The sun., 1919-04-21
0. P. LTNDE'S ART
PUT ON EXHIBITION
Finds His Themes in Connec.
ticut and Displays Plenty
Of Color.
WORKS OF ASTON KNIGHT
His Landscapes Showing
Charms of Rural France
Placed on View.

Paintings by ossip p. Linde follow
those by Guy Virgins In the new and
admirably appointed New York gal
leries Of Howard Young. Mr.. Linde went
to Venice to enrich his palette and while
there acquired the taste for canals. small
bridges. and the reflections Of houses
In water. SO that he was later Obliged
to paint In Bruges and other old world
places where similar attractions are Of
fersd.
In America he has found some themes
IN Connecticut, where the wind and the
ram and the summer sun operate as
they do in Venice. although not always
SO dramatically. The chances are that
Mr.. Linde. with his marked inclinations.
VIII drift. IL he remains on this side, TO
new Orleans. or the Taos region, or to
Quebec, in all of which places the archi-
tectural cuts more OF figure than II
does in Connecticut.
Mr.. Linde composes his pictures with
readiness, and colors them plentlfully.
He has gift for the arrangement of
steps. old arches. gates, etc, that might
get him in good repute with our theatri-
Cal managers, who are inclining moro
ana more, 1t is said, to the employ
ment of artists for the mise en- scenes.
Aston knights landscape exhibition
In the Scott and Fowles galleries Is maxi
Ing one Of the most pronounced sue,
cess OF the moment on the avenue. so
much SO that not all the listed land
scapes now remain on the walls.
One secret Of II Is that he recalls
as forcibly as anyone now painting here,
"a has
which so many of our best citizens have
been cut of for number OF years. He
paints quiet, intimate rivers with
matched and rose-embowered summer
houses by the brim. and always, or
almost always, the sunshine Of particu-
larly Joyous days. He drifts away from
the simplicity OF Arcade in one OF
these pieces. study of a chateau on
the banks OF the river Risle, but 10 hap
pens to be one OF his best. The brick
chateau itself Ia Of the most comfortable
type, and the roses Of the foreground
and the reflections in the rivers, con-
spire to make 1t a popular work.
Another canvas that receives atten-
ton is a decorative panel 10 wide that
II seems to have been designed as an
'over-mantel, and that celebrates a sun
set in a charming country The Ameri-
summerville. 8. c., and near Pine Or
chard. Conn.
The new kingore Gallery Is showing a
collection OF recent water colors and
monotypes by Paul Dougherty. which re-
main on view until April 26. Mr.. Dough-
erty's water colors are already too well
known to call for a complete analysis.
He paints them with considerable vigor
and with the breadth that comes from a
longer experience in painting with oils.
He uses the medium correctly enough.
and the spectator cannot be sufficiently
grateful to him for that in these days.
when so much body color is used In the
pseudo -aquarelles that they often can
not be distinguished by the hasty stu
dent from oils.
There are no fixed rules for the use
OF gouache, however and a great genius
Is never much stopped by any rule The
great Winslow Homer often used touches
OF body color in some of his most mas
terly water colors. and no one has a
word to say against 1t. There is such a
thing as good form. though. and the
artist who knows he has not a burning
message to give to the world can never