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New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
The Personal Touch Versus
Academic Discipline

So long as Mr.. Hassam paints land
scape he is on safe ground. The charm
of his pictures may vary, but funda-
mentally they maintain their vital, in
teresting quality. With the figure he
takes his chances, sometimes hits the
mark, but as often stumbles into dull
ness. The nude, brought we'll into the
foreground, almost invariably battles
HIM. The cleaning bodies now and then
enlivening his outdoor scenes are paint
ed on a small scale, they are no more
than piquant accents on the main
theme, and they fit pleasantly into the
picture Ioslated and studied at
full length, they are sadly disap-
pointing. Take the "Spring Gar
land" of 1909. or the "Youth" Of
1914. They are pretty bits, but that is
all. They disclose no distinction of line,
no skill in modelling. Curiously, they do
not even reflect the gusto which is ordi-
narily inseparable from Mr.. Hassam's
work. They seem to have been painted
doggedly, by main strength, and at the
same time. if we may risk the seeming
contradiction in terms, feebly. What
has become of that personal touch on
which we are inclined to lay so much
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

sable in art. Lacking it, the artist
might as we'll put up the shutters. 1t
has worked and still works something
like miracles for Mr.. Hassam. 1t has
placed him in the front rank of Amer
lean painters. Because he has it, his
work remains an admirable example
OF good American painting" And vet
We never see a collection of his pic
lures, rich, as this one is, in sensa-
tions for which we are grateful, with
out wishing that divers other virtues
had been added unto him. Think Of
what his nudes would be like if they
were put together with more construc-
tive powert Think Of what his art
would be with finer elements of in
ventive design, with a deeper imagina-
tive glow, with a wider scope as to
ideas! But to think these thoughts is
possibly to go little nearer than we
ought to go to the unlawful process
of asking Mr.. Hassam to be somebody
else. Let US rejoice, instead, that his
ardor for beauty, for light and color,
and for the sheer poy of painting takes
him as far as it does. 1t takes him a
long way.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

haps, but there is a difference, and it
IS IN this difference that we find the
explanation of Mr.. Hassam's success as
all artist. His craftsmanship is more
sensitive than theirs; he has a more
eXact'ng taste. He has founded his
ivory tower not on any recondite ideas.
He has no interest in subject as sub
ject. There is only trace of senti-
ment, and that a slight one, in this
entire exhibition, the picture of the
girl at the piano, "Thc Marechal Mel
Rose" But all through his paintings
there is disclosed the best foundation
of ALA feeling for beauty. There
are times when decorative beauty at
tracts him. Witness the background
in "The West Indian Girl" the web of
form and color based on fruits and
LEAKAGE. But as a rule the beauty for
which he searches is in no wise con-
fined within the borders of a pattern.
1t is, instead, the beauty of nature
pure and simple, an affair Of light and
color, of some casual moment of SEN
suous charm. Specifically consid
cred, Mr. Hassam seems a versatile
type. He uses all the mediums. He
paints the figure and he paints land
scapc. Still life interests him. He has
wandered far and widc here and in
Europe, in pursuit Of his themes, and
wherever he goes he interprets what
he sees with marked sympathy and un-
derstanding. Nothing could be more
intensely "local" than his delightful
pastel, "The Graveyard at Lexington,
Mass" unless it be the tiny sketch of
an English seawall, the "Broadstairs !"
There is versatility, we suppose, in all
this. Yet there is one thing which he
does better than anything else.
This is the kind of picture that is
represented by "The Laurel in the
Ledges, Appledore," or by "The Sea
Gull" Such works as these inspire the
surmise that if Mr.. Hassam had devoted
himself altogether to landscape he might
have made himself one of the greatest
pillars of our school. He has the salient
merit of our school, which is to exploit
than to work out the ACCIDENTALLY bal
anced composition. His open air sub
jects are never forced-they happen.
He has wonderful gift for the defni
tion of ground forms, for the free but
exact delineation of rocky shores, for
| the painting Of green things, and the
clear, cool illumination of skies. The
sylvan sweetness of the October
Woods" is beyond praise. He has
dealt over and over again with the
motive of this composition and in those
versions of it which have set nude fig
ures against a screen of trees he has
sometimes deviated into somewhat
specious effect. But the October
Woods" doesn't harbor a single mere
tricious stroke. Here his wonted sim
cerity again wins the day.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
The Part 1t Has Played in the
Growth of MIR. Childe Hassam

two painters. Monet and Renoir. "
reproduce one of the pictures by tn
latter, his "Canotiers Chaton." da.
ing from 1879. 1t is said to have bee,
so highly priced by the artist himself
that 1t was only in recent years that
he could be persuaded to sell It, Even
small reproduction throws some light
on his affection for it. Obviously this
is one of the finest things he ever
painted. There are four other Lenoirs
in the collection, early and late illus
trations of his art Mr.. Emmons
brought together no fewer than nine
teen examples of Claude Monet. BEGIN
ming with works of the early '70s and
ending with four pieces from the Ven
ice set of ten years ago.. The Thames
set is also represented and there is
one of the lily pond pictures painted
at the artists Giverny home. Alto
gether this sale, which occurs in the
ballroom of the Plaza next January.
promises to prove the most remarkable
affair of the kind since the Fuller and
Sutton groups of Monets were sent to
the hammer.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

stress? The answer brings us back to
our original problem. The personal
touch, precious as it is, potential as it is,
will not always tell the whole story.
There are phases of art in which it is
helpless without academic discipline.
The ivory tower is blissful habitation
but there is nothing talismanic about
1T. 10 dwell therein is not necessarily
to be lowered with all of an artists re-
sources.
1t is possible to say of an enormous
amount Of the work done by this ex-
ceptionally prolific artist that it is
painted" meaning that it is packed
with sound, authoritative technique. It
is rarely possible to say of one of his
nudes that it is drawn" meaning that
the craftsmanship in it is thorough
going and distinguished. He has bet
ter luck with the draped figure. The
piano picture already cited offers a
case in point. The "West Indian Girl"
offers another. Whenever he has the
color in stuffs, in flowers and other &C
cessories to deal with he paints with
surer brush; and if he can bring
plenty of sunny air into his scheme the
prospects for good picture are even
more favorable. But the figure sub
Jects here are not, in general, the can
vases on which it is most agreeable
to Enger. They nave their attractive
points. On the other hand, they are
no more indicative of Mr.. Hassam's
strength than they are of his weak
ness. His weakness, concisely ex-
pressed, would appear to reside in his
attempting to carry the effectiveness
of the personal touch too far, in as
suming that it will endow almost any
production with artistic vitality. 1t is
at first blush inspiriting to observe
talent as versatile as his, to watch it's
operations in so many fields, but it is
disconcerting to find that while some
of the etchings, for example, are
charming, others are empty, and that
the Autographs and water colors are
in the same uncertain case
Is not this suggestive of the very
perils which lurk in that personal
quality on which we have paused with
so much appreciation? 1t is indispen-
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
The PERSONAL TOUCH IN PAINTING

tury in flower design. This shawl was
the property of the Faith Ali Shah in
Persia, who was contemporary OF
Napoleon the First
Square wood block print, made DUR
ing the eighteenth century, covered
with floral designs and considered one
of the finest specimens of its kind.
Wood block print, representing pray
er design. The center is covered with
beautiful floral design and rose bush.
each side representing cypress sur
rounded with floral design.
A Royal Kurdistan, made in the
city of SIENNA forty years ago by spe-
cal order of Prince Farman Farma
for presentation to the late Shah Mas
sered Din of Persia, the design being
combination Of floral Persian and
Monaghan geometric.
"Seat Of Honor" rug made in
SIENNA, capital Of Kurdistan, has field
occupied by stately so-called palm
leaves" inclosing the tree of life.
A very large Isfahan-meshed rug H.
lustrates an early design.
A collection of pieces of pot
terry dating back to the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries, excavated from
the ruins of palaces buried in the an
cient city of Rhages. tho site of which
is within a few miles from the city Of
Teheran, the present capital of Persia.
hese pieces are remarkab BILE in work
manship, in the richness of the glaze,
i'll the symbolic motif represented in
each, and in the fact that they consist
of the original pieces which have
fortunately been discovered and put
together. that is, there are no missing
pieces in these to have been replaced
by modern repairing. The iridescent
pieces mostly belong to the Sultanabad
ruins and the iridescence is caused by
the oxidation brought about by con-
tact with the ground. Those designed
in gold are usually palace pieces, while
those in rich blue have been dedicated
to religious purposes.
Plaque, made of composition metal
and said by some to commemorate the
Fall of Babylon under Cyrus. This is
an exact miniature of the bas-relief at
Parsargadae near Perseopolis.
Furniture, which displays rare
skill, comprises two chests, table,
chairs and several boxes, in very
hard wood, inlaid with ivory, ebony
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
Exhibition of Persian
Art at Bush Terminal

Among many attractive articles in the
exhibition of Persian art opening to-
morrow at the Bushi Terminal Building
are the following: Tapestry, represent
ing every specimen which was made
from the thirteenth to the eighteenth
century. One item is considered won
derful piece, as it depicts the idea of
art from different centuries. This is
the only complete collection which was
found in ancient Persia.
A beautiful specimen shawl covered
with fine embroidery of palm leaf and
floral design, in which the center rep
resents the tree of life, on which are
posed two doves. made in the late
eighteenth century, is considered one
of the finest specimens of its kind
A seventeenth century large WOW
en- shawl. This is the only shawl
seen done in the late seventeenth CEN
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
and gold, made during the last three
hundred years, and intended for re-
ceptions to diplomats.

and gold, made during the last three
hundred years, and intended for re-
ceptions to diplomats.
Scroll manuscript, of the Koran
(Mahometan Bible), which when
folded is about three inches in di
mensions. 1t was owned by Faith Ali
Shah, a contemporary of Napoleon. 1t
is written with reed pen in the small
est script possible. The main verses
of the Koran are placed in larger
script across the pages. The writings
and the floral design are of such ex-
quisite form that critics have pro-
nounced this manuscript the finest and
most valuable specimen of Persian cal
ligraphy extant.
Complete manuscript of Salamanca,
of Firdousi (tenth century,, written
in Nastakq style in about the year
500 A. H. (5O5 years ago). The work
contains twenty-one miniature water
text The miniature represents some
of the best features of that artistic
design and coloring which later laid the
foundation of the art Of the Behzad
school. The cover is in old gold,
burnt in field of parchment, COW
cred with Arabesque design. This is
the famous Bey Songhori manuscript.
For, as the preface, which gives the
date, states, this was copied by order
of Shah Bey Songhori Khan from the
most authentic manuscript then ex-
tant.
Brass, copper and steel works, dat
ing back from thirteenth to eighteenth
century. The collection consists of
several jars beautifully engraved and
enameled, q set of finger bowls. which
are called "Afetbeh" Logan, consist
ing of four pieces engraved with the
finest floral design and rose bush,
which are also plated with gold
Fine examples of armor and metal
work, including battle axes and maces
that were not intended for actual
fighting but were carried by heralds
A gun is also part Of the collection,
being one of the earliest ever made in
Persia.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
Random Impressions
In Current Exhibitions

The painters calling themselves "The
Eclectics" have just opened an exhibit
ton at the Babcock gallery. This is
their fifth annual appearance. The
show lasts until December 6.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

A collection of water colors and
pastels assembled by Mrs. Albert
Sterner may be seen at the Knoedler
gallery. 1t contains few foreign
pieces, sketches by Pisarro and Renoir,
and a particularly spirited Bull Fight"
by Roberto Domingo; but the bulk of
the work is American, ranging from
Maine coast studies by Winslow Homer
to woodland pastels by Robert Henri
and examples of George Bellows, AL
bert Sterner, Childe Hassam and w.
Glackens. The Southern scenes by
George Hart are especially to be noted.
Downstairs at this gallery there is a
room handsomely filled with eighteenth
century portraits. Accompanying them
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

Mr.. Man Ray presents at the Daniel
gallery group of drawings and paint
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
BY Royal Cortissoz

Occasionally there appears in the
salesroom a collection possessing so
distinguished character that one
hates to see it broken up. Such COL
lection is that formed by Mr.. Arthur
3. Emmons, of Newport and this city,
which is to be dispersed under the
Suspices of the American Art Associa-
ton this winter. 1t is dedicated to but
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

The fourth annual exhibition of the
Brooklyn Society of Etchers will be
opened in the print galleries of the
Brooklyn Museum on Wednesday, De-
cember 8, to last until December 81.
There will be fifty-two contributors,
who will send original works in etch-
ing, dry point, aquatint and mezzotint.
Four prizes will be awarded.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

Continued on page thirteen
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23

The Powell Gallery announces an ex
hibition Of portrait drawings and New
York street scenes by Caroline Van H
Bean. 1t lasts until the end of the
month.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-23
are some busts by the British sculptor
Lynn Jenkins

The Keppel gallery brings forward
collection of threescore Of Zorn's etch-
ings, many of them in fine Impressions
A few new plates are included, further
illustrations of this artists skill in de-
picting the nude out of doors. They
denote no progress. On the contrary,
Zorn's earlier etchings remain his best
works with the needle. He has never
done anything to beat, for example, the
magnificent Ernest Renan" with
which he long ago won fame. Zorn is
an odd type. He draws swiftly and
with amazing accuracy. His portraits
are among the most vitalized prints
in modern art. The nudes are all
clever performances and some Of them
have undeniable charm. But in style
he belongs amongthe virtuosi of pen
craftsmanship rather than amongst
the masters of etching. An exhibition
like this always gives pleasure and al
ways leaves the connoisseur of pure
etching little dissatisfied.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-17
News About Jews Everywhere

Morris Schinasi, arrived from Egypt
and in 1895 the firm of Schlnasl
Brothers was formed.
The following year the partners
sold out to the Tobacco Products
Corporation for the sum OF $3,oOO,-
600.
The deceased, in recognition for
his services in introducing Turkish
tobacco here, received decoration
from the Sultan of Turkey. He was
an expert in Egyptian art and pos
sessed collection of jewels valued
at nearly $1,500,000.
Twelve years ago he purchased
the Villa Julia in Riverside Drive
and Eighty-Ninth street for $780,
600. It was at this residence that
he passed away yesterday.
Mr.. Schinasi was of Portuguese
Jewish birth. He is survived by his
wife and son, Leon.
Following the funeral Monday,
the terms of the will of the deceased
were announced. The estate is val
ued at more than 100000 and a
large part is to be devoted to the
establishment of the Solomon Schl-
nasi Memorial Hospital.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-17
POLISH PAPERS AND SIR
STUART SAMUEL.

The Warsaw Gazette, in announc-
ing the expected arrival OF the
British Commission of Inquiry in
Poland, emphasized the fact that its
head, Sir Stuart Samuel, was a Jew.
1t angrily inquired whose idea it was
to send another commission to
Poland, and reminded the Powers
that Poland was not hotel.
The Liberum Veto, in discussing
Sir Stuart Samuel's mission, states
that if he believes that Poland's hos
pitality and patience have no limits
he has made grave mistake. 1--WE
can treat his mission in an I'M
ceremonious MANNER" added the
newspaper.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-17
BAN ON JEWISH DOCTORS
AND LAWYERS IN
GALICIA.

London (By I. J. P. B.)-Emi-
grafton to America or to Palestine
has come to be the only hope left to
most of the former Jewish officials
and professional men in Galicia.
The lawyers spend their time in en-
forced idleness in the streets or in
the libraries. None of the civil or
military hospitals will admit Jew
ish doctors. Jews who. have spent
the greater part of their lives in gov
eminent service now find themselves
dismissed, and have to resort to
peddling cheap articles, or become
walters in restaurants in order to
keep from starving.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-17
SOLOMON SCHINASI DIES IN
NEW YORK.

New York. -So1omon Schinasl
passed away at his residence in this
city Saturday, following a two
weeks illness of heart disease. He
was sixty years of age.
The deceased amassed millions OF
dollars in the cigarette making bust
ness after introducing Turkish to-
bacco for cigarettes in this country.
He began the manufacture of Turk
ish tobacco cigarettes in the window
of a small shop at So Broad street
after other cigarette makers refused
to handle the tobacco which he had
brought to this country from Tur-
key.
He was born in Egypt and came to
America in 1892. It was at that time
that he began the manufacture OF
his cigarettes. Later his brother,
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-17
JEWISH MINISTERS IN THE
UKRAINIAN CABINET.

Odessa (By I. J. P. B)-Four
Jews have become Ministers in the
Ukrainian Cabinet. The Poale-Zi-
onist Gherman and the Bundist
Breitman are Assistant-Ministers in
the Department of Labor; M. Do
ladar is the ssistant-Minister OF
National Defense, and M. Krasni the
Minister for Jewish Affairs.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-17
GENERAL ALLENBY PRAISES
DICTIONARIES.

London (By I. J. P. B)-Ihe
Jews here gave a hearty reception to
General Allenby at meeting in his
honor in Guildhall, at which Chief
Rabbi Hertz was chairman. Cen
eral Allenby spoke and praised the
heroism shown by the Jewish legion
naires, who he said were the equals
of the soldiers of any other nationall-
ty.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-17
GRADUATE OF u. OF G. BE.
COMES PROFESSOR AT
WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY.

A graduate of the University of
Chicago, DR.. Ezra J. Kraus, who re-
ceived his Doctors degree from that
institution in 1917 for work in the
Department of Botany, has just been
made professor of applied botany at
the University of Wisconsin. His
work will consist largely of research
dealing with plants of horticultural
and agricultural interest.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-17
pp1NcE FEISUL OPPOSED TO
JEWISH PALESTINE.

The Jewish Chronicle publishes in
this weeks issue an interview with
Prince Feisul, of Arabia, the newly
recognized kingdom. Prince Feisul
had at first expressed himself as
favorable to the Zionist plan regard
ing Palestine and expressed himself
so in several interviews while ne was
in Paris attending the Peace Con-
ference. In his interview this week
he appears to take rather hostile
view towards the plan of Jewish
homeland in Palestine.
He said that the Arabian king
dom aims to build up a strong en-
pire, embracing Syria, Palestine and
Mesopotamia. ALL Arabs through
out the world would fight to the last
drop of their blood if anything were
deducted therefrom. Palestine can
be called the land of the Jews as
much as Andalusia, in Spain, can be
called the land of the Arabs. He
said that the Arabs would welcome
large Jewish immigration into Pal
estine, but that the Jews must not
expect to become the rulers OF the
land. He declared that the Arab
population was very much wrought
UP on reading the suggestion made
by Mr.. Zangwill some time ago that
all the Arabs should be deported
from Palestine.
Prince Feisul's declaration is TAX
en- in London as a public manifesto
on the part of the Arab government
as to it's relation to the Zionist
movement.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-17
TWO JEWISH COMPOSERS
WIN FAME.

The only new orchestral work to
be produced by the Chicago Sym
phony Orchestra this season will be
Ernest Bloch's Symphony played in
New York last winter, which made
profound impression. Mr.. Fred
erick Stock, conductor of the orches-
ira, also speaks enthusiastically
tons, singing him out as one OF
the coming American composers.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1919-10-17

The Rev. DR.. Stephen S. Wise, in
an address on Sunday before the
Free Synagogue, denounced the
United States Steel Corporation as
among the most prolific breeders Of
Bo1shevism in America. He con-:
demned what he termed the indus
trial serfdom of the steel and iron
workers and told of their trials and
fluctuations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-13
COB PIPES FOB EVERYBODY.
Missouri Congressman Gives Them
at State Society Picnic.

Picnic parties arriving at Great
Falls yesterday afternoon may have
observed gray cloud hanging over
that resort, which on investigation
would have been found to rise from a
multitude OF corncob pipes of a bright
yellow hue.
The occasion for the widespread
use of the Missouri meerschaums''
was the annual outing of the Missouri
society. at which Representative w.
l.. Nelson of the eighth Missouri
district, distributed corncob tobacco
consumers to all the men of the So
ciety and to other picnickers as long
as the supply held out. BoonviIIe
Mo. which is in Mr.. Nelson's district
is the worlds greatest pipe center
several million pipes being manufac-
tured there annually and distributed
all over the world