The sun., 1916-11-12
"LApres-midi dun Faun." by Cecil de B. Howard. Exhibition
sculpture, Gorham Galleries.

800 prize with unqualified a. prevail.
There is nothing there ~ real d!rr.nc-
ton. There is not eve an example Of
sound workmanship. Tho show is a
Mi-Careme. Frivolity is King of II.
About two-thirds Uf the works OF art
on display are the sort q: thing hat
young ladies in boarding schools darh
off in a hurry toward the end Of the
term when examination are immi-
nent, and with considerable help from
their instructors. :
George Luks and clifford Zeal, Of
course, are not boarding school pupils.
Ope must hasten to do them that JUS
-. But neither has extended HIM
self. Mr.. I.uks's little pictures have a
tricky appearance, as though they
have been painted on green cardboard.
The color schemes are as forced and
artificial as that. and in consequence
the drawings are open to the sus-
picion o. being pot boilers. Mr.. Beal.
on the other hand. was not t~ry!ngvany
tricks. but merely kept on painting,
perhaps, when he IA rot feeling very
well. | am willing, you see, T. try to
find excuses for Mr.. Beal. But Mr..
Luks will have to 10 better han "On
the Marne' before | shall commend
him again. However, he is quite well
come to the 800.
The jury If selection Of the Water
Color club has been exceedingly lib
eral with its admissions, and all sorts
of cXperimenters have been allotted
wall space. The hanging committee.
also. has kindly given up some # the
best places tn the new people. II cannot
be the fault Of the juries, therefore,
that the general lone this year il so
low. 1t is more likely that tho artists
with good water coioIS To exploit have
been holding them back for more cf-
fective occasions. All of the public
art societies are feeling keenly the coin-
petition with the prevailing custom of
one man shows. hut there is no occa-
sion for them To take a secondary
place as yet. An energetic campaign
TO hunt up good works of art Is as pos
sible to the societies as To business
men. And it seems it has become as
necessary,
Among h pictures that stand out
from the others (there is no pretence
VI luiIllIl tlltIll III III b1itI III Tf.u-
tive interest) are these:
The Vine" by David w. Humph-
reys. This is n skilful monotype, in
which some nymphs disport them
selves in an arcadia, the address OF
which IL unknown. The style Of the
picture Is a refinement upon Makart.
"Rat Catching in a Cellar" by Eu-
gene Higgins. Mr.. Higgins-f made some
stir n few years & by his forccful
pictures upon themes that were evil
IDENTIFY inspired by socialistic enthusl-
asm. The present style Of Mr.. Higgins,
and 1t Is characteristic of all OF his
recent work. has drifted into n manner.
The fact that IL resembles in n SUI
perficial way certain outward qualities
OF j. ,. Millet commends 1t to some.
but not to the present writer. 1t IL
TO he hoped Mr.. Higgins will again
find something to say that he means,
for he can he eloquent when In ear
nest.
II. w. Rub!n's small mo%notypes echo
himself, for ] felt | had seen all or
most OF them in previous water color
shows. They have an intense quality
that commands ones interest. A
small picture Of the blue sea with "A
lonely sailbOat has some OF the I'M
conscious originality that Albert
Ryder obtains.
II. r, Schladermundt's Winter Eve
ming, Switzerland" has pleasing color
and . free use Of the medium. 1t il