The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-30
INDEPENDENTS RUN
GAMUT IN ART SHOW
"No Jury-No Prizes" Policy
Results in Wide Range
From Grave to Gay.
CUBISTS NOT ECLIPSED
Brooklyn Woman Surprises by
Naive Painting-Some Are
Decidedly Lively.


Those who have yearned all their
lives for q peep behind the scenes, those
who like unpropagan dixed information.
those who prefer the incorporated edl-
lions of anything. thoae who think they
have sufficient ability to do their own
editing-all these should attend the third
annual exhibition Of the Independent
Artists, whose show opened to invited
guests with a peculiar sort Of an eclat
on Friday evening and Is now available
for all.
This society of artists has for its
slogan No jury, no prices" and any
artist. no matter how much suppressed
hitherto. can exhibit in It upon payment
Of a slight entrance fee. In Its history
Of two years the society has been
the means Of discovering q dozen or
two Of talents that will at least bear
being watched by those who hope TO
SEQ the native art enfranchised some
day from It's French apronstrings and
has also had one veritable triumph in
the choosing OF a landscape by one OF
Brooiuyn--to be sent 10 the Luxem-
bourg exhibition in Paris.
Enthusiasm Proves Contagious.
Miss Julia Kelly. who, some say, has
never had any training in the arts. and
certainly has not had much, paints
naively. but abe has an enthusiasm for
the scene that has engaged her fancy
that 10 contagious Already. SO quick
is fame In these days. people begin to
know Julia Kelly when they soc one.
Her two contributions this year arc
characteristic, with tree trunks In un-
diluted Vandyke brown and blue skies
that are shaded as carefully as those
Of Lorenzo al Cred! but the feeling in
them is genuine and unmistakable. She
appears to be about to set the fashion
for naivete-she already has some fol-
lowers-but It Is a fashion that cannot
hurt US.
An artist who resolutely refuses to be
naive is Miss Marjorie Organ. and her
works. 1t should be noted, have not been
accepted for the Paris exhibition. One
OF Miss Organs pictures was surrounded
at all times on Friday evening by an
awed. not to say frightened. crowd Tho
subject Is a dance. and II the dance is
one OF those that occur at Webster Hall
then surely the half had not been told
us about those dances until Miss Organ
painted this picture. The gentlemen
clasp their partners with a degree more
OF enthusiasm than was recommended
by the late Mr.. Dodsworth. and the
ladies. too. seem to be feeling the music
deeply. Miss Organ. without doubt.
wishes to preach great moral lesson
with this painting. but. alas, It is a
lesson that may be misapprehended by
the ungodly.
The cuo.sts. far from being dissipated
by the war. as II was promised they
would be. are out In force. They had
the money to pay to exhibit, so there
was no way to keep them out. The
most pronounced and successful cubism
has been practised by a group OF young
Japanese artists sojournlng at present
in New York. The Japanese who are
not cubiHtic are naive like Miss Julia
Kelly. Their affiliations with these two
schools. for the Japanese have never
been denied cleverness. show the way the
artistic winds are blowing.
Portrays Crush In the Subway.
T. X. Gado. the most insistent of these
Orientals. shows n Push Hour In the
Subway" that certainly syntheszes all
the emotions that can he felt In a sub
way rush. Most people will agree that
no other method in art could have 50
matched the experience. The Third
Day." by Van Vleet Tompkins, while
not precisely cubistic. IL so advanced in
style that the vulgar will easily class II
as such. 1t shows n group OF rounded
hills In startlt7gly combined fiat colors.
with mysterious sky back Of them.
Mr.. Tompkins's effort and also the bril-
liant sally in color by Mr.. Cummings
will greatly Impress those who have ar
rived at an appreciation Of the abstract
in art.
Mrs. Soskice a Russian, who won con-
siderable regard by her sculptures In
last years Indepe ndent, shows life
size female figure typifying Spring
that is admirable. A quite small land
scape by Emile Blanchard, a newcomer.
has real charm. and a Letter from
Home" by Mary Nielsen. has much I'M
conscious humor.
The exhibition runs from grave TO
gay. and is too diverse and too unex-
pected to be hit of in single notice.
Many artists already well known con-
tribute of their best out OF sympathy for
the mo jury" cause. Among these are
John Sloan, who sends the Young
Christ Among the Doctors" and Robert
Henri. who portraitizes Mr. Sloan. The
| rooms. which are upon the roof Of the
Waldorf Hotel. serve admirably to dis
play this strangest and at the same time
liveliest OF exhibitions : and they have
bean divided into labyrinthine alcoves
which makes a tour of the galleries an
adventure in itself