The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-05

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Galleries.
was about the only Frenchman who
could photograph Cezanne because he
felt the special quality In Cexanne.
There Is IN opportunity for some
one nov to photograph the work Of
l~'icnSsO. Pnstpn. Mnrin. Davies, Weber,
Nntlelmnn unl other modern men whose
paintings neptllpssly lOse In reproduction.
with an appropriateness that ID
startling Carl Zignsser links Whistler
minl NirtzSchp In the quotation:
verify nl~b new stnrs ,id I make
them st%'. nlOIg with new nights: and
over cloud nMd ,lny nMh night did
sl'rr;,d Uut laughter like a gny cUlOred
canopy. ! taught them nll my ptetixa.
ii"n and aspiration: to cDmls,se and
collect into unity what IL fragment In
man"
The butterfly and the German
Thund.rrr are odd companions ut first
glance, hut after all they were both
artists. and the new stars and the new
nights" seems peculiarly apt for
Whistler.
MIR. Zigosser was writing Of the ex.
hibitiOn IT Whistler etchlngs In the
kpH~l Galleries, a gOOd exhibition that
deserves l@ing seen. The Whistler show
NJ Eriis'l's Is an annual feature Of the
house, like the Rembrandt show. and
serves I" keep the standards Of style
firmly in the public mind.
The prophecy nude by THE SrN's urt
chr"niclpr that pleasant things would
follow the mere presence In the city Of
the artistic lRrSnnnges who make up
the Diachilieff Ballet Russo Ia already
justified by Miss Djuna Barnes's inter.
view with Adolf BOhm a. reported In
BrMnO's WcckIv.' Miss Barnes seems to
have n real gift for interviewing. nnd ny
for Mr.. Bnllm. he II u genius ut bping
interviewed.
'Rukst-nh. there you have not only
the savage. q have alsO' the artist. !
have often thought, how dreadful to be
the Iicture-yOu know what ] meanf
No? I shall explain. Notice the eye Of
the cOnnOisseur Of arts. then imagine
yourself their goal. See? 1t Is 40 with
the costume. Therefore I sAy, how
dreadful to Ike the picture. but how still
more lnmpntnble to he h e costume.
'Bakst Is II successful organ. he has q
keen appetite. u nose for cafes. a delight
ful sense of humor, m impressive style
" flirting. His advances are Of q
marked and successful nature, consider
ing his natural Unborn plainness. OF his
retreats one might say they are
mastery. He sails a boat and drinks
ten with graceful repugnance
"Hp has. however, one fnult-ah, an
Immense trif@his h%endgear, the hoods.
the turhans. the whutnOts TINT he cOn.
tpivpS for the hen,ls Of his Disciples
Beautiful? Yes. us only ugly and vulgar
things ure-hut--"
lie paused. Knocking his good cigarette
case upon his palm. But M friend
Leon fOrgets that In the classic arts the
feet should have prominence.
us Bnkst new, IL his art the art Of the
c%reatOr? Often ! am asked that, very
often l hear others asked that. There
IL IN answer. The tragedy Of mAn-
there had been a past the tragedy Of
mture-there will he a future.
without your yesterdays all would
be great to,lay. No. Of course. Bakst IL
not new. Egypt may have been builded
on the dust Of an older Egypt. Rome
may hive fallen once nghin on Rome.
"In Russia there are other Russians
better perhaps. and also perhaps not.
Bnkst happened to come when he was
needed. when the world was ready for
him"
1T Ia harder, I admit, to become
known for what one has moi done than
for what one hns. Bakst tONk the easiest
way. he became known for what he did.
Not for his restraint. hut for his vigOr.
One cnn say Of him what Wilde said Of
HILL Cnine-he creates ut the top Of his
voice.
Therefore 1t Ia that one should not
sny RikSt dnres. one should soy Bakst
,lnrps again.
"Snme ~ his designs are purely
graphic. From the mind. for the paper.
These are the kinds I have reference
to when ! say how painful to he the
costume. ! huve Ind to outrage Bakst,
because Rnkst hns outraged me.
HE invents, say, something he con.
silrred decorative, hut Imagine trying
t. Ounce pntnnglel with nll the In.
tricr,cirs ~ RnkSt's mind.
swell. We have made our concessions
each to the other" he added.
The most delightful thing about Mr..
Itolim. the critic. Is TINT he Is not too
precise. His "t|ne should not say Bnkst
,iurrS: me should sny BakSt dnres
again. may not have Ind quite all the
meaning to the utterer thut 1t yields to
the emotional listener. but thNt Is no
matter. The imln'rtnmt nnd pretty thing
Is that Adolf said things quite out loud