New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-25

Sindbad only if we are willing to be-
lieve that they come thence. These men
doubled the proportions Of mystery
BIZ borrowing strangeness. Artists In
this way attempt TO affirm indlvlduah,
". forgetting that they but record
souvenirs of travel which point almost
solely TO factitiously cultivated memo
ries. This would seem true IN the IN
stance of the "Bereft," by Mortimer
Block, and the Moonlight, Grand
Canyon" By Jerome Blum.
The two possibly most renoWneu
virtuosi OF the American school
Whistler and Sargent, are both pres
eut in interesting IL not resplentGient
examples. The formers Miss Lillian
Woakes" is one Of his most obvious
portraits. There is nothing about II
of that supersubtle penumbra OF tone
which was so often characteristic OF
him. The handsome head is boldly
oIaced against a red background, the
dark hair ia given it's ful! value, the
carnations are full and rich--alto-
gather This is a clcan-cut. fOrclb.e I'M
pression. almost TOO direct and fresh
70 be Whistlerian in the familiar sense
OF the term. Sargent's picture,
Tvrolese Crucifx," is another striking
illustration Of his marvellous slelghI-
OF hand, impeccable in observation ana
in what might be called the stenogra-
phv of painting. but curiously lnieilcI-
toTs in color. T. is technical address
which chiefly marks the big, AMBITIOUS
por.rait Madame Maurice by AloerI
Steiner. though in the reserve wnich
is 20 be noted in the color an especlalIy
vigilant taste is manifested. ne same
element is disclosed in the fact tnat
this uortrait. theatrical IN MOVE
nevertheless coutrives 20 escape Cne-
atricality. 1t has vigor IN H. power
authority. Some far less amoi'iouS
things of Mr.. Sterner's, among them
his portraits in sangulne, nave hau
ruch more charm.
Bv George Elmer Brown there Is
Harmony in Green and Cold. Dy
Brvson Burroughs PORTRAIT OF Mrs.
). s." By the late William NJ. tnase
one Of his tours he f0rce IN stu me-
"Striped Bass; by Walter Grlnlh
charming June Morning, and oy
Chide Hassam-painted with lhspl.r.lIO-
irg love of color--a very decorative
-;ece Venetian Glass" These artists
IosJ us on with evident mastery Of
their medium Robert Henri, IN ms
"Vude." belongs to the same group,
and NAV indeed in the matter Of mas
terry be superior 20 II. But while tne
Cervas holds a certain beauty, arrived
AZ with rapid notation, 1t holds also an
element of superticiality, suggesting
that he had approached his WORK
casually, in the course Of the day and
then. with amazing Auency. had got fid
Of IL. Wyant and Iunes5 and \ =. Ryder
arc we'll represcnted. Charles W. Haw-
thorne contributes Sun Bath Rock
well Kent an austere Marine Louis
Kronberg Ballet Girl" and ErnesJ
lawson his delightful "lce IN the
River" As a kind of pendant 20 the
show there is displayed in one OF the
upper rooms an interesting collection
OF drawings by Carl Sprinchorn, Bry-
SON Burroughs. Ernest PeiXotto. Hugo
BALM. Albert Steiner and others.
Pictures by Gus Mayer and Rockwell
Kent at the Daniel Gallery, are real
istic and literary. Gus Mayer, who de
scenGs from traditions OF Dutch art
through the Impressionlsts and paints
in fat color of high key, IS repre-
sented By an even dozen canyases-one
= portrait. the others still life and
landscape subjects. In the landscapes
there il much 70 remind one OF Van
Gogh. az in the "Old Tree where ore
may dislike the heaviness o. the over
worked sky. and in The Nursery
cream colored vista. IN when many o.
the forms are beyond ordinary reco2-
rition. We have seen more successful
lardscapes BIZ Mr.. Mayer. These seem
20 want definition more than anything
forms suggest the mobility Of putty
and its shapeiessuess. He Is happier
in the flower subjects, "Lilacs,' Dab
las" Flowers" and Bouquet
colorful and gay. and in the portrait
"OId Woman" wherein one notes the
painters ruggedness and is charmed oy
,ce mellow luxury Of the tone-tone
for NJ Mayer s inclined 70 the en-
r.cyment Of subdulng sauces.
Nr. Kent's carvases are dominated
By intellectual requirements. which
nay be paradox!cai for they are given
over 20 the exposition 81 elemental
forces g. this. 3. may be gathered
az once thai Nr. Kent g u the modern
school Of thought, that modern school
which. fgurative'v wip.ng cut political
and social states, gets down TO what J;
terms. the roofs o. life, and leaves poo-
civilized man naked before a "cosmic
urge" This is serious painting. ard
perhaps 4. IS also significant paint
ing We remember Nr Kert best as
IRE painter o. realistic and severe
marines particularly in the series done
at Monhegan Island in WHICH the
dramatic quality, rot often theatrie.
was restrained by a normal humility.
In the nine paintings % TINS exninl-
ton. which have neither time nor
Mace. the intellectual or literary con-
cep,ion Of the world gives one an I'M
preston in which everything, NOR
biGly, Il important and big, excepting
the sun and happiness. Man was
meant. apparently. 10 have his weak
ling frame torn and contorted by ferc-
cious. emotional frenzies. Il is useless
for him 10 hope for something better
unless. indeed. these frenzies are a.
the apex Of the sublime. But we doubt
this-we doubt IL when we see a
Young Sailor" on The ton - y mast. b.