The sun., 1919-03-23
Notes and Activities in
World of Art.
SUNDAY, March 16. 1919.

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satisfy your curiosity and the curiosity
Of THE SUN readers. which your anus
ing paragraph anent my letter from
Ireland doubtless aroused, by explain
ing that It came from Jack B. Yeats
Of Dublin, whose happy pictures Of
Irish life may be known to you. ! will
even go 80 far in the direction OF open
diplomacy in this matter as to send
along his letter, wishing that 1t were
less brief. Let you tell THE Sun read
ers how he Is notable Irish artist,
the son of John Butler Yeats, the
greatest portrait painter OF the Vic
torian period, famous conversational
list, and latterly discovered as philoso-
pher and letter writer. Jack Yeats Is
also the brother Of another credit to
his father, William Butler Yeats, the
poet.
It is worth noting that he accepts
the Independent Exhibition as a hardy
perennial growth.
Next. come to the subject OF what
you term the interruption Of the cor
dale entente between TIE Sun and
myself on account of the bad criti-
cism" of my "satlres." What you crit
icized, If remember rightly. was the
absence of satires, and believe me
could not contest your judgment In
this field. For really, Mr.. Mcbride,
you don't know how scarce satire is
with me. Lord, man. Ever since you
| first docketed me as satirical painter
| I've tried to paint satires, but they
! don't seem TO come. There are things
about your page in THE Sun which
! lead me to suspect that you like satir-
| .cal treatment, and I'd like to please
! you.
Couldn't you sort o; cross index me,
so that I might he found In some other
| category as well2
Alas. no. l am not. as you sur1,lise
holding back my best satires for the
| Independent exhibition. and please,
don't you, either. Yours,
JONI SLOAN.
! (EncloSure)
81 Marlborough Road,
Denny brook, Dublin.
Ireland. Feb. 90. 1919.
Dear Mr.. Sloan: I should like TO en-
fioit picture or pictures at your in
dependent exhibition again IL am not
toe late. If I am in time. I will be
very much obliged if you will have the
particulars sent to me. But if am
too late for this years exhibition,
please have note made 10 let me
| know the sending in days for the next
exhibit when IL is arranged. am
yours truly. lack r yr.rs
One good turn deserves another, and
since Mr.. Sloan has been so very kind
as 10 show us his Irish letter-It' IS
from Donnybrook. Dublin-fancy.-
why. am perfectly willing to cross in
| 6ex him into any category that's not
already overworked. Let me see. I
| should like to pick out a nice category
| for Mr.. Sloan. I have IL! Mr. Sloan,
| I will put YOU In the AlieCorical- His
| torical category. 4 sort OF laureate of
| present day events To start Won off
| I'll present you with n subject or two.
free: such as: Homage TO Max
Weber upon his entrance into Inter-
| national Art Jury Service. "Ar, Com
mittee of the Metropolitan Museum
| Purchasing a Cezanne". "ReconciIis-
| don -yY Miss leila ->3.c,Iin arrK M.
| Christian Brinton". Miss .IulIa Kelly
| BEING Informed thai tho Irapcb CO..
| eminent has Purchased Her Land l.
scane" &C &c Good cri,icisn1a for
tbesa works. Mill NJ courso bo o,.r-
onteod IN advance
|
| Horatio Walker, who has no. been
exhibiting frequently OF late. but who
has not been forgotten by collectors,
as the good prices for his things at the
recent Montross auction proved, has a
group of canvases now in the Mon