New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-20

absolutely no reason for being But
"The Waters OF Lethe" has some poetry
and mystery.
On the walls Of one of the smaller
rooms at Knoedler's are paintings by
Louis Kronberg. For the most part
they are of ballet girls. in which he
appears to have always specialized.
They are. every one of them. beauti
fully painted and there is delightful
hutiiness and lightness about the
shimmering skirts. The figures are
well posed and as graceful as their
costumes permit them TO be. lila
billeuse' is specially gracious in color
and there is an alluring winsomeness
and naturalness about the principal
figure. "The Slipper" is one Of the
best painted of all. The light and
dark, and the textures, are exquisite
Mr.. Kronberg shows four canvases
which inform US that he can do other
things as well as ballet girls. Re
pose" is lovely nude, graceful in pose
and delightful in color. THE Golden
Pheasant" is striking picture,
ballet girl. not full length, placed
against a gayly colored hanging Of
chintz which has black ground. There
il serene beauty of color and compost
ton in "The Cardinals Robe" which
shows an ancient woman mending a
scarlet gown.
The late Arthur Hoeber, painter and
writer, had a host Of friends, and the
artists among them have lately planned
an admirable tribute to his memory.
They are arranging to erect in the pub
lie library at Nutley, y. j., where he
had his home, n set of shelves 10 con
tain only books on art. In that library
they have placed on exhibition num-
Der of pictures and drawings by them
selves, and on the evening of February
20 these are to be sold at auction
The proceeds will be devoted TO the
purchase of a representative painting
by Hoeber, which will then be hung
permanently over the book shelves
aforesaid. Could a memorial be more
charming, more graceful2 The thought
of it would have warmed the heart of
one of the kindliest of men. His old
comrades are doing just what would
have brought the joyous tears to his
eyes. They make, we may add, a brave
list, the names including those Of
Charles ". Hawthorne. Fred Dana
Marsh. Albert Steiner, Edgar Sergeant,
Clinton Balmer, Earl Stetson Crawford,
Frederick Dorr Steele, Guy Pene du
Bots and Arthur J. Elder. Good luck
attend their venture,
At the Women's University Club
is show of miniatures by vari-
Gus artists and of sculptures by
Marie APPEL. It is worth seeing
William J. Baer's "The Bather" is
nude OF great delicacy and charm.
Alice r. Beckington's "Helen" has
a delightful usefulness. RED Flow
err" by Lucia Fairchild Fuller, has
great beauty Of color and workmanship
and "Artimedora," by the same artist,
showing n 1.-the, long-limbed maiden
tying her sandal, Is an original pose.
Helen NJ. Turner has put great charm
OF color into "The Blue Screen" 1t is
rather intense in pose and has good
rendition Of the character of the sitter
Margaret Foote Hawley's portrait Of
Miss Helen Dudgeon" is fine, true
miniature, well painted. Henry Wicks
Chambers, jr.," by Katherine 5. Mey-
rick, Is also good portrait. we'll COM
posed on an oval field. William j.
Whittemore exhibits three fine minia-
lures in the true sense. painted beau
tifully. Lydia Longacre sends a re-
markable. strong portrait, "Mr. Gino
SperanZa." II is interesting in method
and in the blue shadows, and is highly
effective as "A whole.
Marie Apels sculpture is good. but
not thrilling. Her portraits, of which
there are several, are pleasing, but the
pose is sometimes stiff and a bit at