The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
r IA highly amusing. and for that
matter instructive. to listen to
the comments upon tho work Of

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Jules I'ascin now on view in the
Macbeth Galleries. Tho same old story
Is being enacted. The quiet, indie
unable. hut powerful sense Of chal-
i~rsc that cnMnatcs front u work Of
genius infuriatcs the philistincs
again, as it always has in the past.
~Ho .eno..,.s shat one hears are often
Socd for word the things tina were
sAad aSains; itossetti. against Manct.
ana more recently against tczanne.
II 81 the appeal Ia fresh emotions.
~ hitherto unused sections If the
brain. that causes the trouble. The
aged portion Of the population regards
such living vibrant ART as n mcnacc
to the young. II In great fun 10 say
soothing words IN such an one, tn lead
him of Ia the club. far away from
these rascins. to administer ome
thinG rccuperative in the way Of drink
to him, and gradually. when lie is
ca1mer, to listen to tales of his own
youth. When his faded eyes begin to
spaFkle Al ne recounts the audacities
Of his friend Whistler and the stu
pfd1tes Il Ruskin--that Ruskin.
you know. who actually burned a set
Of ne 00ya Caprichos because they
WaBO 1mmOral-it b your part. gentle
raaAsF. - keep quite num-.
None q the young artists and
crt60A however. In whom I hav
faath aprear to he shocked. ON the
contrary they show every tendency to
adore Pascin. vive Pascin.
living r. wiles. the we'll known
Acahemician. Ia holding an exhibition
Of his portrait work in one Of the
smaller galleries Of NJ. Knoedler & Co.
His sttters have been for the most
part prominent in the arts or public
life. Among them are st. Clair Me-
kalvay. Frank J. Marion, Arnold
Brunner. the architect: Miss Melville
Silvey, Mrs. Julian Mitchell. Mrs. Ben
All Haggin. Mrs A. G.. Drier. Charles
Bittinger. the artist: Daniel Barnes,
ths Misses Dorothy and Caroline kokl
and Miss Gladys Wiles.
Of these the most striking. most
people will agree. are the portraits Of
st. Clair McKelway. Mr.. Bittinger and
Miss Wiles. and the reasons why they
make the most effect are not far to
seek. An artist asks several things,
in MS secret heart. when he is about
to begin a portrait. First that he
may have an important subject that
provides him with a definite unmis-
taxable theme. second that he may he
permitted the utmost liberty in eXecu-
ton and Interpretation. and third that
he may he thoroughly well acquainted
with the sitter.
II may he inferred that the painter
felt tolerably well acquainted with his
own daughter. Miss Gladys Wiles. n
felt quite free to interpret Mr.. Bit
finger az he liked. Mr.. B.ttinger being
y friend az well as fellow-painter.
Most artists achieve their greatest
freedom Of style In doing portraits of
their friends and the members OF their
family. and in that Mr.. Wiics follows
The Load of a master whose example
has been Of value to him IN more AIS
than one. William NJ. Chase. Mr.. Nc
kelway's commanding personality
gave Mr.. Wiles the chance 10 do his
most forccful character drawing.
irving Il. Wiles has been before the
public 30 long that no especial COM
mcnt upon his n Of work il re-
Quired. He began. il IL we'll known.
as an illustrator for the monthly maya
zines and a certain facility Of execution
marked his work from the beginning.
When he took up the career Of a
PAINTER John $. Sargent was at the
height Of his influence and IL was a
natural thing for Mr.. Wiles TO be af-
fccted by his direct method. Mr.. Wiles
owes much also. as has been hiCted.
to william NJ. Chase. and Sargent and
Chase. II must be admitted. are on
cellent models to test oneself against.
Tskuma Kuroda. an important fg-
nre In the art world Of Tokyo, Japan,