New-York tribune., 1919-03-16

An Old-tdShlOned exhibition OF prints
has been opened at the Kennedy gal
lery. We call it oldfashioned because
it is based largely on the works of the
Old masters, in fine impressions. Durer
and Rembrandt head the company, with
some of their most famous produc-
tlons. Grouped with these leaders
there are certain minor but still en-
chanting figures Hans Sebald Beham,
whose "Triumph of Children" incon-
gruously reminds US to- day that there
were Germans once who could be as
gracious as the Italians; Altdorfcr.
and that most picturesque of classi-
cally minded rcalists, Nicholas Berg
hem. karel Du Jardin, a kindred type,
is present, and space is found for such
men as Ostadc. Among the engravings
splendid group of portraits by Wis
Gcbcr, the WicriXes and others should be
cited. The modern men BEGIN with
Meryon, Whistler and Hadcn and come
down to Cameron and McBey, with
zorn figuring beside them. 1t is a
varied, we'll balanced show of about
two hundred prints.
The Brooklyn Society of Artists is
now holding its second annual exhibi
tlon at the Pouch gallery, 345 Clinton
Avenue, Brooklyn. This society has
developed rapidly in the last two wears
and now includes many prominent
painters among its members. Mr..
Nicholas MacSoud, treasurer of the
society, who is himself painter of
some note, will present this year a
gold medal to the most mcritorious oil
painting in the exhibition. Hamilton
Easter Field shows a painting of an
interior, large white mantelpiece re-
licved by delightful spotting of color
in vases, candcstcks and pictures
abouve mantel shelf. This he entities
"Wasllingtons Androns." "Trying on
Her Glove,' by Oscar Fehrer, is a
harmonious color scheme in warm
grays and pnks. "On the Beach," by
James Weiland, is blaze Of color un
der brilliant sunshine, and a portrait
study by Eleanor c. Bannister, is clcy-
erly painted and what one might call
"a speaking likeness" Among the
landscapes shown is misty Morning"
by Frederick Boston, canvas filled
with quiet beauty and subtle colorinc.
Benjamin Eggleston is also we'll repre-
sented in his "Connecticut Hillside. !"
and Sunlight Arrangement" by Will
lam j. Boylan, attracts much attention
by the quaintness of its subject-a
little gr! playing with her dolls in a
glass house-and the crisp quality of
color in light and shade. Sculpture is
by Isabel Moore Kimball and Robert
Laurent. Among other artists we'll
represented are M. Seymour Bloodgood,
Walter Farndon, William Arthur Patty
and Will J. Quinlan.
In the Ardsley Studios, 11O Colum-
bia Heights, Brooklyn, is an exhibition
of two widely divergent forms of art
One is collection Of Autographs by
Fantin Latour showing the beauty of
rounded form and melting landscape,
and the other shows a chaos of line
and color in the ultra cubistic can
vases by Albert Gleizes. In an intro
ductory note in the catalogue Mr.
Hamilton Easter Field says: 'Inten-
tionally l have avoided asking Picasso
or Glelzcs about their ideals. | know
nothing of their theories. A painting
must live or die on its intrinsic
value. When once you have strongly
felt a work of art theories but cloud
the ISSUE" The Autographs, most of
which were presented to Hamilton
Easter Field by Fantin Latour, who
WAS his master, are exquisite things,
interpreting. "Music" and "Inspration"
in nude forms in enchanted gardens.
In the hallway of this interesting ex-
hibition is displayed small collection
OF Japanese prints representing Scenes