The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-06
REMARKABLE ART
Is AT PENGUIN CLUB
L. Bouche, q Young French
man, Exhibits Picture Of
-. Oriental Woman.
APACHE APPEARS IN IT
Artist Paints With q Full
knowledge Of Cubistic Tricks
Odd Sculpture.
APACHE APPEARS IN 1T

There are many remarkable paintings
IN the exhibition at tho Penguin Club by
what Is called the Temporary Group"
of painters, but the most remarkable OF
all is a work by l. Bouche
NJ. Bouche is q young Frenchnan who
has been transplanted into this country
at tender age. but who has developed
with strange closeness to the type that
hourishes in the neighborhood Of the
Place Pigalle, Paris. To all intents and
purposes he is still perfectly French. and
there Is not trace Of the rural districts
In his manner Of painting
His picture shows a young Oriental
woman of New York making ready for
. costume ball She has less than the
usual Oriental retioence in regard to
these matters. for the window Is wide
open. and the American sailors lounglng
on the sidewalk below could see every
thing II they wished, but as II happens,
they are. as the French say. tres gen.
tlemen, and do not look
yillainous Intluder.
AT ono sue Oh mo picture tleTo 10 tilo
figure of a very villainous young man. a
real Apache. who has burst asunder the
Nottingham lace curtains and has en-
tered by the window. What he intends
no one may know. The young lady Is
unbalanced, but the spectator fears the
worst
M. Bouche is not exactly a cubist, but
he paints with a full knowledge of the
cubistic tricks. and his style may be
said to be a compound of all the favored
schools of the day. 1t Is all the more
triumph for the post-impressionists,
therefore. that the language NJ. Bouchs
speaks may be so easily understood. No
one knows exactly what is going to
happen In the picture-for that matter
no one ever really knows what is going
TO happen when two people meet In real
life-but the moral atmosphere of the
piece can be felt by all and sandry. And
without much study! In fact, the moral
atmosphere in NJ. Bouche's picture is
distinctly lurid.
After this people will not be able to
say that cubism cannot be understood
Another cubistic work that does not re-
qMre a title Is by Hugo Robus is his
spark Impressions" which sums up in
enc picture many of the sidelights one
obtains in a motor trip through the park
Mr.. Robuss picture can he understood
well enough, out IL ID not SO rlCn III
color nor so compactly designed as a
moonlight picture by Ben Benn, which,
however. will only appeal, for the pres
ent. to those who have had a great deal
Of experience with pictures.
Cubists Out in Force.
The cubists, while not owning the
whole OF the Penguin exhibition. are
out in force In addition to those cited
there are afro some silk bed coverlets by
Rozel Butler, the designs OF which are
modern and highly successful adapta.
tfons OF the old crazy quilt" patterns; q
beautiful decorative composition by Ar
thur B. Davies, called "On Violence
and interesting works by Abram Wal
kowitz, Charles Demuth, Wood Gaylor
Mr.. Dickinson. Horace Brodsky, Gui
Mayer and Mr.. Cummings.
The sculpture by Hunt Diedrich and
CASTOR Lachaise is as unusual as mos
Of the paintings. Mr.. Diedrich shows {
bulfght, with bull and a matador con
structed out OF thin sheets OF bent metal
The cieverness of the thing is extreme ant
II is amazing to see how the sculptor car
ries out the spirit of the scene IN sucf
difficult materials. Mr.. Lachaises con