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The New York herald., 1921-12-04
De GIehn's Exhibition
of Water COIorS

Nothing is so disconcertlng as to see
a painter paint in the manner of an
other painter. particularly in the manner
of another painter who is living. One
is strongly tempted to take Mr.. Wilfred
G. De Glenn aside and say: "Yes. this is
Sargent's idea, now what is yours?"
Failing this answer the voice of the
critic is hushed. This does not seem TO
be his matter, but rather the business
of one of the fashionable practitioners
Of psycho-analyss. 1t is for such an
expert to decide whether the malady is
to be cured or endured.
Mr.. De Glehn is not the only one who
follows implicitly the mannerisms OF
Sargent At the time when Sargent was
at the height of his powers he had shoals
of imitators. but as the fanatic worship
OF this artist died away the imitators
thlnned in quantity also. They still per-
sist, sporadically, and even for the pres
ent exhibition of the Academy several
Sargentisms were perpetrated but no
one can claim TO have caught the re-
semblance so startingly as Mr. De Glehn
has in his water colors shown at the
Durand-Ruel Galleries.
Imitation. they say. is the sincerest
form of flattery but Mr.. Sargent might.
II he cares at all for the opinion of the
next generation, feel alarmed at the
possibilities of mixups that Mr.. Dc
Giehn's exhibition suggests. His fol-
lower. like all followers, is less sure than
he. ana future critics win be accusins 2
him OF being weak IN the very thing he
prides himself upon most--his values
That. however, Is MIR Sargent's affair
lie could devise some little stamp Ia
authenticate each of his undoubted draw
ings. but those OF us who have come up
against the initiated stamps and insignia
OF the ancients know that such things do
not always protect.
THE error" az Christian Scientists
call Il, into which Mr. De Glehn has
tumbled IS one unfortunately that So
ciety always encourages. The mass Of
the half educated ten years ago thought
that Just Like Sa-zent'' was the highest
praise that could be uttered and to-day
In London the Just like Orpen," and in
Paris the Just like Cezanne" are side
tracking many painters who otherwise
might have dared to have personalities.
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

Certainly the latter mas more pretensions
to composition.
Should this prove 10 be the case the
artist. no doubt, will feel justified I'm
continuing her geometry. J. for one. am
u believer in hocus- -pocuses and think
that the artist who believes he is in
venting something catches in that enthu-
siasm some of the afilatus that is divine.
At the same time. after the picture is
painted and done with, there Is no
occasion to hoodwink oneself any longer,
because it is the affiatus that is divine
and not the hocus-pocus and /. for one.
am not in the least surprised that Miss
Herter's best portrait should be OF her
sister. It probably would have been
so had the squares never been whirled
Tor her, for the thing that makes II
respectable as a portrait is not it's COM
position but its knowledge and SYM
pathetic understanding Of the sitter.
Mr.. Hambidge goes on, with the
pardonable enthusiasm of the teacher.
VINO looks beyond the attainment TO
what he thinks he sees in the future
for his pupil
The work Of Christine Herter COM
bines rare color with a delicate but
forceful balance of composition. These
are two qualities seldom found united
IN modern paintings IL is easy enough
10 force composition into decorative
channels. but TO keep close TO the line
of the apparently casual and happy
accident: to give TO portrait or figure
composition the appearance OF natural
ease and at the same time to maintain
n decorative ensemble not too obtrusive
requires unusual ability. That Miss
IIerter has been successful in doing
just this these paintings sufficiently
prove"
The fact Is that In most of Miss
Herter's canvascs. particularly in her
fanciful ones. she Is self-conscious.
She seems 20 be thinking Of something
else than the actual business OF her
painting. Nudes are open to the sus-
picion of having been painted at one
time and place, and tho backgrounds
in another. This may simply be due TO
sighting the values, for, OF course,
composition depends upon more things
than the mere lines
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

esteem is that he was not content with
this success, so easy to him, but was
true to greater side of his artistic ma
ture, which pushed him on to purer and
more original forms Of expression. Such
fidelity meant in his case, as with most
artists of this class. a sacrifice of all
that to many seem the important things
OF life"
Shaler studied in the usual academies
and arrived at exhibiting in the Academy
before going abroad in 1909. In Paris
he responded at once to the influences
that seemed to be so potent there before
the war and aspired to and achieved the
Autumn Salon. His work found appre-
citation there and also in Amsterdam, but
the war prevented the special exhibition
OF his work that was invited by that
city. His last five years were spent In
Italy and most of the work in the me-
moria. exhibition was created during
that period.
Shaler's plunge into modernism was
deep. Something OF the subject he still
kept. and in consequence. the average
citizen need not get completely off the
track in judging his performances, as he
always does when called upon TO study
such purely abstract paintings as Kan
dinsl<y's. Shaler impulse is toward dy-
namics He puts his colors together In
combinations that make them sing
loudly. Undoubtedly he was mellowing
as he plunged with full courage toward
abstract art and undoubtedly he would
have gained in Elasticity.
The purest expression of his nature is
visible In the Italian water colors, water
colors in which the washes have been
applied upon drawings strongly blacked
in. Here there is unalloyed joy in the
primitive. and to American eyes. start
ling habits OF the natives. whom he has
drawn going about their daily tasks. The
color in these is brilliantly ,rue. the
artists studies in the abstract having
opened his eyes to new truths in nature
The catalogue contains touching trio.
utes to the dead man by his friends Earl
Brewster and villa Faulkner Page. and
in the quotations they give from Shalers
notebook there are many ideas that will
prove stimulating to other students. This
memorial exhibition was deserved de-
cidedly.
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

but is shown in the implacable de-
sire to see beauty in the distinctly
everyday surroundings Of simple
people. Scarcely any Of his Ceret
motifs would seem enticing to the
city mad artists of the day, but each
one, Mr. Burty has worked up,
through sheer intensity and earnest
ness, into something fine and Sig
nificant.
Mr.. Burty is the son of the famous
French art critic, PHILIPPE Burty. A
biographical note supplied by Mr..
drummer will be found of interest:
France and America meet in the
work of Frank Burty: the artist has
the blood of both nations and, an Amer
lean by nationality, he was born in
France and has lived In France dur
ing most of his life. 1t was contact
with the artists of Paris. more espe-
cially Picasso, that determined his
adoption OF painting as profession,
and in the ten or twelve years that
have passed since he offered his first
contribution to the contemporary
movement he has been looked on as
one Of It's significant exponents.
1T was with mind already mature
that he set about his work. and soon
he felt that it was not Paris and the
frequentation of the studios and eX-
hibitions that he needed, but quiet
refuge in which to develop the ideas
that he already had. He found the
place at Ceret, a little town Of the
Pyrenees. where he lived almost con-
inuously since 1912.
His artist friends from Paris have
often come to work in the tranquility
OF Burty's mountain country, and at
times so many of ITS scenes found their
way to the salons that Paris began TO
talk Of the 'Ecole de Ceret.'
Fortunately the 'Ecole' did not at
tain such proportions as to interpose
itself between Burty and his own
vision. He went on developing his art,
which he bases more and more directly
on his daily observation of the simple.
almost patriarchal life of the Catalan
town. It's dignity and charm offer to
the artist the surroundings he needs
and his work reflects the character of
the country-its sobriety of color and
its firmness of line"
The New York herald., 1921-12-04
Portrait Painting and
Sculpture by Emil Fuchs

Emil Fuchs is unique figure in the
world of ,rt in that he Is equally at
home in sculpture and portrait paint
ing. The exhibition of his latest por-
traits and bronzes. now occupying the
two upper galleries of NJ. Knoedler &
Co., will astonish the average Ameri-
can amateur who is not accustomed
10 the spectacle of bitalented artists,
although the gssaus in Europe is not
unusual.
All students OF painting are sup
posed to have modelled in order to pe--
feet Their seize. OF form. and mos
painters continue to model at times
throughout their careers, but usually
this Is taken casually anr with no in
tent to exhibit. Gerome, Who taught
20 many Americans OF an earlier gem
Grafton how 10 draw. created a sensa-
ton when, late in his career. he began
10 exhibit his carvings and bronzes:
and the success he had with them al
most swung his expression completely
into the field of sculpture.
Not so with Mr.. Fuchs. He manages
TO keep an even footing upon the two
steeds he rides, and perhaps no one.
not even he. may say which is the fe-
vorite. Certainly he models his sculp-
ture like sculptor and paints his
portraits like painter. He does not
overemphasize form. In his pictures
and in his sculpture he is not too
painterlike. This versatility is the
truly astonishing feature Of his work.
he paints in full color and with a
flexible brush, and in sculpture he has
sn instinct for texture and for the
composition that must be viewed from
many angles.
The exhibition points to the fact that
the year that has elapsed since his last
show has been a busy one for this
artist Among his recent sitters have
been Robert r. Lincoln. Mrs. Claire
Sheridan. M. CASTOR Liebert. Consul
General of France to New York:
Miss Catherine Calvert. Mr.. Horace
9. Young. Mr.. Robert W. Hunt, "Ro-
shanara," Mr.. Clarence w. Clark. Mrs
robert Graves, Mr.. A. A. Weinman.
Mr.. Arnold Brunner, Mr. M Kobayashi,
Mrs. Sidney whelan. Mrs. Delavan and
The New York herald., 1921-12-04
Memorial to the
Late Frederick K. ShaIer

A memorial exhibition OF the work OF
the late Frederick r. Shaler now on
view In the Anderson Galleries, makes
understandable the enthusiasm OF his
friends. His. evidently, was a fine nature
still in a state of progress at the time
Of his cutting off.
His friend Earl Brewster says of
him: "He brought to his painting a
natural technical ability and an appre-
citation of classic form; and he easily
arrived at a standard of excellency. But
what makes him especially worthy OF
The New York herald., 1921-12-04
In Addition to Sincerity the Artist Has Humor-Emil
Fuchs Equally at Home in Sculpture
and Portrait Painting
By HENRY M'BRIDE.

exhibition of his paint
r. ought pleasure to many
modest possibly
mixed always the qualities that first
might be passed by An exhbon however IKE
before and the
gallery East Fyseenth street
Of the signi
canta among happenings
1t is not of the bolster
Chinese appreciation the odd
that Oriental has
merit OF
taken refuge in the
y the cliff or with especial guso Mr.
humo Chinese andscapss applied
naturally the twist modern life!
that matter who has trained him
painter seeing the odd
at Cere would exclam to himself
paint conventional Coro
that
Chinaman of the austere
might of the pensve seated by
allowed MS huno 10
Linn perhaps too tooth brush that there
Mr
combination
reflection Probably Mr. Bur
meant that Mr. Burty no harm
period under the influence OF
that auspiciously cubc but
conscnous blame the
which made everybody KNOW" OIL al
four
individualist
impulse from
the unspoed country he sub
Of Gogh but 1t is not slavishly
strokes and other superficial mannerism
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

ems face or the growing or the first
blossoms. Smiles are the footprints OF
happiness and the young brave who
cannot interpret such tracks Will be
lost in the deep canyons of wrinkles Of
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

despair and grief. Such are the teach
ings OF Buli-mana, the Buttery Girs
Those who fail to know her headdress
need not water. because the squash
blossoms will never bloom for them ana
The Sun God will burn up their efforts
Just as he does the unfruitful plants
The New York herald., 1921-12-04
Notes and Activities
in the World of Art

For lovers of prints the Rudolph
Ruzicka exhibition in the Anderson CAL
leries is an event-for that matter, It Is
an event for all intelligent art lovers.
Mr.. Ruzicka's art Is cool. perhaps bur
in saying that we urge the only tning
that may be urged against It. L is
always in good taste, and the skill in
workmanship may be counted upon with
certainty. All in all. there is no maker
OF prints to equal him in America: and
in addition to that, for our further pride,
he seems to take continued pleasure in
doing New York scenes-scenes that are
now world famous but that had to wait
for n Ruzicka to do them justice.
Somewhat of n surprise will the water
colors prove. Mr.. Ruzicka has not here
tofore been known as water color
painter, but henceforth he Will be. His
approach to color through engraving has
given him the individual touch---the
thing so many practitioners lack. AL
ways he is refined. and always his draw
ings achieve the unexpected.
1t is pleasant to note from the cata-
logue that so excellent an art Is being
appreciated Numberssof the print ed.-
tions are marked as exhausted" and
many of the others are thiclSly studded
with the little red stars that indicate
sales.
John Young Hunter. whose portraits
are now on view i'm the new galleries Of
Walter =. Fearon, has had the honor of
having one of his paintings purchased
by the Chantrey Bequest for the Tate
Gallery in London. He studied with
John s Sargent, Sir l.. Alma-Tadema
ir a a,.1c nj 81
Academicians. and is I'm fact complete
Royal Academician himself in spirit
although he does not yet sign the two
initials after his name.
Mr.. Young Hunter paints with sonie-
thing that is typically British IN his
traightforwardness, and IL Is altogether
likely that he will meet with apprecia-
tion here, since exponents OF straight
forward character work are rare His
studentship to Sargent is evident. but
not painfully so. and the unaffected
workmanship makes an appeal OF its
own.
Among his sitters have been the Duke
Of Argyll. Col. Barclay. aide dc camp to
King Edward Sir Patrick Manson, and
In America Eben u. Jordan and William
c. Edgar. editor Of the Northwest MiRer
and BeHmdn
Paintings by Marco Zin. now on view
In the Bookery. exhibit considerable
imaginative power and decorative feel
ing. This artist has seen the great
mountain ranges OF the West and paints
them enthusiastically. He evidently Is a
dreamer. and sometimes his paintings.
which are often large enough TO co,he
under the head OF mural decorations
grow somewhat confused As an artist
his surest asset Is his color.
Mr.. Colbert. the young Indian PAINTER
from Oklahoma. in his exhibition In the
Montross Galleries. shows that he can
be as modern as the best OF 'em. His
themes are all suggested by the legends
OF his race, expressed In vivid colors
which hold together compactly and in
which the effects of nature have not
been entirely discarded. It Is quite
evident that considerable symbolism has
gone into the making of the pictures,
and the legends that accompany them
are often quite significant. For instance
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

The annual reception and bazaar foi
224 West Fifty-eighth street. will be
held this year on December and s.
Artist members and associates are show
ing unusual interest many OF them hav-
ing donated framed sketches, hand made
Christmas cards and calendars. and In
addition to the always popular Tsnagra
figures. desk SETS fancy bags. toudoir
caps and bric-a-brac there will be a
number Of new and artistic articles OF
unusual design.
Among the artists who will have
charge OF the tables are the Misses
Lydia Field Emmett, Constance Curtis
Georgiana Howland. Louise Hcustis
Elizabeth Curtis and Ella Walk. and
Mines. Ripley Hitchcock. Theron Strong.
Francis Rogers and l.. Pcabia. The
tea room will be In charge OF Miss
Dorothy Battle and a committee from
the Junior League. Artist models will
serve tea in costumes of the nations.
An interesting exhibit OF stage models
has been arranged by the New York
Drama League to be held from Decem-
Der 70 December 10 at the league
headquarters. 20 West Forty-scventh
street. Among the contributors 20 this
exhibition are Robert Edmond Jones.
Norman Geddes, Boris Anisfeldt. Joseph
A. Physioc. Sheldon X. Viele. Willy Po-
gany. Claude Bragdon, John Wenger,
Dorothy Mcdonald. Warren Dahler.
Carmine vitolo. w. Herbert Adams Lee
Lash. F. Dodd Ackerman. Edward IL
Aschcrman, Novelty Scenic studio and
others.
The exhibition will be open every
afternoon from 1 until s o'clock, and on
Wednesday. December 4. and Friday,
December 9, until 10 T. NJ. Admission is
by membership card. Non-members viii
be admitted at so cents each.
The New York herald., 1921-12-04

Mr.. Metcalfs interiors, now shown IN
the Kingore Galleries, are In exceiieht
,oste rhis is a form of art in which
discernment is shown in choosing the
subject as we'll as in the execution OF
the drawings, and from both points oi
vieu, the artist acuuits himself well.
.'The Damasl< Curtains" lent by Miss
Tuckern,an; THE Pink Sofa" lent by
Miss Lydia f. Emmet. and the little
water color called Tapestry ane
Chintz" are especially satisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-24
AFAMILY OF GORILLAS

From the Providence Journal.
 The American Museum of natural history is in receipt of great good news. The expe- dition it sent to Africa has accomplished one of it's primary objects, the capture of family of gorillas. On the authority of pr. w. T. Hor- nady, only one live gorilla an infant, has ever been brought to the United States, and It lived only few days after it's arrival NOW five are on the way.
 If the family survives the long voyage 1t will have popular reception comparable to what has been accorded our most distinguished visitors. The Museum authorities are espec- iallv concerned for father gorilla, splendid creature reported to weigh 360 pounds and to have an arm more thanlseven feet long. As IS usually the case with human beings the ability of gorilla to accustom itself to a new envi- ronment diminishes with years. It is said that a fully adult one has never been seen alive in captivity. The few gorillas which have reached Europe were all young, and none of them lived long.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-24
A BARGAIN AT $50

From the North China Herald.
 The following application for employment was received by Shanghai college:
 Nothing is of less importance than the age Of a person; nevertheless, it is proper to begin that I am in my twenty-first year. Having firing ambition to do some service in the bus- ness world, grasp this opportunity to insert myself into the sphere. It is true that many are now wandering idly in the market awaiting employment. But it is true to the same extent thatmany of these, if not all, are good for noth- ing. To take notice upon them, or to put some duty upon them is to give gun powder to chil- dren as a plaything. The danger can be imagined
 'I am now going to give some account Of my personal abilities. It is not too much to say that my knowledge of English can hardly be rep resented to the full color by such little ad- ective as thorough. It is exceptionally ex- cellent, to be out spoken. As to the art of type writing, my hands go on as smoothly as to skate on an icy river. With such intellectual weapons any hard duties can be as easily con- quered as an egg shell by wave. The salary look for would be $50 per month
 "Awating your answer earnestly, l am, Sir.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-24
BELIEVES IN SPORTS

q just passing through Birmingham on my way home," says F. P. Christopher who lives at Isney. q feel mighty proud of my bunch of football players the Walker County High school team won the state championship. It was easy to coach them as the team played as a unit.
 "Fifteen of them got letters, but instead of giving sweaters it was concluded to present each one with miniature football of gold, it makes appropriate watch charm and can be kept for years as a remembrance of happy days on the training field and in contests. The team put Walker county on the athletic map of the state.
 While I devote much time to the team as coach I have charge of the science depart ment. l a great believer in sports for both boys and girls"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-24
EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY FOR THE
 POLITICAL PRISONERS"

The release of Eugene V. Debs from the fed eral pententiary in Atlanta will free the most noted of the so-called political prisoners, ," some of whom were misguided zealots during the World war, others anarchists and traitors to the American government.
 The Debs case was given great notoriety be- cause of his prominence as a socialist leader and the ceaseless agitation kept up in his behalf He has probably been punished enough for the offense of which he duly convicted, but it should not be assumed that the release of Debs and others who will be set at liberty means that their imprisonment was miscarriage of justice. They are simply the objects of executive elem ency, for which they have to thank President Harding and the sentiment shown in America and other countries to deal leniently with of- lenders of their class because the war is over.
 The American people and the American government do not condone the offenses of the political prisoners" any more now than they did during the war These people received the punishment, in a majority of cases, which they richly deserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-24
GERoID LAToUR

From the Louisville Courier-Journss.
 The hero's name Is Geroid Latcur His curly beard was like a~cluster of rederaspber- ries. Maroon colored were his lips. He "got that way" because he was Can angel rolling in red mud" When his wife "futilely tried to wrench his beard off'' and attempted to4pierce his eyes with hatpin, Geroid said, ''That is unnecessary. Another woman once didftsbeteer with a word"
 At that pointsa parrot shouted, CT am dumb! I am ~dumbv' whereupon Latour and his wife, slapped each other regretfully, and sat down to eat pear" These jovial calisthenics, sadly indulged in were interrupted by the appearance of little girl who had face like "candied moon" and who had come to buy coffin from Geroid, an undertaken.
 All this, and more, is geaned from a story by Maxwell Bodenheim in the last number of the Dial There is "bulbous woman in penitent lavender" black cat which chases yellow one, tree which "stood out like the black veins on an unseen fist, i" "a mountainous washerwoman'' who dances with beer bottle poised on her head, and man whose "face reminded one of a pear that had been stepped on."
 After large doses of the current realistic lit srature, which analyses human emotions as though they parts of laboratory frog, which is misleading rather than accurate, which suffocates rather than enlightens, 1t is refresh ing to find gifted writer like MT. Bodenheim writing palatable stuff. You see, the title of his story is Insanity"