The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19

Americans. including George Bellows,
Rockwell Kent. Mr.. McFee. Everett
Shinn and Albert Stcrner.
The latest exhibition of the Societe
Anonyme is devoted to the exploitation
of the art Of the most prominent Pari-
sian cubists. Derain. Gleizes, Girls, Pr
casso, prague. Rivera, Villon and Ma
tlsse are the artists. The paintings have
been most carefully disposed and looh
their best against the background of the
charmingly modernized rooms. But the
Societe Anonyme is schoolroom that
does not specialize In easy problems at
least the two examples by Matisse are
not for beginners. The principal Picasso
has been seen here before. 1t is lovelier
than ever in color. and as 1t hangs over
the mantelpiece, 1t makes a fine decora-
ton.
The example by Derain Is a landscape.
an intense and sure work. II was to
Derain's work that the term "Cubist"
was first applied by Matsse IN derision.
although Picasso was the first avowed
cubist Jacques Vilon, who submits a
fine, big decoration. is a son of prom
inent lawyer of Rouen. and grandson OF
the we'll known etcher, Emile Nicol. who
worked In the manner OF Meryon. When
Villon showed such decided revolution
airy tendencies in his art. his father. NJ
Duchamp, was quite shocked, and 50
Villon dropped the name of his father
and ever since has signed his paintings.
"Villon." When the second son showed
similar tendencies. the father gave his
consent TO the use of his name and that
brother is known as Vilon Duchamp
With the third son he capitulated COM
pletely. This is the we'll known Marcel
80 he NT.tIa IL
ing Stairway"
Paintings and pastels by Bernard Gus
SOW are being shown by the Tombstone
Galleries Mr.. Gussow Is an unusually
serious artist whose chief preoccupation
for some years past has been the prob
lem of slmplification. He takes his art
rather more intellectually than did his
great prototype. Cezanne, who thought
he was being intellectual at times when
he was only emotional But the power
to have emotions and to awaken them
in others is almost the better part OF
genius. Mr.. Gussow solves all the COM
positlonal problems he sets himself with
commendable ease, and since his color.
though not sensational, Is good, his
decorations achieve pleasing results.
Touches of realism that have survived
from Mr.. Gussow's earliest instruction
linrer in his work as though they got
there against Mr.. Gussows will But
canvases In which they appear. such as
the big one called THE Lake" will
doubtless be most pleasing to the gen.
eral public.
The collection on exhibition at the
Anderson Galleries from December 15 TO
January has been assembled by Du-
ropean connoisseur from a number OF
European collections which have been
dispersed since the war Several Eng
llsh collections have yielded pieces.
There are Chinese paintings from that
Of sir Edmund Backhouse. Bart, who
during all the years that he served the
Chinese Government In Picking was a ia
vorite Of the Dowager Empress. and who
used his opportunities as such to obtain
really fine collection of Chinese mas
terpleces. There are Greek and Roman
marbles and Greek vases from the Lord
Hope collection. most OF which was as
sembled, not by the present Lord Hope.
but by his famous ancestor. the noted
archRologist, Thomas Hope.
The present Lord Hope had the col
lection OF Greek vases In one of his coun-
try estates which he rented to the
Duchess OF Marlborough. After the
Duchess's occupancy the Greek vases
were found out In the garden half COW
cred with earth, but fortunately Greek
vases are used TO being buried. Many
Of the pieces OF the Hope collection had