The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-13

pleasant gray autumn landscape, ana
Willard Metcalf an equally agreeable
one that celebrates the joys Of leafy
summer.
The Henri portrait of q little foreign
girl has some Of the sleek sedateness
of similar studies by Chase; the Hap
py Children" by Elliott Daingerfeld.
is this artist at his best; and the hg-
ure OF woman having tea in a gar
oen BY Childe Hassam Is not Mr.. Has
sam at his best. The table is out OF
perspective, the lady's hat does not At
her head and ner hands do not At her
wrists, and. in short, there are many
discrepancies. One of this artists
Fifth avenue flag pictures, which Is
also shown, is much better.
Alden Weir. Max Bohm and e. G.
Tarbell are among other artists rep
resented but their contributions will not
especially emblazon their fame.
NJ. Knoedler & Co. are placing on
exhibition tomorrow In their gallery
Carl Melcherss portrait OF Charles
Blair Macdonald and his caddie.
which has been presented by H. c.
Frick to the Links Club.
Mr.. Macdonald was first golf cham
pion of the United States. In 1894
the United States Golf Association
was formed by a committee OF Ave,
consisting Of Theodore A. Havemeyer.
Mr.. Macdonald and others. He founded
and is president Of the National Golf
Links OF America at Southampton,
~, L. al 90
no golf course in the world. He Is the
only member outside of Great Britain
on the rules of golf committee Of the
Royal and Ancient Golf Club OF St
Andrews. Scotland, which committee
interprets the rules.
The Brooklyn Museum is indebted
to Henry Goldman OF New York for
the gift OF a painting in tenpera by
julius Rolshoven. This painting is en-
titled War Chief Sun Arrow. Taos
Tribe. New Mexico" and is held by
various persons, including Mr.. Roll
shoven, to be his masterpiece. Mr.
Rolshoven is widely known as an i'm
portant member of the Taos Society Of
Artists, centring at Taos. n. NJ Many
of these artists were formerly devoted
to Morocco and Tunis as inspiration
for their subject matter, and after
their visits to these countries were
made difficult by the war have been
led to settle at Taos by the discovery
that the atmosphere and color. which
they had found In Africa were also to
be found in New Mexico.
| Mr. Rolshoven was born in Detroit
! in 1858. He was a pupil Of the Cooper
! Union and subsequently studied In
Dusseldorf. Munich and Paris, and
was also pupil Of Frank Duveneck In
Florence. He Is member Of many
societies. including the Munich Seces-
sion. and has received many awards
and medals at various expositions, in
Guiding the Paris Exposition Of 1885
and 1900. the Pan-American at Buf.
falo in 1901, ST. Louis Exposition in
1904. and other expositions in Munich
Berlin. Brussels and Chicago. He Is
represented by pictures in the mu-
seums OF Detroit and Minneapolis, the
Union League Club of Chicago and
many private collections.
| Previous TO the war Mr.. Rolshoven
was for many years a resident Of Flor
ence. where he owned a very remark
able old italian villa on the Viale
Michelangelo. In the picture which
Mr.. Goldman has presented TO the
: Brooklyn Museum the Taos War Chief
Sun Arrow is represented as mounted
on spirited white horse and holding
aloft decorated war shield. A muffied
! and hooded figure stands near the
| horses head and symbOlIzey tho dwell
ers in the sunset land toward which
Sun Arrow is bound, Two other
mounted Indians are seen a the rear
background following the chief. The
decorated shield OF the warrior, his
costume, the trappings OF the horst
and the mountain desert background
offer a combination OF contrasts Oh
strong color, seen in brilliant sunlight
The picture is now hung and on view
in the Brooklyn Museum as part Oh
the current exhibition entitled "wilt
Life in Art"