New-York tribune., 1920-01-24
L. S. Now Creating
New Architecture.
Says Paul Tribe
American Efforts Will Far
Surpass Achievements of
Past, Is Belief of Well
known French Artist

1t is the belief Of Paul Tribe, the
French artist, that America is creating
now architecture that bids fair to
equal the greatest achievements of the
past. Europe is looking to this con
tlnent for new art and is disappointed
to sec Americans groping after the art
of the ancients instead OF expressing
their own vital individuality. 1t is the
same IN the world of fashions and Of in
terror decoration, Mr.. Tribe declared
yesterday at his studio, 275 Madison
Avenue.
Mr.. Tribe in addition to being an
artist and cartoonist, is an interior
decorator and creator and des gner of
fashions, fabrics, furniture. Jewels and
silverware. He was the youngest archi-
tect at the Paris Exposition in 1900,
having built his first thcatcr al the age
of sixteen.
Carries Fight Long Way
Around that period he led a move
painting. He carried his fight in every
direction, through his fashion creations
for Paul Poiret. his jewel designing
for Linzeler and the materials he
fashioned for Bianchin. He was closely
identified with the opening of a new
epoch in French art. Mr.. Tribe is in
Ne" York to learn and to contribute as
far as possible to what he regards as
the new movement here.
"A new art must come from Amer
ica,'' he declared. Europe has about
reached her limit. You have already
created enough to indicate the extent
Of your possibilities. For one thing,
you have actually created a new land
scape. The volume and proportion of
your skyscrapers are absolutely per-
feet. In fact consider the silhouettcs
OF the skyscrapor as perfect in its own
way as the Parthonon. We believe
too much in the past and think
1t a holy duty to know classic art. We
must know it, certainly. but only in
order to forget it Immediately"
Mr.. Tribe expressed the belief that
the new movement was coming com
mcrcally III America. Broadwav. with
Its filckerlng rainbow lights, he termed
one Of the most beautiful sights in the
world-morc beautiful, even than the
famous Place Nondome
American art was clever, direct and
practical he said, and it was folly for
ton when, they had such potential
wealth at hand.
Great Future Near Hand
= II you only realized u, a great
future for art lies in your factories"
declared Mr. Tribe. when people un-
dcrstand machinery as we'll as 1Rcy
understand hand process unbelievable
things may be accomplished in fabrics
decorative art and jcwelry This art
Will come from the thought which has
created the skyscraper and the Won
derful machinery you have devised IN
this country"
Mr. Tribe said he was sorry that Now
YORK S victory arch was to be another
arc de trlomphe and that Americans
who had fought in the war would pass
under sample of old Roman archi-
lecture. whereas they might have
something infinitely moro Expressive
OF their OWE racial feeling.
Believing that a thorough under
standing of furnishings and interior
oecorauon IS necessary for the fashion
designer Mr. Tribe Is an exponent Of
"nat ne calls an ensemble training for
Ihc artist. He has worked for Pauuin.
Ioiret and other or the great French
designers, and he thinks that Ameri-
cans should create all their own fash
IONS, because Of the difference between
the French and American girl.
1t was he who set the fashion for
the now popular frills running per
pendlcularly the full length Of the
gown and also for the ruchod effect ut
inc waist line. He thinks American
women do not study their individual
iiy enough in choosing clothes and
that they are the slaves of fashion TO
an undue extent