Evening star., 1920-03-07

An eXnlDltloH ol SeleCleu PAINTINGS
from the collections of Mrs. ID. c.
Phillips and her son, Duncan Phillips
of this city, opened in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art on March and Will
continue to be on view until the end
of the month There are sixty-tw o
and collectively they make fine
showing in the mi-circular exhlbl-
tion room.
A private collection is bound to
| vary and should not be considered
from precisely the same angle as a
public collection, inasmuch as 1t Is
assent bled with a definite object ana
manifests the individual taste of the
collector. 1t would be difficult to hnd
| a collection more catholic than TINS
! for included in it are works Of the
most conservative and of the mosi
| extreme character. Those who desire
! to familiariZe themselves with the
| best of the modernists are given eX-
ceptional opportunity in this display
which sets forth works by Maurice
b. Prendergast, Jerome Myers and
Arthur Davies, among others. But
| those who are admirers of the old
| school will find hanging side by side
with the works of these modern mas
| ters paintings by Bellotto, Chardin
David Cox. George Inness and Theo-
! dore Robinson.
The place of honor on the fiat wall
| is occupied by Carl Melcher's splendid
realistic painting of a blacksmith and
his family shown at one of the early
exhibitions of cotemporary art held
by the Corcoran Gallery.
The place of honor on the semi-cir-
cular wall has been given to beau
tiful. toneful landscape painting by
David Cox, storm in the Vale of
Clyde" To the left of this hangs
still.iife painting by Chardin. "A a
realistically rendered. And compare
BILE with which is a still-life painting.
Spanish Chocolate Pot" by Emil
Carlsen, which hangs on the opposite
wall.
Below the Chardin is an exquisite
Monticello. a scene from "As You Like
It. a color mosaic rich in tone. AS
pendants on the right side of the Cox
is painting by Matthys Maris en-
titled The Queens Entry less col
orful, but an excellent mate in tone
and romantic suggestion to the Mon,
ticelh over which is shown typlca!
little landscape. by Georges Inness.
There are no less than three Inness
landscapes in this exhibition most
notable of which is "Moonlight-Tar-
pom Springs" a picture which repre-
seats the great american landscape
painter at his best. To the left is
dimly seen house among some trees
the sky partially clouded, with the
moon not yet far above the horizon
In the middle distance a figure of a
woman is to be discerned. The com
position is excellent, the effect ex-
tremely luminous and the contrast
between the moonlight and the light
of little bonfire among the trees is
delightfully."- portrayed. This is great
painting.
J. Alden Weir, who has lately died.
/ is represented by group of SIX paint
ings very characteristic. fy subtle
and eminenty sincere. Weir was not
a. colorist, but he had extraordinary
keenness Of perception, and his pic
lures are Of a sort that do not dis
close their full significance at a
glance. They are pictures which one
can live with happily. r.,
There are also six paintings by Err
nest Lawson and John H. Twacht man.
painters who has great individuality
and. like ]. Alden Weir, inherent ar
| tistic feeling Of an exceptional kind.
| One feels in his paintings the inhu-
ence of Monet, but it is an influence
which has not crippled originality on
the part Of the painter. Mr.. Lawson.
| too. Is one whose works reward study.
There is distinct kinship between
| the paintings Of ]. Alden Weir, Er-
meet Lawson and John H. TWacntman,
who was one Of the first American
impressionists and was not :appreci-
ated during his lifetime. There. are
two Twachtmans In this exmDitlon'
both very characteristic-one win
ter scene. showing at close range
bit Of snow-covered country, 1tme
other larger and more impressive
landscape. entitled Summer. IN
which there is an extraordinary Ell
feet Of light and shadow proouceo ny
floating clouds.
Claude Monet. the great FTencn @ I'm. m,
pressionist, is twice represented py
'The Road to the Village" and Even
ing-A French River.
And by Childe Hassam, the great
American exponent OF Monets He.hou'
there is "Summer Morning" an ideal
istic woodland scene with usure VI d
A curious similarity is Observable IN
the viewpoint of Rene Menard, as seen
in his rendition of "A Mountain Lake,
and Of Augustus Vincent Hack as dis
played in two Landscapes entitled: re-
spectiysly. The Top Top OF I,ake axe "0rTs These
natntines show a desire to render
form with peculiar force ana SOLID.
;tv almost at the expense OF what
may be termed the amenities OF
beauty.
both by George b. Luks-one Blue
Devils on Fifth Avenue" a marvellous
picture Of this celebrated company
Of French military men marehins up
New York's great street. gorseously
decked with the flags Of all In nations. ions
hence the extraordinary effect of con-
trast in light ana shadow. This pic
ture while extremely impressionistie res fon
.novsment in an extraordinary way,
truly preserving for an time the pa
triotic thrill Of the moment. Less
the painting Of the "Czechoslovak
Soldiers in snow. presumably an i'm
this same artist are two portraits, one
Of a "sulking Boy" who is certainly
not very attractive. though admirably
nainted: the other of "Otis Skinner
as Philippe Bridau." lately seen in the
Corcoran Gallerys cotemporary exhi-
Another war picture is Childe Has
SANS Fifth Avenue. May. 1917. !.
which is one Of series painted with