New-York tribune., 1921-03-13

Two collections are presently to be
dispersed at the American Art Galleries.
One is composed Of the Jacobean, Queen
Anne and other early English furniture,
brought together by Major George Hors-
field, Of London. 1t will be sold next
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.
The Ali Ashraff SoultanotT collection,
brought from Constantinople, consists
of 450 Oriental rugs and carpets They
will be sold on the afternoons Of March
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There Is published in Paris an anus
ing magazine devoted to ideas Of fash
ION. 1t is called the Gazette du Bon
Genre. Over here it Is circulated by
Conde Mast, publisher Of Vanity Fair
and Vogue. At the Wildenstein gallery
about a dozen members Of the artistic
staff are making an exhibition Of their
originals, and nothing quite so diverting
has been seen here this winter. Jacques
Brissaud, Georges Lapape, George Bar
bier, Andre Marty, Etienne Drian and
the rest are men who are sincere work
ers and who, perhaps for that very rea-
son, produce their patterns of line and
color SIS though just for the fun Of the
thing. They are fantastically clever.
They are humorous and witty and they
have grace. They deal everlAstingly
with "frivolities," but their work is we'll
done and is worth while. 1t gives to
the magazine aforesaid q most unusual
character. 1t makes this exhibition joy
ously entertaining.
John Newton Hewitt has an exhibi-
tion of twenty paintings in oil at the
City Club, ambitiousl. diverse in sub
ject, including portraits, landscapes
and several compositions possessing a
good deal of pictorial interest. The
general tone of the show Is pleasing
and warm in color, particularly in the
landscapes, which have certain
bright, atmospheric quality. For the
most part the paintings are done in
simple colors with smooth, realistic
touch. The landscapes are less suggest
i've of Hewitt, the illustrator, though
several of the others, among them 1.-The
White Scarf" are spirited and effective
in their simplicity of tone.
At the National Arts Club galleries
the exhibition Of advertising art ar
hanged by the Art Directors Club is a
daily center Of attraction for an admir-
ing following both in and outside of
the field of commercial art. The exhi-
bition is representative Nearly three
hundred pictures are shown, varying in
media from pen and ink, crayon and
wash to water color and oil examples.
Many of the pictures are already famil-
lar through the advertising columns, as
all of them have been used for adver-
tising purposes.
The prize winner in the black and
white class is F. r. Gruger's illustra-
ton of battery Of heavy siege guns
in action. W. E. Heitland was awarded
the prize in the class for paintings and
drawings in color with a striking study
of a Spanish dancer in bright red cos
tune. Rene Clark was accorded the
honors in the poster class An oil
painting by Dean Cornwell and several
by Walter Biggs commanded favorable
| comment, as did the various examples
by Henry Raleigh, Wallace Morgan,
Franklin Booth, Adolph Treidler,
Harry Townsend, Maxfeld Parrish and
Edward Penfeld.
One is certain to find interesting
paintings at the annual exhibition at
the Salmagundi Club. Most impressive
about it this year, aside from the gen.
eral high quality and pleasing variety
Of subjects, is the large representation
In view of the many current shows one
wonders at the scope of artistic en-
deavor. There are no less than 173
artists in the catalogue. The Isadore
prize is awarded to Cullen Yates, whose
"Uplands" portrays a hilly landscape.
Two purchase prizes are announced.
One OF them is by Edmund Greacen,
"The Oldfashioned Gown" soft,
airy illusion in pastel-like shades, rep
resentng a young woman. The other
is a landscape by Robert Spencer,
called "One O'clock" Paintings by
Emil Carlson, Charles c. Curran, Jonas
Lie, A. L. Groll and Charles w. Haw-
thorne are to be found. One sculpture,
fountain group of seven figures by
Willard Paddock, fills an imposing posi-.
ton in the center of the main gallery.
There is a showing of Photographic
studies by E. o. Hoppe at the Bel
maison galleries, Wanamaker's, under
the patronage of Princess Cantacuzene-
Speransky, Mrs. Lydig Hoyt and others.
Most of the pictures by this newcomer
from England are portrait studies of
personages socially and artistically
prominent in America and England.
There are, besides, a number of soft
hued prints of London landmarks in
mist group Of interesting character
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