The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-23
NAVY CUBIST SHOWS
MANYWATER COLORS
Pictures Of Hydroplanes and
Observation Balloons Are
in Collection.
PAINTS IN VIVID STYLE
Works of Dutch Painter Weis-
senbruch Are on View
Have Mellow Tone.

The water colors Of Thomas H. Ben
ton, u. 8. ~, are on view in the Daniel
Galleries. Mr.. Benton is a cublst, but
that fact apparently was not held
against him BY the Government. which
enrolled him with thousands of others
Of our best young men in the navy.
Also It is evident that he was not
worked too hard, for he had some
leisure. which he employed in making
pictorial records Of the astonishing
things tina. were always happening
about the navy yards.
"Cublst" is now a slang term. and
means one thing one day and another
thing the next. but chiefly It IL used
to indicate tho sort OF pictures that
old fogies do not like. 1t Is that sort
of a cubist that Mr.. Benton is-he Is
shocker OF conservatives, of the stay
at homes; no is always seeking new
forms Of expression. You can always
tell what his pictures are about. how
ever. which is more than most people
can do with the simon pure cubists.
Observation Balloon Picture.
He has been considerably hypnotized
as are a great many other OF our
young citizens, by the hydroplanes
observation balloons and other me
chanical toys Of this epoch. The OBJ
servation Balloon No. 8" Is one OF the
best OF Mr.. Benton's drawings. with
/ much brilliant color, much form and
a novel composition. The coaling Of
ships. the storage houses, piers anc
| hangers gave him other themes, ane
all of them have been expressed ir
terse and vivid fashion.
A Sunset Is one OF the few water
colors in which the war activities were
forgotten for a moment although
the color harmonies Of the sur
and ocean waves are In themselves
equal 10 a maritime explosion. The
great Wlnslow Homer often got Just
as violent effects in his marine
water colors but in all OF them h'
compelled the spectator 10 think OF The
mood OF nature. The color came BY
chance, it was the mere form through
which the drama was expressed ent
not the drama itself. In Mr.. Benton'i
little sea piece there has b,en NJ
thought, II is to be feared. beyond 1
search for unusual color combinations
weissenbruch's Works.
A chance to make the acquaintance
of a we'll known Dutch painter Il
given by the Kraushaar Gallery's ex
hibition OF tho works OF J. II. weissen
bruch. who was born In 1922 and die,
in 1908
He Is one Of the lsraels group o
artists and paints with a characteristic
cally soft and mellow palette. Hol
land has had such a long history II
art, and has changed so little physi
cally, that 20 most people, even I
those who have never travelled in tn
Low Countries, these landscapes Wi
have a familiar look. or course, tn
canals figure in them, and the wind
mills and the returning fishermen
These topics Of perennial interest hav
been expressed in agreeable color an
with an able technique that owes it
charm to its simplicity and honesty.
, The Babcock Galleries have arrange
an exhibition OF American art tina
contains a number of works by me
whose names are secure in the nativ
art histories. The French Farm" b
, Winslow Homer shows a little know
side of his always amazing talent
Eastman Johnson's Interior wit
Figures" is a little gem. instinct wit
color and suggestion, and there ar
works signed by such names os Whit
tier, wyant Martin and Blakelock.
Two spirited drawings by Remingto
| in this exhibition recall the fact this
no one has succeeded to his positio
, as interpreter and defender OF III
I cowboy race. His drawings do NJ
> lose interest with the passing Of time