New-York tribune., 1920-03-21

presSed. There are notable examples
OF Caxton and Wynkyn do Worde in
tho long list. Following the chronol-
ogy Of the bibliophile h4 gathered some
rich prizes when he reachsd the Eliza
bcthan age, Shakespearean folios and
quartos, and scores upon scores Of all
the great English authors down to and
through the nineteenth century. The
rarities embrace Goldsmith, Shelley,
Dickens, Keats, Leigh Hunt, Tennyson
and Thackeray. There is, too, a won-
derful group Of first editions Of Amer
lean authors, a group which the very
judiciously compiled catalogue desig-
mates as tho most important ever Of
fered for sale. Emerson, Holmes,
Thoreau, Lowell and Longfellow are
unusually complete. The collection Of
Poe Includes practically everything ex-
cept the 6rst edition Of "Tamerlane"
and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
Early in April there will be a sale
at the American Art Galleries Of moro
than three hundred prints by Rem
brandt, Dnrer, Whistler, Haden, zorn.
Cameron and others collected by Mrs
Ellen r. Jenkins, Of Baltimore. From
the illustrated catalogue we judge that
this, too, will be an important event.
The Rosenbach Company, Of Phila-
delphia, long honorably known in the
world Of art, has opened permanent
galleries here in Madison Avenue, near
Fortieth Street. They are inaugurated
with small but choice exhibition Of
Barbizon pictures, including brilliant
little Rousseau, q fine Corot and q
notable example Of Millet. The upper
rooms have been decorated in sys-
tematic fashion according to tho modes
Of historic periods. The firms new
venture Is auspiciously launched.
The Kevorkian gallery is evidently to
be the scene Of a generous artistic
propaganda. A little while ago il in
troduced the work of Mr.. Burchfield
from Salem, Ohio. Now it shows us
paintings, water colors and drawings
by another young Westerner, this time
MIR. Varnum Poor, who was born in
Kansas and has been living mostly in
California. It is kindly policy which
thus encourages struggling aspirants,
but it may be doubted If it serves to
do them all the good hat is conteln-
plated. 1t may even do them harm
through setting conspicuously upon the
metropolitan stage artists who are.
after all, but immature performers.
Mr. Poor, it seems, has been applauded
by one commentator for the Rhythmic
volumes" in his work, and another has
hailed him as the accepted leader of
the younger generation Of painters on
the Coast who follow in the path of
Cezanne." AS q matter of fact. Mr..
Poor is at that stage where it would
be more fitting for him. to act as a fol-
lower than as leader, and though he
has picked up some useful hints in the
path of Cezanne and employs them
promsingly in creditabIe process of
simpli!lcation, it would be we'll for him
to eschew for 8 time the influence of
the French painter. 1t is stated that
he has studied in London and Paris for
8 year, but the names Of his instruc-
tors are not given. A year is not very
long in the making Of IN artist. In a
rather overwrought predatory note to
the catalogue Mr.. Poor announces that
nc has come TO live and work in the
East because he wants to know Amer
ica. What American art is" he saws,
land what it can become deeply con-
cern me-" In all friendliness we would
urge Mr. Poor to go on learning what
American art is-it will do him good if
hc will look at the right painters-and
Tor some years at least not to con-
Germ himself at all as to "what it can
become" 1t would profit him to let
theorizing alone, to submit himself TO
the doubtless dull drudgery of an aca-
demic training, and thereby to make the
best of the very modest ability which
he at present discloses.
The Anderson Galleries will open to-
morrow an exhibition OF works Of art
from the collections Of E. Colonna and
others. with duplicates from the
Thomas E. H. Cortis collection OF an
tique glass. The sale, which will take
place on three afternoons, beginning
next Thursday, will disperse great
variety Of objects from Persia, China.
and Japan.
The Metropolitan Museum announces
series Of five illustrated lectures by
William B. Dinsmoor on the culmina-
tion Of Greek architecture in the age
6 Pericles. The lectures will be given
on March 25, April 1, 8, 15 and %. They
will be the fruit Of ten years devoted
largely to the study of ths Periclean
monuments in Greece.
Mr.. John w. Beatty, art director at
the Carnegie Institute, has announced
the personnel of the jury Of award for
the nineteenth international exhibition
which will be opened in Pittsburgh on
April 20. There are two foreign men,
bers and eight Americans. julius
Olsson comes from England and Andre
Dauchez from France. The Americans
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