is ain
cult subject. n which frequent ana
Maintaining instruction is needeo- an
Invaluable service was rendered 20 ne
public By the Japan Society IN inc
brilliant exhibition e Chinese, Corean
and Japanese pottery which lt MADE az
the knoedler gallery two years ago
and now the good work IS continued a.
the Museum The loan collection OF
more than three Hundred pieces wnlch
has lust been installed there. thank' 10
the kindness Of Mr.. Freer. Mr. Peters
Mr. Mansfield and other connoisseurs,
Is one of extraordinary value, and us
usefulness has been greatly heightened
he the preparation OF one OF those ca;a-
IcVues in which the Museum has lat
terlv been making serious contributions
"a the literature Of ar. In his intro
duction, the compiler. DR.. Bosch keiI'
gives the layman precisely the guidance
that will enable him 20 study the var
Gus exhibits with profit 20 his eduoa-
ton. Reprinted in an appendix are
Mrs. Williams luminous pages written
for the Japan Society's exhibition aiore-
said. and Mr. Hobson's notes FOR that
occasion are also reproduced. with Us
numerous fine illustrations this volume
= not only a record but a practical
introduction 10 the subject.
The show il one for hard study. IL
ia also framed for sheer delight. Tho
banouet here spread for lovers Of ne
beautiful is fairly dazzling in It's va.
rietv. in its glow OF color, It's grace o.
form. and. By the way, as regards ina,
last mentioned element, in its SUPERB
strength. These early masterpiece
cause the later porcelains 20 appear. 81
comparison. curiously Sophisticated
and. a. j; we're, overstudied. Il Is the
rolor. of course. which chiefly takes
one captive. The pottery IS COW
cred with slips and glazes OF
banin- beauty. There are shades %
hiue IN The collection or which one had
hardly dared 20 dream. Although. OF
course. most OF the pieces are OF pro-
nounced thickness, IL IL difficult. 20 be-
liave that some Of them are not porce-
lain. they are 50 wonderfully delicat".
I, IL interesting 20 note the signs OF
outside influence on some OF the spec
mems. and 20 behold IN their original
forms some OF the patterns which ono
bas come 20 know on the tiles and
vases of Persia and the countries Of
Asia Minor. u is also possible 20 more
than imagine a strong similarity be-
tween the very earliest Chinese decora-
tions and the art OF the North Amer
can indian and the Aztec. In some Of
tie bronze vessels. as No. 335. this q.
particularly noticeable.
There is small vase OF the fines,
white paste. dating from the Tang
Dynasty l6ls-eO6 4. D., which is abso-
lutely Greek IN form. II might have
been copied from silver cup. Indeed
it, thinness and design would almost
seem 10 indicate as much. IL is not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

that sent By Oh. latter is somewhat
awkwardly composed-round out the
spectacle OF dextrous craftsmen using
their technical gifts with all manner
O. cleverness, good taste, and sincere
emotion. Il has its origin in observa.
ton OF life and 70 some extent, by the
same token, in an attitude which makes
still-life Of sentient things. The sub
iects here illustrated by the Ggure
nainters are at bottom essentially
studio subjects, human beings posed,
cornpositions laid out, IN spirit alto
rether artificial. But y IS well to
ponde~ this point for moment before
we run tho risk OF misapplying II.
The greatest Of the old masters some
times saw their subjects as so much
gtill-lfe. Consider the habit Of Yer
rneer of Delft, or that OF Hol1ein IN
such a masterpiece as his George
Gisze." In the point OF view there Is no
difference between such painters ana
,be Ten. II "a the personal elemeh'
ma. counts. the power 10 lift a still liie
10 the plane Of life by dripping genus
through your fingers. Al the same
time an attitude, as such. may easl1y
bedev,l an artists work. genius or no
penius. II there IS anything ABOUT ne
Ten that gives us pause 1t - Just TINS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12
An Educational Array Of Beautiful Objects

until one examines the band OF decora-
ion az the nech that one realizes ,nat
i is truly not o. Hellenic manufacture.
Other pieces showing this classical u-
fuence are Nos. ard -. They both
date from the Tang Dynasty The
classical influence is also seen, % g
lessened degree. on several other spaci-
mems. Greco Buddhist, Indian and even
Persian feeling may be discerned IN
some Of the carvings. Tho stone altar
frontal. 70. 500. from the Tang
Dynasty. shows an Indian influence Do
the general design and In the carving
Of the principal figures IA relief. a
Greco Buddhist IN the debased egg-and-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12
The Ten and Some Others
on the Art of Painting
,;f. StiLife and Theory Factors in the Develop
roent of Point of View-Where There Is No
Difference Between Past and Present
By ROYAL CORTISSOZ.

constant al confusion the discussion OF to-day
% tendency many artists argue their with reference
e living outside their works When those works are re-
d as auees they upon the skcptc with windy talk
,t what they trying TO do, what they and
work OF art does explain itself may depend upon
& there is something wrong there 1t must stand fall
=. merits good opportunity to make OF this timeworn
cioe is offered to the observer. At the Knoedler
o, the Ten American Painters have opened their annual
s Nearby the Montross gallery presents works by
NJ GAR Mcchers which belong in the category At the
galleries group OF six gentlemen designating them
Elves as the Forum Committee have organized exhibition
- he opened the public tomorrow, which assumes to put
torc the public "he very best examples OF the modern
ecan art" works by John Marin, Marsden Hartley Man
Raw Wakowtz and others The temptation consider these
49, together is irresistible In the process and have
ed bv dnt OF testing the different paintings their
merits we NAV clear mp questions that frequently and
cr;.e unnecessarily. beiogged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

ath;ully and even conventionslly por-
aayed. That is 70 say. she IS drawn
ard modelled 50 as 20 look like a wom-
a., seated in a chair. with cello a.
,ef side. She wears beautiful dress.
Tat, 100. Is recorded as d fact. But,
'sTlrg got his various facts, what ooes
NJ. Dewirg do with them 20 keep US
ron comparing hin with the pho,og-
'apaer. So little. He only draws IN
'sy that Is his own, uses color Of
vaica 10 GO else. somehow. has ever
found TIE secret. and n quite casual
fashion throws over the whole thing
strange atmosphere o. VIVA, we cal
ttyls. rs color is the most delicate
'airg in the world. "coiorist' IN the
,fcinGry sense OF the term would per-
fsps cscain j. But we can imagine
ran Ike Whistler. gay. finding ceep
Joy r. 49, Ard al that emotion. tnat
expression Of ones self' that we hear
- much about, Mr Dewirg hasn't any
iairg % say on me subject. He leaves
7. . tke care % itself. It's odd, isn
= that we nevertheless have, IN the
Presence ~ IBIS picture. curious
'1otional flrl- u 10 because we ieei
ma beauty has passed that way
llu nov 20 ST. Wcir's three pct.
p'ts and note how he. too. gives ue
s,re such seasatiors az those We nave
.-st recorded and yet starts different
'i~i's ~ thought. His study o.
1o-ng woman. "A Harmony 10 yellow
et4 PM rss much more "ooay
nan Nr Dewing's fgufs. but - slaVe
l'''. pass IN The ssue Ircehnaole way
f'o stimuli % the Imagination. Al
o'as' canvas ~ his. the Lever ~
- Suppose. because ~ is title, 20 pc
ttpa'ageo ~ painted snecdote'
Di itf or own part ve arc sufred Dg
y - oT 80 fo8c. sp.rituaIlzed nrtistic
f'H'r. MAKING .tsef nanifest with me
ts1ft,ifg force Of music. And, aga ~
~ re "Ol1 Sentinel Of the Farm.
i"A4sfspe which ~ gnt BE- cata loguee -
MOVIE in thc key % George Nor-
.shi' ~ beTltcncs ~ through a mage
~ sf1 icalAgc which no cnth
s-tf tp1id reduce % printed wcfDf.
O. lts time. = We are not mlstAkeh'
~. DfTing and W. Weir have gone
~ npretentlo1sly about their bus
Insy nave tried only % paint
80 pictures. They don't say 20. he
s.>@fst tsy - fDr them. and anybody
-. Efcsrstsnc. aoY ~ there any
,.hR - bs'rs ~ about the Differences
s.tssn these two and the differences
~"s'n them and their colleagues.
49,. p'rsonal element lies upon nc
ss,s. One man IL a poet. Anothsr
%. Bat has some other element IN
.,. hst is IN So way equally inter
s,fg u is 100 bad 20 indulge IN
80 zhmpses ~ the obyious." BDt
~ srs then ore il forced % en-
80 them. forcsd - lay stres1 on
~ 'nat appreciation 81 work
80 n,ss not require initiation into
'rt Elsss.niAn rite.
80, thov Of the Ten IL fpll % good.
4. WsnEks painting. In Nr. Chasss
S'rtrsit Of himself the zsat com
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

The object Of the Ten is a simple
,rs. They want 70 paint good pictures.
Tbsv have their different Individual
,;ss their different points OF view,
,beir different methods. but they all
mite on this quite comprehensive ny
,o.Sssi. Of the function of art. Paint
II as they understand It is a means
~ representation. means OF making
srure on canvas look very like d
Sgure m life. Il has not occurred TO
,sv Of them that by thus defeating
themselves 90 the translation Of tan
gble objects into terms Of painted
.orn and color they arc sacrificing any
- the emotions or ideas with which
her hearts and brains may be suf-
;r.s6. Like uncounted generations Of
t-.ists before them. they know that
j. some MYSTERIOUS way they Will con-
tive 70 put these things into their
vo-k-if they have tho things 70 put.
Year after YEAR Mr.. Dewing asserts
himself as the purest type amongst the
len Of this kind Of painting. The mu-
sicar Of bis picture. An Artist IS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

question Of the extent 20 ~nle .,o 49,
Jrift away from life into Dr.; - Mr.
there IN some beautiful psin,lns, =, Of
Benson's picture, but ,hc 9 shsde too
,till life In IL IS csrren 10 samo
far. and Mr.. Tarbell - IN VA o,ith
case. Titles have noth'tY 70 his in.
the merits Of painting pue ~ that
stance one cant help oDs,,s do.sn',
ne Young Woman Stuoy'ns as 20
for moment carry oohs,., 6gurc
her employment, inc , p surprised
bent J n'', va, brought 90 the table ior
We s,, g purpose Doubtless ~ we'd
20 TN heir pearls or gossiped win q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

The Salmagundi Club opens 20 the
public tomorrow its annual eXnlbi-
ton Of paintings by artist members.
II is the largest show the club has
thus far organized. and 10 is. on the
whole. the best. Landscapes predomi-
nate. and they include many delight
ful impressions executed with album
dant spirit and skill The collection
is ore Of pictures rather than sketch
Is. yet its essential character is that
Of more or less i1forma. notes, paint
ings iu which the artist has swiftly
recorded some casual observation Of
nature. The figure subjects partake
o. this spontancity Three prizes are
awarded ln this regular spring affair
OF the Salmaguudians which Is always
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

Saws Mr. Wright: TO judge picture
competently one must not consider " as
rrere depiction of life or as an anec-
do,e. one must bring 20 II an intelli-
ecnce capable OF grasping compli.
csted coun,erpoint. The attitude o.
-, such men as Celesti. Zanchi.
padovnnino and Bononi u never that
~ an illustrator. IN no matter how
snbiirnated a sense. but Of compose,
.,hosc aim is 20 create a polymorphic
convention with the recognizable ma
,er,als a. hand" The public may over
haul its intelligence. n II chooses. 20
.aa y,bether or not IL Is capable OF
g,s.nlng complicsted counter
noInt and polymorphic coneep-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

nown. But We must confess 70 having
fingered with special appreciation over
the desk As we said last sunday OF
the makers Of the great cathedral
grilles in Spain. that they lifted a craft
TO the plane Of an art. so the man who
fashioned this unitarian object turned
it into little masterpiece Of sculpture.
The nude torsos that figure IN the design
are charmingly modelled. The decora-
ton everywhere is true sculpt0r's WORK.
L is a piece Of great rarity and, accord
inyly. Of great price. We wish that 10
might nevertheless pass into some pub
lie collection here. preferably into the
Hispanic Museum. though il would
seem even more fortunate if some one
were TO present this movable lectern 20
the Suarish church IN New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12
Picture Making, Old Style and New.

municated 70 the beholder is that of
technical bravura, joyously and master
fully exercised. Mr.. Simmons and
Mr.. Decamp, in cooler vein, are
similarly skilful realists. Mr.. Reid
has a lighter vivacity and in The
Trio" an earlier canvas which we are
glad TO see again, especially enrlches
his decorative composition with the
rlay Of sunny air. Mr.. Hassam. save
in charming impression Of Naples
painted some years ago. is not par
ticularly happy in his contributions. II
is to be gathered that he Is feeling his
way toward new efects-and hasn't
yet quite achieved them. Mr. Metcalf
is more accomplished than ever he was
before. His Young Birohes in octo-
Der" is a brilliant picture in more
senses than one. The flashing color
would alone justify the epithet, but
there is even better reason for using
it in the strength and spontaneity
which the painting possesses SIS
whole. Finally the two interiors by
Mr.. Tarbell and Mr.. Benson-though
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

The earlier Chun pieces are Of the
greatest interest. Several remarkable
bronze vessels and pieces Of statuary
round out this Ease mating and compre-
rer.ivc exhibition of the pottery and
sculpture Of ancient China.
Z. had hardly seemed pos be- when
We were writing I'm this place last week
about the old Spanish workers in metal,
that some new evidence of their mas
tory would Immediately turn Up. But
that cheerful thing mas happened. SIR.
Martin Hofer has just acquired from
the collection Of SIR Charles Robinson.
40 Svarage Manor. three objects OF
ecclesiastical art once treasured at nc
monastery Of Carleton de Monegro, 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

Spain. Two are Gothic sculptures,
statuettes Of The Madonna and Child"
and saint Christopher The other IS
a Renaissance reading desk in bronze.
All three are famous pieces and in the
peculiarly appropriate surroundings
supplied BY the Hofer gallery. amid old
brocades and primitive paintings. ,he
two medieval sculptures exert a spell
CT beauty commensurate with their re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

are the work Of such celebrated mini
aturists as Isaac and Peter Oliver,
Samuel Cooper and Lawrence Crosse
They show a virility OF drawing and
color seldom obtained in the minia-
lures Of the succeeding century. one
Of the finest Is the portrait Of Robert
Devereux. Earl Of Essex, by the great
Isaac Oliver One should notice the
wonderful delicacy with which the
hands and face arc painted. oliver
Cromwell, by Samuel Cooper, is done
In beautiful soft grays and is re-
markable study Of character. an OK
traordinary portrait. Five miniatures
done boz India by the Irishman. George
Chimney. show a Rajah and his
daughters. also the head Of tiger
They should not have been included.
as they date from the first half Of the
nineteenth century. but they are OF
interest because the painter has alb
sorbed d good deal Of the Indian man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

full OF energy and makes q pleasant
episode in the long and crowded series
of exhibitions devoted 20 current Amer
lean painting.
\ number OF interesting miniatures
by seventeenth century English art
lists are on exhibition AT the Hodgkins
Gallery. They are. for the most part,
Of persons historically important, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

ton. though we do not see why
anybody should do so az the behest OF
Mr.. Wright. II isn't that We have an
objection 20 Mr. Wright as an oracle.
Quite the contrary. He fills the job
very well. They are all good oracles,
these devoted foreworders. IL would be
hard 20 beat passage like this from
Mr.. Brinton: There were apostles OF
voluminal integrity before Cezanne,
classicists imbued with archaic ardor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

before Gauguin went 20 Tahiti, and
restless Gothic souls before Vincent
forsook the gray mists of Flanders for
the burning solar ecstasy of Aries"
Good old voluminal integrity But, We
repeat, 10 Is the picture that rs, or
ought 70 be. the thing. All that we can
make Of IL on this occasion Is sprawl
of chromatic obscurity, a weller Of
crude. eccentric color, all sound and
fury. signifying nothing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

At the Kraushaar gallery 4, an e1-
hibition Of the works Of Augustus Vim
cent Tack I'm them the use Of broken
color is carried 90 such an extreme
that the spots often all but obscure the
picture. When we first looked AZ "A
Voice we thought that 10 represented
a nude man trying to climb very high
wall. On closer study we decided that
D.. represented John the Baptist stand
ing on mountain top. That which ne
had taken for q wall proved 10 be the
sky. IN this picture the spots are par
ticularly aggressive and the snatomy is
rather vague. Mountain Crests" and
After Rain" are two agreeable land
scapes from which the spots are mer-
cifuliy excluded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

Al the American Museum Of Natu-
raj History are paintings Of tho Cop
per River region Of Alaska by Robert
Van Worst Sewell. His Interpretation
Of the country emphasizes is vsstness
and solitude, suggesting a land filed
with brood.ng tragedy The pictures
Jack color. and. when he attempts sun
light be is not very successful. The
composition is seldom Of interest.
The paintings are really illustrations.
Some Of them. as that Of the dock Al
Skagway and that Of Mccarthy City.
may be Of great interest as records o.
those places at the present time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-12

The Cowboy Artist" Charles NJ.
Russell. is showing a number Of his
PAINTINGS and bronzes at the Folsom
Gallery The pictures all tell stories
end are more valuable as documents OF
carly Western life than as works o.
art. They are good illustrations,
though hard in finish. The color II.
often striking. and the action Is always
spirited. Indeed, action is the painters
.trongest point There ia a large pub
lie % whom these pictures would be OF
absorbing interest. The bronzes are
batter than the paintings. The animals
are well studied. and the artist has
given full play 10 his love Of action.
lt is there % a tremendous degree IN
THE Buffalo Hunt" and the "Bucking
Broncho." The latter is also quite
decorative DO line. From side
view the Mounted Blackfoot" is an
excellent bit Of work.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-06-15
AaXiIiarY at BaITOn's.

The-AUxiTiary Club was entertained
at the hospitable Barron home Weds
nesday night in a manner which will
be remembered for many moons by
the thirty-three people who We're
present. Music. singing and a vav
riety of games passed the early even
ing. Mrs: Barron's sister, Mrs. Sadie
Walker. danced the Highland Fling
as ii was taught her by her father,
Col. Ross, and made a hit. Three
mere men who were taken along as
chauffeurs were forced to sit out in
the cars while the business of the
club was disposed Of but finally the
ladies' releHted an asked them in
when the call to a delicious luncheon
pealed forth. Much merriment was
caused by the unique place cards.
Each guest found an envelope with
her name and number at her plate.
These were exchanged, and as the
numbers were called off the enclosed
verse was read.
The party lett at lats hour voting
their hostess an entertainer royal.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-06-15
SMensOn-Earle.

A quiet wedding took place Sunday
morning at the home Of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. s. W. Clute'
when Mrs. Emma B. Earle of Ash
lnad became the wife of Donald A.
Swenson of Oakland, Cal.
The happy couple are we'll and IA
vorably known, the groom having a
position in the railway postal service
between Ashland and San Francisco,
and the bride for several years being
connected with the Hotel Oregon
where the many patrons VIII miss
her smiling face.
Many beautiful and useful gifts
we're received and the good wishes OF
a host of friends for long life oil
happiness and prosperity.
The couple were attended by Fred
Sandfin, cousin of the groom, and
Miss Emma Elaine Earle, daughter Of
the bride, assisted by Miss Mayt
Clute. Mrs. Elnora Loomis and Mrs
Hazel Daggett.
After the ceremony a dainty
breakfast was served and the newly
weds left on the noon train for Sar
Francisco. After July first they viii
be at home to their friends at l2SI
Fourteenth street, Oakland, Cal,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1916-06-15
w. II. G. Club.

On June 5 the w. r. c. ladies met
at the home of Mrs. Ed White on
Mountain avenue and were nicely en-
tertained by the hostess during the
afternoon. Refreshments we're served
of coffee, cake and sandwiches ana
we're enjoyed by all. Mr.. Bonham,
an old soldier, arrived in time to fur
nish some nice violin music for the
ladies, which was appreciated.
b During the business hour the W.
r. C. Club was organized This club
is to meet the first Monday in each
month and the next meeting will be
held July at the home Of Mrs. Kath-
crime Thomas, 993 Boulevard. Re-
freshments will be served at this
meeting and all W. R. @. women are
especially invited.
The following were present at Mrs.
Whites home: Mesdames Palmer,
Bentley, Jennings, Hicks, Howard,
Sales, Thomas, Mathes, Coder, Bene-
dict, Mattingly, White and Mrs
Whitney from Elyria, Ohio; Miss
olivia Bentley and Messrs. E. b.
White and Bonham.