The sun., 1919-03-30
Notes and Activities in Art
World.

c. W. r. Nevinson, the London ar
list who will arrive in the United
States about May /, is one of the most
talked of painters OF the modern school
of English art. lie will bring to the
United States a new message to ar
fists generally and TO the public, and
he Is bound to make very decided i'm
preston upon the people of New York.
Mr.. Nevinson will open an exhibit
ton of his etchings and Autographs on
East Thirty-ninth street, and New
Workers will have an opportunity of
rot only seeing his work but OF talk
ing to this very delightful exponent of
the new art. His work during the war
has attracted tremendous attention,
not because he opened mp any new
lines of depicting war scenes but be-
cause of the forcefulness and truth
with which he reproduced what he saw
of the fighting in France from the
ground and from the air. Before the
war Nevinson was one of the we'll
known leaders OF the futurist move
ment. associating himself with Mari
netti, the founder of the violent futur-
isl gospel. Nevinson is firm believer
in the commonp.aceness OF art and he
lieves that the whole community should
use art TO feed its intellectual self
wherein he claims lies happiness and
contentment.
II am absolutely against the high
brow in art. and il is my desire to
bring the beautiful TO the people. and II
INDUCING in violent movements ac-
sh hi
violent movement. Interesting the
public in art is one mighty good way
OF getting them away from the physi-
cal life and physical enjoyments and
giving them intellectual food" said
Nevinson to THE SIN correspondent
Americans are going TO like Nevin-
son for number of different reasons.
He is just exactly what an American
would never expect to find in An Eng
lishman. Perhaps his record in the
army will explain his democratic man
nerisms. He enlisted in the army in
1914 as motor mechanic and driver.
working along the French. British and
Belgian lines between the coast and
Ypres. He worked continuously at this
dangerous occupation until he was in
eu ""' Va Wv army !" l''o' l'ul
lux '',e operations 'lat ne Weh'
through NeN '''Soh s"t basis ior ms
'"eHs 'hd' were la'er incorporates III
so"'e VI Tue n'os' @'ai 'ii'E pictures
ever exhibited in London. They were
so near the truth and gave such
uei'hie impressions OF the horrioie
side of the war that the censor pro-
hibited the public seeing several of his
VS. eior's'
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NUMBER Oh MS 'ohtomporarieS mas
neen nleh commented upon III Lon
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foet NIup' Where hlGh hroWed
writer's Oh verse hc'd iortn iehSttllE III
epis ana plahh verse NeNli'on was
Calieu upon 10 snare III thc programme,
ne arose' anu l" 'h' aS'oilsllh'ehl OF
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tatihs WIN ludicfous perfection the
voice ana airs OF real coon Shouter'
AT the lioyal Academy OF Arls IN
LONDON there are now ON eNhlhltl"n
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