The New York herald., 1921-04-24
evws Sculpture Suggests Mao and Bernard

better portrait painter than Mrs. Rand
among the American group. Particu-
iarly with men does she succeed. Por-
traits such as that OF Ex-Gov. Edward
Curtis Smith are documentary. The par
toular quality that brought Gov smith
distinction Is there in the portrait.
There y portrait of little child IN a
red jacket that has all the elflike charm
81 The best works OF George Fuller and
George Luks Occasionally there +
sign Of fatigue in the work. bi ,.i.s oe-
r IRIS. oddly enough, In he feminine ac-
cessories. There is one portrait in which
al the difficult things nave been easily
and delightfully."- handled. but in the
long yellow skirt OF the sitter. thing
OF no difficulty 10 the average painter,
Mrs. Rand became perfunctory.
Miss Maud Mason has placed group
o. flower paintings and also some OF
nsr recent ceramics on view In the Lit
tie Gallery Miss Masons flower pieces
are strong in color and ably designed.
and viii doubtless meet with the general
approval that 1t Is now rather the fash
.on to bestow upon flower paintings.
The Howard Young Galleries feature
the work of Charles G. Curran. Mr..
Curran, who was born in 1851, Is q. vet
Aran academician. He studied first IN
Cincinnati and afterward at the Acad-
emile Julian under Constant. Lefebvre
and Doucet. 1t was doubtless Lefebyre
who inspired him with the desire for
high finish for Mr. Curran has always
been an exponent OF the principle OF
putting everything in. one OF his pic
lures IN the present exhibition, called
The ~S>-te Pine" shows young wom-
an posing in the sunlight between some
inc branches, and all the needles Of the
pine and the shadows that the pine
needles make upon the young womans
white skirt are carefully iSalIeeted.
such a method Is bound to be popular,
and the artist has been plentifully re-
warded with prizes, taking among others
-le Altman figure prize Of $1,000 in the
Academy of 1919.
Percival Rousseau who is the most
eminent of our painters Of dogs. is ex-
hibiting his latest productions in the
John Levy Galleries. Mr.. Rousseau, pre-
sumably loves all dogs but he happens
to paint the aristocrats among them. He
las made portraits OF some of the most
celebrated hunting dogs in the country,
notably those of Mr.. Harry Kirkover OF
Buffalo, and has not only done them TO
tile life but has placed them in the
scenes OF their triumphs, on the hunting
fields of North Carolina and other places.
The sportsman ought TO take intense
satisfaction in these paintings, for II Is
evident at the first glance that they
have been painted by one who Is him
self a hunter and that everything is true
to hunting form.
Miss Eliza Burlington, who studied de-
sign with Arthur Dow and later on in
Japan, Is exhibiting the special applica-
tions of her principles of art in an eN-
ribition in the Willow Brook Company's
Galleries. Miss Burlington holds that
life is impaired to drawn line by the
timed applications of force, so that the
brush moves rhythmically just as ones
feet move rhythmically in dancing. and
one enjoys writing as one enjoys dane
ing" To show that the method is not
nhumanly difficult Miss Burlington also
exhibits the work of a young child who
has been practising il but a year and
vino yet expresses herself freely in de-
e.gn.
The new Mesnard Galleries have just
placed on view a collection OF works
BY masters that are very much appre-
ciated by Americans. There is charm
ingly free figure piece by Whistler in
his familiar grays, large and dramatic
panel by Albert p. Ryder, called "Nour-
mahal" a clever and attractive still
life by the late William NJ. Chase,
thoughtful and serious landscape By
william Sartain, a still life by Emil
Carlsen and a figure piece by Childe
Hassam. The Mesnard Galleries aims
to show paintings with lighting arrange
ments suitable to the individual pic
lures, the effort being to give the effect
that the works have when hanging in
residences.