New-York tribune., 1919-04-27
GROUP OF AMERICAN PAINTERS

Carl Melchers and Mr.. Adolphe Borie.
The collection of thirty-five canvases
is truly contemporaneous in quality,
and IS interesting. DR.. Grant is to be
congratulated on having launched a
good scheme in the right way.
AT the Babcock Gallery there are a
number of New England pictures by
Mr.. Henry r. Poore He has won de-
served repute as painter of animals,
and some excellent studies Of hounds
are presented in this collection, but he
has never neglected landscape, and he
now places it well in the foreground.
conspicuous trait is his interpreta-
tion of the American countryside in
terms of simple but effective compost
ton. His scenes are put together with
judgment. Sometimes his motive is
light, spontaneous, as in the sketch of
hill, under breezy blue and white sky.
But generally his designs are carefully
pondered, as in quiet "Seaweed Poach-
err" or the New England Wastes" or
the "Mists Rising on the Marshes" :"
This last picture reveals at its best
MIR. Poore's interesting faculty for the
treatment of atmosphere. But it is in
what we must call "local color" that
he chiefly eXcels, the expression not
only Of the tangible facts, but of the
peculiar sentiment belonging to his
scenes in Connecticut and Massachu-
sets.
The current show at Silo's Fifth
Avenue Art Galleries might seem at
first blush to be a rather heterogeneous
episode. The place is crowded with
more than 1000 objects of decorative
art, some of them antique, but most
of them the product of modern crafts
manship. This bewildering array of
furniture, laces, marbles and so on
really stands. however, for the spirit of
a single place and its people. When
the war drove the artisans of Venice
from their homes and workshops the
Association of Venetian Industries was
formed to serve these refugees and
supply them with the means of con-
tinuing their activities. This exhibi-
tion has been sent over here, and is
held under the auspices of the Italian
Embassy as Washington to show
what they have been doing, and the
proceeds of the sale, which begins to-
week, will be devoted to reestablishing
the pre-war industry of Venice. 1t is
most persuasive in the departments of
lace and glass. These crafts have for
ages been characteristic of Venice.
They bear the stamp of faithful and
capable emulation of the past The
furniture also is significant of appre-
cation of antique models. In the de-
partmcnts Of wrought iron and of
plastic art generally the standard is
high. The smaller objects show an
ability which is less impressive as il
grows more ambitious. Throughout
the collection there are abundant signs
Of that sumptuous instinct which is
part Of the Venetian birthright. the
love of opulent form and OF rich color
The sale should prove popular with
those who are always on the lookout for
objects Of household use and decora-
tion.
The exhibition of Ernest Roth's
work at the Hotel Bossert, Brooklyn,
contains many fine paintings and etch-
ings. He is highly successful in sug
gesting the atmosphere of changing
seasons in series of outdoor studies
such as Goal Pockets-Winter," "The
Ledge-Spring," Hillside-Winter,"
"village Winter" and Frozen
Marsh" while his Spring Morning"
glows with the radiant promise that
spreads over even tumble-down sub
urban shacks at the spring of the year.