Evening star., 1921-10-30

number of architectural themes rem
dered with realistic precision There
are few, however. which while e&-
OF touch which is quite enchanting
one in particular, entitled Lace. a
remarkable row OF old-world houses,
beautifully Transcribed.
Two of MIR. Arms etchings are OF
gatgoyles. One shows a great gar
goyle and his prey, the other. tiny
little plate, shows one of the famous
gargoyles of Lincoln. The former has
as background the roofs of great
city.
Exhibitions of Mr.. Arms etchings
and aQuatints have oeen held in Bos-
ton, New York and other cities. Con-
noisseurs are collecting his works,
and he is still, as it were. little past
the beginning. There is every reason
| to prophesy a brilliant future. Like
many another artist. he seems. how
ever. to have sprung almost directly
to success, finding himself and his
talent on the instant, rather than ar
riving through the roadway Of long
experience. He may never do better
! work than he is doing today. but his
work Is bound to increase in interest
as 1t gains in maturity.
This is an exhibition which should
| tistic merit, but because Of local
pride. 1t will probably continue to
the latter part Of November.
In the special semicircular ex-
hibition gallery at the Corcoran Gal
iery OF Art there is now on view
collection of modern Japanese paint
| ings of members of Nippon Bitutsu-in
! of Toxic. Japan. This exhibition
was organized by the Cleveland
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| is wise at this time that the Ameri-
can public should have some further
understanding of the recent develop
ment Of Japanese painting and the
effort on the part of the Nippon
| Bijutsu-in to revive the old tradi-
tions."
| The art Of Japan. as many know.
has fallen In recent years under
western influence with rather sad re-
suit Art is of little value unless it
is sincere. The orientars habit of
thought is quite different from that
of the occidental. When Japan copies
Europe or America it is no more at
| tractive than when Europe or
America copies Japan.
In the catalogue to the collection
something is told Of how the Bi5utsu-
| in came into existence. Toward the
latter part of the last century the
late Okakura- kakuzo was director
Toxic. Finding himself out Of SYM
pathy with the methods prescribed
by the department OF education, he
resigned, and under his leadership a
| body of men interested in the re-
yivaI Of the distinctive old at of
entitled the Bijutsu-in. Studios and
clsssrooms wsfe secured In Ysnaka.
Toxic, and okakura- Kukuso and
Gaho Hashimoto became chief In
structors. mo longer hampered by
govetnment interference and liber-
ated from the bonds Of msrs trsdi-
resources Of that dim past when art
wss not profession. but . passion.
Their first aim was to train the
younger generations IN the practice
of art. their second object the hold
Ing of Biennial exhibitions In Toxic
and occasional travelling exhibitions
/ publication of . monthly magazine
called the Nippon Bijutsu-in."
The Russo-Japansss war, in 1896,
Iretafded the progress of the associa-
tion, we are told. but during that
period Of inactivity sayeraI Of Its
lrope and the United States In COM
fpany with Mr.. Okakura. For a time
the studios in Toxic were abandoned
and the artists established themselve
on the seacoast in little village
lcallsd Izura. Even so, they kept In
Occasionally they contributed to the
national exhtbitiens, but they were
still revoIunists in spirit, and In
1914 they established an exhibition OF
their own in Toxic. Since that they
have exhibited Independently each
year. They have now rebuilt the stu
dios in Toxic and are continuing aa-
tively their propa ganda and work.
There are eighteen painters and
nine sculptors in the association: six
teen of the former arc represented in
the present exhibition.
In q way 1t is an interesting show
lins, but it is not Q little sad. While
I:. the spirit Of the past, it is dis
tinctly interior and shows little COM
lprehension Of the elements which
made the oriental art of earlier CEN
lturies both great and wonderful for
all ttms. There Is scarcely anything