New-York tribune., 1919-04-20

MI. OSSlp LlnQe, VINO IS cHIlUllillS
some OF his recent pictures at the How
ard Young gallery, shows in them
that ne has made marked progress in
his art. Ne has always left pleasant
impression, but never before has he
seemed to work with such confidence,
with such sure facility, and to such
engaging ends. He paints American
landscapes, disclosing a charming touch
in the notation of luminous LEAKAGE.
The "Springtime, Connecticut" offers
perhaps the best illustration of his
WORK in this direction. The Venetian
subjects are curiously, the least per-
suasive souvenirs of his travels abroad.
We say "curiously" because the sub
ject is one which should we'll inspire
an artist of his temperament and meth
cd. BY all odds the most felicitous Of
his European canvases, however, are
his four or five Belgian scenes. The
Canal in Bruges" and the afternoon
Glow" with its picturesque row of
white gabled houses, are wholly de-
lightful performances, rich in color,
winning in style and admirably COM
posed.
The Salmagundi Club is holding an
exhibition of thumb box sketches which
will last until April 27. All The sketch
es are by mem bors.
At the Anderson Galleries next Tues
! day afternoon there will be sold the
| fifth part cf the collection of the late
Thomas E. n. Curtis, of Plainfeld, N.
j. 1t consists of historical blue and
white Staffordshire lustre ware, Euro
pean porcelain and miscellaneous Eu-
ropean, Mohammedan and Far Eastern
objects of art. Beginning on the 26th
there will be shown at this place
Chinese and Japanese objects of art
consigned by Saito, Of New York, Yoko-
hama and Hong Kong. The sale will
be carried through May l, 2 and g.
DR.. Percy Stickney Grant announces
an exhibition of paintings by contem-
porary American artists in the parish
house of the Church of the Ascension
1t will last from tomorrow until May
21 1t is to be the first of series de-
voted to American and international
art.
The exhibition, which we take to be
the last one of the season at the Mac
Dowell Club to last from April 90 to
May II, is to be made up of works by
tour groups of artists, a crowded COM
pany, including Robert Henri, Randall
Davey, Jane Peterson, William Stark
weather and many others This show
is confined to water colors, pastels and
drawings.
Not all the talk that is printed about
the new movement in stage investiture
and there arc floods Of i.-could ever
accomplish quite what ought to be ac-
complished by the exhibition of "Amer-
lean Stage Designs at the Bourgeois
gallery. There is plenty of talk in the
catalogue here; there are really illumi-
mating essays by Mr.. Kenneth Mac
gowan and others, but what the show
| N'PCt ti<'ily NOco 10 " lNthC ldnRlDlp ana
comprehensive in the best possible
way, through the appeal to the eye, just
what the designers are driving at
There are drawings, and in one room
series Of we'll lit models brings the
lessons of the new movement close
home. 1t is q rather recondite lesson.
Problems of lighting mean so much in
1T, and on that account the drawings
are little unsatisfactory. The models
/ do more to bring out the effects aimed
at. But the important point is the
essential character of the effects. in
which romanticism and simplicity seem
to play about equal parts. There are
some impulses disclosed which tend
toward the bizarre In general the
style dominating is q style based on
thoughtful and original construction,
that recognizes the theatrical. element
indispensable to things theatrical, vet
struggles always to keep it in check
with true artistic feeling, to ally the
theatre with life and at the same time
submit 1T to elevated laws of design. 1t
Is the influence of design as design, of
kind Of artistic ratonalizing of the
subject, that is the best sign of prog
ress given in the exhibition Mr.. Rob-
ert Edmond Jones, Mr. Joseph Urban.
Mr.. Sam Hume and their colleagues are
exciting and refreshing because thew
indicate play of genuine Intelligence
and taste in their world of scenery and
ingenious illumination. They are law
lsh OF color, but it is color subjected to
Judicious discipline. No one who
cares for the bettermcnt of theatrical
spectaclcs should miss this exhibition.
; The Brooklyn Museum will open IN
Its rotunda on Tuesday, April 90 an
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