The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-20
7VAMTMAN'S ART
AGAIN EXHIBITED
Landscapes That Remain in
Fanily's Possession Have
tharm and Interest.
ARTIST WAS REAL POET
WOrxs by Zuloaga, George
Luks and Old Masters
Are on View.
ARTIST WAS REAL POET

ne Tvachtman landscapes, now on
.,hh,tion in the Macbeth Galleries. are
,o,e that have remained in the posses
an, OF the Twachtman family. although
A. estate sale" occurred soon after the
,.s,'s death. To those who jump TO
Nasty conclusions It might have seemed
,robable that the best of the Twacht-
nan things had long since been acquired
BY astute collectors. for the Importance
r., Tyachtman Is no recent discovery.
M, a glance at the Macbeth collection
ought 10 be sufficient to dispel this
rl,son even for the most doubling.
Some OF these pictures are lovely
ali have charm and significance. That
ne last lot OF pictures from the well
tmb,ed over store Of studies In the
Dead artists studio should be so con.
sstently important points several
morals II is proof above all else that
Tvachtman was genuinely and innately
On artist.
He was not creature made by the
,rhools He did not work by rule or 10
make money by following fashions, but
tclely BY moods and for self-expre sion
Like Wlnslow Homer. he was never
caught mapping. Like Homer, his
slightest sketch reveals his spirit and
has something OF the emotional quality
thai can be felt but not analysed.
More Than an unprecedented.
For that reason Twachtman wal
ruch more than an impressionist he
WAS poet Most American impress
,onlsts and other followers Of European
schools during the last two generations
have become engulfed and lost in the
irr!cacies Of the mere fashion they
we're following. Possibly II Is over.
sentimental to weep too much over theii
rad tates. for, though they are lost
Totally like the young man IN Gilbert'i
poem who married a member Of the
corps de ballet. they could not really
have been made of the stun that lasts
Ur they would not have taken a fashion
% seriously
Artists who cannot emerge above 9
school have no chance OF a future
Tvachtnran. II Is evident. would hav,
been Twachtman at any epoch and n
any environment. The mere borrow
ing Of a few colors from Claude Monet,
palette 10 not the thing upon which hi.
success Is based.
Among the canvases now at Mac
ttth's are large and delightful decora
ION called Summer" fine study o.
Niagara, the "Horseneck Falls; sevPra
= the famous winter srowscapes and {
rlmber OF early landscapes. that prov,
Is well as anything that this artist,
rowe- was Independent OF the plen-ai
.tach.ngs.
ZuloaRa and Luks.
In honor OF a newly received pane
b. 2uloaga the Kraushaar Galleries hav,
ranged a little exhibition Of works b!
l'oaga and George Luks. The new
,invas Is a full length OF a dancer
Mecedtas." CARRIED in the fetching cos
tune OF a matsdor. "Merceditas' Is on,
q the best OF the series OF this artist
-'ebrations Of "artistes." at least il Il
'ehes; in color. The costume has TIL
usual heavily metallic embroidery. &C
Ss1ted with the usual Zuloago h!gi
gifts. and the Oriental rug on the 400
IS EXCEPTIONALLY well done.
The principal painting by Luks q
The Wrestlers." which has not beef
-vn for some time, 1t is one OF Georg
llkss most robust efforts. the brush
work quite equalling in vigor the proves
q the protagonis's. who must be celebri