New-York tribune., 1920-11-21
Random Impressions
In Current Exhibitions
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An admirable idea is embodied in
the show st the Dudcnsing gallery.
American and foreign pictures are
often neighbors in our local exhibi- I
lions, but in this case the collection
displayed has definitely international
purpose About half the pictures are
ny native artists. The rest are by
FrcnchrAen. with two or three Dutch
paintings added. The Dutch contribu-
lions. to be sure. are not OF much con-
sequence. In the French contingent
here are soma charming things pic I
lures by Sisley and Pissaro, LIE Sids-
ner and Lehourg, Cain and Victor
Charreton. There is one notable figure
piece here. q nude. lie Balm" by Mar ,
eel Berraneau. This artist raises q
vague feeling that he has possibly .
peeu Influenced by Besnard, but the
work nevertheless asserts itself as cs
sentially original, especially in its
linear quality The Americans make II
Nne stoving fortified as they are by
he presence of works by George In
ness, A. II. Wyant, Ralph Blakelock .
and others Of their tradition. One of
the high lights in the whole collection
is supplied by Twachtmans august
Haze" slight study but full Of
genius 1t IS Instructive 10 observe
he relation Of the two groups The
American IS not simply the equal Of
the French; it is beyond all perad
venture superior to it.
A gathering Of 500 prints belonging
10 Mr. John Boland is to be shown at
he American Art Galleries. beginning
November so. and viii be sold there on
The evenings Of December . and 8. Its
backbone is formed by the men Of
S30-Millet. Corot. paubigny, Rous-
eau and Jacque. The other etcherS
are such tynes as Lalanne and Evert
Nan Muyden, and the two Americans
Melatz and Ponneu
The Taos Society OF Artists makes
at the Kingore gallery its sixth annual
exhibition. bringing forward once more
IS familiar transcripts Of Indian life
The members OF this organization are
sincere, painstaking worAmen. and we
owe TO their conscientious realism pic
lures which undoubtedly have value as
records. They have 50 often made Us
,eel, however, that they were extracting
out little beauty from their highly
colored themes, and now. IS before. they
leave us somewhat disappointed There
seems 10 be something about the Taos
hypothesis which excludes aesthetic
emotion. Doggealy these artists drive
- the truth They eet i without add
ag any Of the imDonderable qualities
Of at 70 what they do Mr.. Victor
higgins mas had an impulse toward
merely sensuous ipulation OF tone
n The Gray Gate" but ne does not
seem to have been moved TO carry his
experiment far enough. 1t is amusing
TO see how lie is Handicapped By the
Taos method in his big symbolical can
vas. Its profound obscurity might be
overlooked if It embodied a inc piece
ef mere painting, ba. it is simply
puzzle doubir smotnered in the crudity
ID which the artists Of this company
.Ie addicted The oes. thing in the
snow is Mr. Blumens che.n's New Mex
co the central figure OF which IS
sealy impressive. But we wish this
canvas were not 50 saw and hot. The
only exemplars of ANYTHING Ike q light
touch are Mr. Z. /. Couse and Mr.. A. (.
Berninghaus. Their agreeable designs
ofer welcome contrast to the oppres-
iveiy emphasized documents" which
predomina.e.
jn one Of tho rooms there ale shown
some new paintings py III. Edwin
Booth Grossmsn. There is an echo Of
III Greco in his most ambitious canvas.
Tne bulk Of his WORK suggests the in
fuence of Cezanne lie is SIN feel
.rg MS way toward tie development Of
e method At present he IS inchoate
IN design and muddy in tone.
In the exhibition CT sculptures by
Annetta Saint-Gaudcns a. the Civic
cab, which we ANNOUNCED last Sunday,
mere are also few things by the late
louis Saint-Gaudcns which have never
becn shown before. One Of them is
design for fountain which he made
nineteen years ago and which was
ound N his studio after his death
There j. Head Of Ceres" d study for
part of his work in the railway station
1T Washington, there is study Of the
hesd for his statue Of "Painting" "a St.
Louis. and there are one or two other
pieces
TIE Ar. Alliance Of America opened
yesterday At the Buah Terminal Build
ng Is annual exhibition Of textile
aesigns over q thousand artists have
contributed drawings, and the sho1
'nis year Is twice as large as that
os last season. Prizes amounting to
more than $1,000 have been awarded
upon this occaeon.
Water colors by T. HopAinson Smith