Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-10

IN THIS ART SHOW
s,.;etv of Independent Artists
4 Mobilizes 1900 Painters
, and Sculptors

...,v YORK. April 10-Radical and
ND ,nv IN it's plans, the exhibition OF
even n,atv of Independent Artists-the
ne = .rt exposition ever held--opened to
pTSs,,c NJ Grand Central Palace today.
tne !. was a private view and reception
Ias' sv,nng. when number OF invited
hN attended on the Joint invitation OF
guess Mitchell and the directors Of the So
Mayo This startlingly different exhibition
eev no termed mobilization Of all
msnl, art together with some Of Eu-
An.v ,.test war-inspired works. The ex-
lys.s. loys will remain open daily and Sunday
pu'. IN a m. until 10:30 y. m. until May 6.
nVn. n..r,v two miles of paintings and sculp-
.rs on exhibition by more than 1900
ww.s,hers of the society. so many that ar
n~.ssn,epts are being made to have a fleet
q wheel chairs for hire There are ABOUT
a. r,scps of sculpture. The exhibits come
~ tbirty-eight different States in the
,,V,an ,,Vn so that the show Is a representative
ma ~ Ir,erica one. Every school of art is
HH...ssnted. from the most radical to the
80 conservative, ana artists well known
s otherwise. academicians and virtual
soyices are on view.
rs,anaing out prominently as features Of
nj. exhibition are the plan of having no
s,rv and no prizes, and the radically
...,s,cal plan Of hanging the paintings and
"a. from the fact that the paintings are
sa~stber and the sculptures together. there
- M grouping. Thus everything Is hung
.,,ho,t regard to class or artists reputa-
AN and a Glackens. a Hawthorne. a Bel
~. a Prendergast. or the work of other
famous artists. is found hanging side by
"a with the most imaginative lines Of
~ unknown--a pastoral perhaps sand
,-rhsd in between Cubist In weird lines
o,I T,tft OF ,artra 80 II.
end colorinss. ana Futurist portrait OF the
extreme type.
-Tha exhibition is the first at which the
.,hlIc can really see the art Of America
- Il represents the choice Of the artist.
Haying no jury eliminates the forcing Of
ana viewpoint in art, which is bound to
occur II jury passes on the pictures that
arc hung There 10 more chance of jury
arreeing on an average picture than on an
unusual picture. a fact that has been evil
dent at art displays again and again.
The independent exhibition is designed to
show the strength Of American art and to
reveal In a manner never before attempted
whether American art is original or whether
n Is Initiative, something which even the
dierctors Of the society do not know.
While this first annual exhibition is an
independent" show. 1t is by no means quite
a Independent In its makeup as some might
he inclined to believe. In fact. 1t is backed
WfKely Dy dDOuI dS many dCstueIIllCldI1S WIFI
IN. A." and "A. N A" after their names
Is II is by the various groups of futurists
post-impressionlsts, neo-impressionists cub
ITS and the various other lists" glance
q the list Of exhibitors dscloses the names
II no less than twenty-one of the foremost
academicians. and the fact that they are
willing to exhibit their work side by side
with their next alphabetical neighbor, re-
eardless of whether he Is an academician OF
Just q mere nobody, cubist. cartoonist
or some other sort of radical. speaks well
for the democracy Of the independent
movement.
long list of names known in tie world
Of art is represented including W. J. Glaclt.
ems, Charles w. Hawthorne. n. A.; Robert
vonnoh. NJ A.. Frederick J. Waugh. n. A.
Dirge Harrison, N. A.; Ernest L. Blumen,
schein, Thomas B. Craig. William Cotton
Xsnneth Frazier. Jonas Lee, De Witt Par.
shall, Eugene E. Speicher, all A. N. A.
Arthur W. Dow. Rudolph Dirks originator
Of the Katzenjammer Kids Stanley NJ. Ar.
thurs. illustrator; Art Young, Joseph Stella
DAInter Of the ''Coney Island; 10 David.
pn, sculptor Of portraits Thomas Ball. the
sAurch decorator and host Of others.