The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

MILE. TvONNE D'ARLE
BY GLEB RuJ1NSkT
Mich GALLERIES.

more nor less than Bolai.evist propa-
ganda. and the feeling ran so high that
At one time there was actually ques-
ton OF requesting the two artists to re-
move themselves and their disturbing
pictures to Yuba Dam or some point
further West.
An advertisement In the London Times
conveys the information that painter
tcher Is wanted as master In charge at
he Burslen School of Art. the COM
mencing salary being e300 per annum
for three days n week and evenings"
To advertise art professorships is a nov
city Usually there are dozens of artists
waiting at the gate at the mere ruInor of
such vacancies. But times change and
tho coyness OF British etchers that
oblges the master OF Burslein to adver-
tise IL doubtless but one more instance Of
the declined purchasing power of the
pound. The etchers are probably holding
| out for miners wages.
The galleries of Philip Suval are show
| ing groups OF mezzotints by Sidney Il.
Wilson and Clifford II. James that in
clude some of the rarest Impressions OF
| he plates of these men- Among the VIII
son nezzotints are the portraits of Miss
| Crocker, After the Painting by Law
renee" and the "waldegrave Sisters
both rare prints BY him there ia also
| the Benevolent Sportsman" and THE
Sportsman's Return after the pictures
| by George Morland.
| BY Mr.. James are the following
Lady Andover After the Portrait by
Hoppner" Lady Elizabeth Lee, After
| Reynolds" Lady Charlotte Duncan.
| After Hoppner." and Lady Hamilton.
| After Romney."
| Patrick Henry Bruce. exhibiting in
| the Ferargil Galleries. is n cubist
through conviction. That Is he could
be academic IL he chose, but he disdains
Il. He could even be a realist. Lots OF
people who say they do not approve of
cubism will think the Bottle of Yellow
Wine" true enough TO drink.
But Mr. Bruce cares more for color
and pattern than for old fashioned facts
yellow wine Is very old fashioned
and so he Is included in the modern
| group of young men who are trying TO
educate this public to an appreciation
of the abstract in art. lie is a genuine
colorist and paints vivaciously. His
| canvases look well on the wall.
| AS n contrast recent paintings of
Herman Dudley Murphy are being shown
| In the same room. and they are GER
been to Porto Rico, and with careful
brushes has recorded as suavely as he
| knew how all that no saw there. He
| saw one thing should like 10 see.
It's an END of n Street" where n
walled roadway IL stopped by great
arched stone portal through which one
obtains teasing glimpse of flourish
| ing garden. latticed windows, palms. SC
Mr.. Murphy doesn't tell what's within.
Evidently he didn't penetrate the pos
sibly hallowed precincts. Perhaps 1t
wasn't bit nice In there But thank
heaven for walled gardens and the
power OF conjecture. Heine would have
writtn a poem on less than this portal
| and would have given you the scent
OF the jasmines that the senorita
tucked in her belt or perhaps even the
words of the note she could not resist
reading even beneath the eyes OF the
ever watchful duenna.
George Wharton Edwards who IL n
relict OF the palmy days OF American
| illustration, is holding an exhibitor OF
| both drawings and paintings In the
| Mich Galleries that recalls him 20 his
many friends. The drawings are almost
wholly OF architectural subjects found
! abroad I'm the war worn cities of Bel
GUM. They have been achieved with n
| great deal Of dexterity and crispness OF
touch. Details have not frightened Mr..
Edwards In fact. he has slighted none
and all the ornaments Of the belfries
and towns seem TO be there. As mn
| illustrator Mr.. Edwards always was
adept in his decorative use % r'hNo g
and letters. and 20 even now the most
attractive OF his studies are those (likc
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