New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

attention in Paris during the Peace
Conference. The exhibition Is made by
the Greek government under the an.
spices Of the American Hellenic Society,
and the reception this afternoon is
held by Mr.. George Roussos, the Greek
Minister.
There was y sale not long ago at the
Anderson galleries Of drawings from
the collection Of Mr.. v. Winthrop New
man. They were Of the Northern
schools. His Italian examples are to
figure in another sale at. the same place
this season. In the mean time he has
loaned them for an exhibition at the
Whitney Studio Club, which is now
open and will continue until March IL.
The sale tomorrow night at the Ander-
son Galleries will dispose Of the four
score pictures belonging to Mr.John. 7.
Lovett, Of Little Silver, N. J. They are
American pictures, examples of such
artists as Leonard Ochtman, Robert W.
Vonnoh, Charles w. Hawthorne. Bruce
Crane and John +. Carlson. An in
teresting canvas is a study Of negro
musician painted by the early nine
teenth century American, William Sid.
rey Mount, whose work is rarely seen.
group Of six artists Is exhibiting
at the Touchstone gallery. Charles N.
Sarka contributes woodland scenes
painted with vivacious touch. There
is force in his cleverness The land
scapes Of Milton Mayer attract, on the
other hand, by their delicacy and their
romantic sentiment. One Of the pic
lures by Melita Blume, the Little
House by the Wayside," leaves a faint
ly charming impression. The other
three members of the group are not by
any means persuasive.
Mr. Robert Spencer, who is making
an exhibition at the Arlington gallery,
is hardly to be characterized as
Whistlerian, yet he makes US think of
that famous passage in the "Ten
O'clock" referring to the mist that
clothes the riverside with poetry, the
poor buildings that lose themselves in
the dim sky and the tall chimneys that
become campanili. He does not work
the magic that Whistler had in mind.
yet he aims at something akin to it.
He paints the dull buildings along
sordid water fronts, he paints the drab
walls of ugly tenements, and by quality
of tone and certain originality he
seeks to give them an artistic investi-
ture. He is addicted to key Of gray
which is not, to tell the truth, very
beguiling, and we think it handicaps
him in his pursuit of an admirable
idea. To see several of these pictures
of his together is to find them q little
hammered and monotonous. But let the
observer turn to some of the smaller
canvases, like "A Street Corner"
Warehouses;" "Jack's Castle" and
Waterfront Tenements," in which Mr..
Spencer INDUCES in greater warmth of
color. Immediately one sees that this
artist Is, after all, in the right path.
having a vision Of his own and giving
it convincing form. He wins us, too,
in those pictures Of his which are
filed with deftly painted leafage, the
green Of which Is given its full value
We wonder here and there if he has
not. perhaps unconsciously, been in1u-
enced by such painters as Willard Met
calfe and Childe Hassam, but in the
long run we feel that the vitality of
his art springs from an altogether in
dividual source.
That the vogue of the drawing
among American collectors has been
steadily increasing is shown in the
records Of the present season. One
collection and the first section of an
other have already been sold, and now
the dispersal of third is announced.
The drawings assembled by DR.. Max A.
Goldstein have been placed on view
at the American Art Galleries and viii!
be sold there in four sessions, begin
ming on Tuesday night. More than
seven hundred pieces are catalogued.
The list contains the usual generous
sprinkling of famous names. but the
collection Is not one Of brilliant ex-
amples. It's strength resides rather
IL the large proportion of good school
pieces, interesting specimens OF
renaissance and later draughtsman-
ship, which the modest amateur will
appreciate. 1t is a mistake to under
value these unimportant souvenirs of
the historic periods. The truly splen-
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Il ON EXHIBITION Thur