The New York herald., 1921-12-04
BURTY SHOWS DELIGHTFUL TALEN

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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 and
The Sun God will burn up their efforts
Just as he does the unfruitful plants
The Meryon Memorial Exhibition of
etchings and drawings. in the Print
Gallery Groom 321) of the New York
Public Library. originally intended 10
be on view during November only, VIII
be open until the end OF the year. the
of this show lies. OF course,
in the possibility 1t offers of comparing
states and various Impressions OF the
same print. and of studying, in num-
Der of cases. the original drawing side
by side with the etching. One gets in
this way most interesting lights on
Meryon's methods OF working and on
his point OF view.
At the exhibition Of painting and
sculpture at the gallery of the Junior
Patrons by anonymous artists three
people guessing were so per cent. right
These we're Mr.. Leith-Ross of Hillsdale'
n. Y. Miss Mary Cater of East Orange,
and Mrs. X Hayes Miller of New YORK
city. Artists were not competing, put
in many cases amused themselves Dy
guessing. Among these only two were
successful in beating the record or the
competitors-Louls BoUche, who guessei
all but three pictures out OF thirty
nine, and Mr.. Halpert, who missed ABOUT
five The critics were too discreet 10
reveal their discrepancies. but we as
sumo that they are the only ones who
could have been 100 per cent. correct
The prize, which is an anonymous pic
ture. will be drawn for by the three best
guessers.
The Guild Of American Painters j.
now showing in the Babcock Galleries.
The members of this guild are land
scapists, for the most part, and land
scapists who revel in color. The most
reposeful Of their pictures is Ernest
d. Roth's Red Barns In Winter. tne
redness of the barns being pleasantly
toned and the composition acceptapie'
Mr. Costigan's study of Sky is al
most abstract but 1t escapes from the
realm of pigment in spite of the fact
that he had piled the pigment on heav-
ily into the domain of expression. lhere
Is the feeling of life and air In the
little work Other interesting canvases
are by II. Vance Swope, Walter farh-
don and George Pearse Ennis
Mr. Metcalf's interiors. now shown IN
the Kingore Galleries, are In excellent
taste. This is form of art in when
discernment is shown in choosing the
subject as we'll as in the execution OF
the drawings, and from both points Oh
view the artist acquits himself Well
''The Damask Curtains lent by Miss
Tuckerman; THE Pink Sofa, lent py
Miss Lydia +. Emmet. and the httie
water color called Tapestry ane
Chintz" are especially satisfactory
The sixth annual exhibition of the
Brooklyn Society OF Etchers will be
opened to the public in the Print Cal
leres of the Brooklyn Museum on Tues
day. December s. This opening will be
preceded by q private view and recep-
ton on the afternoon of Monday. DE-
cember 5, for members OF the press
members of the society. members OF the
museum and invited guests. The 'aXhi-
hilton will continue until and including
Monday. January 2. 1t will be one OF
the best and largest so far made by the
society. Two hundred and siXty-nine
prints will be shown.
Two prizes will be awarded at tins re-
ception--the Kate w. Arms prize OF $50
for the best etching by a member OF the
society and the Nathan /. Dijur prize
of s25 for the best etching by nom
member of the society. The jury Will
consist of the two prize winners OF last
year and two associate members 10 ~
elected by the council.
1t is widely understood that neither
the Brooklyn Society OF Etchers nor its
exhibitions are local affairs. There are
more active members OF the society out
side of Brooklyn than in IL. many be-
longing to New York and many belong
ing i'm other parts of the country. As
regards the exhibits themselves, very
many of them are by non-members liv-
ing I'm various parts OF the United States
reaching from Maine to California. The
associate members of the society are,
however. confined to Greater New York.
There are about 200 OF these. of whom
about two-thirds are fesidents of
Brooklyn and one-third are residents of
Manhattan.
As regards the active members. of
whom there are about fifty. many are
scattered throughout the United States
and more OF the active members arc
residents of Manhattan than of Brook
lyn. Moreover, the exhibitions are be-
ginning 10 assume an international
character as shown by ths fact that
several English artists and several
Canadians are represented in the pres
ent show. The officers of this society
are as follows: President. Eugene NJ.
Higgins vice president. Henry y.
Shoate; corresponding secretary. Mar
gerry Ryerson; recording secretary. John
7. Arms: treasurer. Fred Reynolds.
Members of the council for the years
1920-1922 are Troy Kinney and VIII
Simmons. and for the years 1921-1923
Ernest d. Roth and Paul NJ. Roche.
The annual reception and bazaar for