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them, and "Baldhead Cliff" another To
his pattern he adds handsome tone,
in d low key, and the result is an at
tractively decorative picture. Bit his
hest work lies ahead of him At pres
ont he is trife heavy handed and he
misses the qtality of painted surface
which is necessary to conceptions such
as he prefers The "Baldhead Cliff" Of
fers q striking instance in point. 1t
is we'll composed, it has truth and dig
nifty. But it falls short of the beauty
which it ought to possess because it is
too panty, opaque where it ought to
be transparent, prosaic in tone where
it ought TO be ndividualized and charm
ing. Taken as a whole, the exhibition
Of ten landscapes has the value of an
afirmation of old, imaginative ideals
at time too often productive of shall
low "modernism."
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Old Masters
The StiIiman Pictures al the
METROPOLITAN

Owing TO their distribution through
several galleries, the visitor to the
Metropolitan Museum might overlook
the Importance of the pictures re-
Gently lent by Mr.. Charles c. Stillman
in memory Of his father, James Still
man. The group is composed Of a
dozen old masters of the Dutch, Span
ish, French and Italian schools The
Dutch painting is a fascinating por-
trait by Rembrandt Of his son Titus,
soberly warm in color, and in style one
of those broadly handled studies in
which the master was the sheer
virtuoso, sweeping and spontaneous.
The Murillo madonna is an authen-
tic, representative piece--of no great
interest. The two French canvases are
beautifully characteristic, Natter
which may lack his characteristic large
theatrical touch, but through its very
iightness is perhaps the more accept
able. 1t has for companion g portrait
by Antoine Vcstier, an eighteenth CEN
fury painter who had briliiance Of his
own N his minor fashion These two
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bibition vas opened last Sunday VITA
a reception, MISS Spong acting a.
hostess. The pictures bes7eak sn inde-
fstiyabie craftsman. They represent
wide fed. pla~es .s..ed b .ir. SpoA.-
during extensive travels or the Cont
nent and in Australis. Only ore who
has a great love for his art could hare
fitted them into career so full Of &c
tiYiiy as his There are more than
hundred examples 4 keen sense -
artistic appreciation. coupled with r
extraordinary gift Of perception, seen
to be the artists outstanding quaiitics.
His raining - scenic, artist fer tn
theater, perhaps. gave him the quslit~
he possesses OF interpreting a difhculr
with true perspective al
stability. HIS architectural studis>
made il Egypt are admirable. H
manner Of painting. however, IS TN
usual to-day. Seldom now does ths
artist tsrry over detail as does this
artist The realism that was vita
influence OF the eighties IS found here.
One feels too strongly, perhaps, tn
presence of figures IN his landscapes
Inadvertently comes 10 mind the VIC
torian camp stool and parasoi, suS
gestion of quaint period that is past.
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4 Portrait Painter
On a Southern Holiday

T. Bcwley is showing a group of nor
'rsies' IN one of them, the "Resigns-
tion' he seeks to interpret a tender
mood and does it with some subtletv.
But analysis does net constitute his
strongest appeal. That lies in his
studies 1T pure portraiturc, above all.
- his impressions of childhood. the
Marcia or the ''Nellie,'' in which he
preserves the sweetness of his subject
quite artlessly and then throws in the
charm OF pigment sensitivcly handled.
Inc painting OF the yellow dress in
the Marcia" best gives the measure
Of Mr.. Bcwley's technique He would
do we'll to follow the mode illustrated
III that canvas, the thorough going
manipulation of tone, and avoid the
manner which is marked in +hc
"Tiney.' he has too much clcverness
OF his own to bother about ESSAYS in
the crispness characteristic of Mr.
Robert Henri. With Mr.. Bewley's por-
traits there are shown some landscancs
painted by Mr.. Harry Leith. Ross.
These are distinctivcly uneven in Quail
ity and their general effect is in no
wise exciting, but q single canvas in
the lot lifts itself we'll above its sur
roundings. This is the Grey Dav.
WINTER an interesting example of the
way in which true artistic impulse
and good Workmanship will transform
an unpromising theme and produce a
beguiling picture.
Mr.. Mountford Coolidge, at the
hraushaar gallery. is a belated ro
manifest. He sees landscape not as
the impressionists saw it, saturated in
light, but rather in the way OF Diaz,
Tor whom light counted as an enrinh
ment to a tapestry of natures deep
browns and blues and greens For an
artist OF this tendcniy design means
more than for the characteristic land
scape painter of our time, content with
the casual fragment Mr.. Coolidge
searches after pictorial unity, con-
celves Of his scene as a mass, naints
II with feeling OF weight and depth.
lie makes some attractive patterns.
"Edgs Of the Woods" contains one of
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Four Americans
Miss Anne Goldthwaite and
Some Others

Miss Goidthwaite, like Mr.. Adams,
gives us something Of surprise. Her
work as an etcher has been very we'll
known Now and then we have OBJ
served painting from her hand. But
the room full of pictures which she
mas at the Drummer gallery gives us an
altogether new impression. In one re
spect they ara clearly allied to the
etchlrgs they reveal a delightful in
'erest In draushtsmanship This comes
out most no,ieeably in the portraits,
such as John Butler Yeats" Here
ana IN number of other heads Miss
0oidth~aite shows what true sense
U torn she has and how skillfully she
eao define u. There is character in her
portraits Her men and women are
'aeughtfuily studied But we are most
impressed by her craftsmanship. A
preface 10 the catalogue indicates that
sac has been long in Paris. No spe-
e'al atelier IS Indicated but We should
imagine that she had felt the influence
e*aN1tloN OIL DSBdS. IL SctHto
psfceptlble in her treatment OF the
"gure' and we are conscious OF it, too,
u her capital open air studies.
N0ehlng could be more creditable than
s's ooscurity Of her possible sources
INSPIRATION. The foreign atmosphere
'here, but what prevails is an en-
Ssg'ng personal accent In the next
,sga her etched work is displayed at
's'l length, accomplished work, tech
'"Saiiy adroit, with pleasant light
sS and elegance about it. Both with
@"e brush and with the needle Miss
o''o'hwaite has something individual
sSU 70 say. Withal. her art appeared
0s traditional state, suggestive
abilities still further to be de-
-opeo' She gives one the pleasure
Oniy progressive type affords.
lns ferrsgii gallery Mr. Murray
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Bv Royal Cortissoz

An influence that promises to be
ro tl,an ordinarily useful will be set
!. motion tomorrow when the new
sa;Id;nS Of the Art Center. at 65 East
r,fty-sixth Street, is opened. Eight or
IN different organizations colIaborate
- this enterprise and bring together
,Ae arts and the crafts in common
n,rrosc. Their slogan is utility In
.se arts which is to say that every
sodv concerned is in practical frame
= mind. interested in directing 1sthe-
=. taste into the channels of everyday
ffe. Il IS probable that the picture
,sirted fer its own sake will some
lines be seen on these walls, hut it is
<;rniscant that the leading pictorial
.xbibit arranged for this season is the
annual show Of the Society Of Illus
.rasors When this body comes for
xsrd tomorrow it will be accompanied
~ an association of photographers and
.bsre viii be also. assembled by mem
hers o. tae Art Alliance, a collection
os American textiles snd the like. One
sf the principal objects of the Art
Center IS &c emphasize the vital
oonts Of contact that exist between
srt and industry" Believers in the
Importance of those points Of contact,
who have watched with warm sym
osthy the work done at the Metro
nositar Museum, at the Architectural
League and elsewhere, will rejoice in
the successful development of this new
schs,nc
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New and Old Pictures

eanvases make good panel in the
French room, along with the superb
Boucher, Toilet of Venus" in the W.
X. Vanderbilt bequest.
There are eight Renaissance paint
lngs In the Stillman group, ranging
from the Florentinc to the Venetian
schools. Two full lengths by Moroni
recall one of the best Of north Italian
masters He had his varying moments
AT rare intervals, as in the famous
Tailor of the National Gallery, he
rose to the level Of Vclasqucz. More
frequently he was just the polished
journeyrnan. That Is his statue in the
Stlllman portraits. But he was Jour
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iioibeill
Some Inspiration for the stu
dent of Technique

In an old inventory familiar to
readers Of the history Of Holbein there
occurs this entry: "a create booke of
Pictures doone By Haunce Holbyn Of
certeyne Lordes, Ladyes, gentlemen
and gentlewomen in King Henry the
S:his tyne The "booke' is one or
the monuments Of Northern art The
portraits it contains. now at Windsor.
make perhaps the most renowned
group of those studies which the
master was wont to produce as the be-
ginnings Of his paintings They may
be seen to-day, with scores of other
Holbeins in facsimile, over at the
Brooklyn Museum. An exhibition OF
reproductions would not seem to be, in
itself, very thrilling thing. But in
the case of Holbein it constitutes q
really precious occasion, which no stu
dent of technique should miss.
This revival of interest in memo
rahle tradition comes just when it is
needed One of the mosf senxorous
elements in the modernism we hear SO
much about is the reputation of III
the old ideals Of drawing Matisse,
who has drawn in his time with deli
cacy and a precision suggesting that
he had sat at the feet Of JngreS. has
chosen to throw linear rect4tude over
board Of most of his disciples it may
be said that they never had any line
to throw. Degas. as modern an artist
IS we have had, was one of the faith
fullest craftsmen that ever lived,
but his example means nothing to the
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Mr.. v ayman Adams
The Notes of Color He Has
Found in New Orleans

Hitherto it has been as a portrait
painter that Mr.. Wayman Adams, an
exhibitor Of the last few years in New
York galleries. has disclosed an inter
esting talent He continues in this role
and there are several portraits in his
show at the Mich gallery. They are
good workmanlike affairs, especially
the ~Jonn McLure Hamilton" and the
~Col. (. NJ House" Alone, however,
they would add nothing to the ARTISTS
repute, and the two or three studies
os children might even lessen it a
little. Canvases like the Wee Jean"
and the Little Anne are clever but
hollow. deity executed but without
any personal quality. The success Of
Inc exhibition rests upon the collec-
ion o. some twenty sketches done
in New Orleans.
They make Us think of the fragments
taat Beznald brought back from India.
Nj Adams, TO be sure, is not Bes-
aa1d He hasn't the French masters
power lie hasn't anything like the
same quality Of style. But he has had
similar adventure and has exploited
). to a similar purpose. That is to say
hs has gone among scenes in warm
.l.mate and has painted them for what
hey arc worth, so much color.
Ramblng through old New Orleans he
aas caught glimpses Of dark, white
robed figures seated or standing near
tai. green shutters The window open
ihgs have particularly beguiled him
Repeatedly he paints their slender
lines, beyond which lie deep mysterious
shadows. The figure there is doubtless
commonplace enough, yet it is as often
w-aith-liae and romantic. thanks
merely to light and shade-and color.
without the catalogue one would know
q once that these studies were made in
the South; they are so rich. so fervid.
Their artistic merit is registered in
the TACT that they make distinctly
varied exhibition. despite the painters
adherence TO what amounts, essentially,
to but one theme. He strays off from
time to time into some other byway of
Louisiana life and is mildly amusing
when he does SO; but we come back
to his windows and the languorous
seures they enframe. We come back
to them more than contentcd with his
holidsy away from protraiture. IN
fset, this excursion ought TO be fol-
loved by others in the same vein.
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new genius. Holbcin recalls us TO
the immutsble standards, strengthens
the hands of those who believe that
art has recognizable foundations. And
he Is the last man in the history of art
to hurt the hypothesis that drafts
manship is not matter Of the schools.
but q matter of personality. Compare
him with any of the Northern kings of
linc, with Durer or with Rembrandt
Compare him with such Italians as
Leonardo or Botticclli Or with mod
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erns like Ingres and Forain. Each one
of these masters is as detached from
the others as it is humanity possible
to be. Nobody who studies Holbein's
style as craftsman need be afraid
that he will draw like Holbein. There
isn't the slightest danger Of that. But
he will learn two things at least-con-
scientiousness and respect for nature.
And out of these things, as Holbein
will show him, beauty is sometimes
achieved.
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K Ran d. ON Impressions
La Current Exhibitions

English about Forsin, SO the reader
may be interested to know that in the
first issue of the revived "Print Col
lcctor's Quarterly" there is a good
paper on Forains etchings by Mr..
Campbell Dodgson, full of useful infor-
nation.
There will be opened with private
view on Monday afternoon, November T,
at the Brooklyn Museum, an unusual ex-
hibition OF water colors by American
artists. About three hundred pieces will
be shown. Figures of the recent past
arc included in tho list, Winsow Homer,
Alden Weir, John La Fargo, Frederic
Crowninshield and Mary Rogers. The
museum viii draw upon it's permanent
collection for display OF the work of
John Sargent. Others TO be representa-
are Dodge Macknight, Arthur B. Davies,
Francis McComas, Paul Dougherty, John
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tion and to a certain extent in style
this is precisely in Bronzino's academ-
cal but robust vein. The color is par
ticularly exhilarating, resonant in its
reds and yellows. There are religious
compositions by Gianpetrino, Boccacio
Boccaccino, Francia and Tiepolo, none
of them examples of the first rank but
all of them admirable bits of southern
art
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4 Great Concession

6Frou. The Csrciamots E,quirer}
Latest from Soviet Russia is that q
man now may wear wtite collar an
a clean shirt without causing an TIP
rising of the ''prolctariat," so eFcc
lively IS Leni1e inauguratine conces
sions TO "cspitalistic" practices.
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The Weyhe gallery devotes its first
exhibition Of the season to selection
from the works Of Foran in etching
and lithography. Besides the prints
there is q generous sheaf of drawings.
Many Of these souvenirs are rare. But
even the most familiar of Forain's de-
signs are good to see again and again.
There were prints OF his at the keppel
gallery last winter; earlier there were
some OF his paintings at the Kraushaar
gallery, but now this third little collec-
ton appears with a freshness upon it
such as belongs to an entirely new
thing. That is because Forain is not
only great craftsman but an artist
whose genius is constantly refreshed at
the very springs Of life. There never
was more Jealous observer and there
never was one with more piercing
vision. He is intensely French, but he
never suggests those restrictions of
locale which are so characteristic Of
even the most brilliant os the spccid-
cally Montmartre satirists A universal
quality is implicit in his biting COM
ments on poor weak humanity. And his
world is akin to the worlds of Balzac
and Dickens in its infinite variety At
one moment he is rejecting as in
mirror the scamiest side of existence
and in tbs next he is drawing his theme
from the Scriptures-and rising to it.
There are even 4 few landscapes in
this exhibition, lovely aeeting glimpses.
The show, in word, is boon Com
paratively little has been written in
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neyman who knew how to draw, whose
line had wonderful distinction, and
whose treatment of blacks and greys
denoted a remarkable mastery OF tone
There are one or two other fine por-
traits here, charming example Of
Lorenzo di Credi and virile "Halber-
dier'' by Pontormo. There was time,
it is stated in the "Bulletin." when
this was attributed to Bronzino. The
error is easily understood. In concep-
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The sale this week at the American
Art Galleries is of a miscellaneous col
lection of furniture and other household
embellishments. The furniture is OF
early American, eighteenth century Eng
hsh and French origin. A paneled room
IN the Georgian style is shown, silver
and Sheffield plate are included; there
is section Of china and glass, and there
are some Oriental rugs. The six hun
d1ed objects will be dispersed in four
af5ernoon sessions. beginning tomorrow.
The sale opens with some early Roman
glass bowls and vases.
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A new gallery, with a new idea. was
added recently to this city's art show
places. 1t is the Gallerie Intime, at
749 Fifth Avenue. There was an aus
picious opening reception and exhibit
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Marin, HavIcy Lever. Manonri Young,
Childe Hassam and Rockwell Kent
Joseph Pennel win contribute group
OF twenty-five studics of the East
River and New York Harbor
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Tomorrow is set for the opening at
the knoedler gallery of an exhibition Of
carly American portraits. It's chief fea-
ture is q group of no fewer than eight
paintings by Gilbert Stuart
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mentary or informal his conceptions.
In the looser treatment OF his water
colors and pastels the artist seems to
bring out his best possibilities Morn
ing Light" showing woman asleep, is
nice bit Of design in pastel. The
water colors - Dock Scene, Dhkari"
and Bridge Of lido" mere note. as they
are-carry vivid Impressions. In the
more formal monotypcz and oils much
is lost by manifest restraint Born in
Oklahoma, Of Mexican and Hungarian
parentsge, Tshchsechee has had va
ried career, visiting many climes, but
apparently always see.nS them with
the appreciation and the discrimination
Of the artist.
The New York Center for American
Art Promotion, West Fourteenth
Street, is holding an exhibition and
sale of paintings, etchings and draw
ings. The following artists are exhib-
iting: Winthrop Turney. Vera Leeper,
c. W. Swensson, f. Weber, James G.
Tyler, L. Huber, Warren Keith, ". D.
Dodge, L. W. Quanchi, Alfonso Hammel,
Willy Pogany, Hans P. Hansen, B. j.
Mangravite, Emil Grippe and Xavier
j. Barilc. The works will be shown
until the end Of the month.
Walter Brook.s Spons, father Of
Miss Hilda Spong, the English actress,
and himself one Of the foremost figures
in English theatrical art Of the late
nineteenth century, has a large exhi-
bition of water colors at the Anderson
galleries. 1t is the first time his
paintings have appeared here. Tho ex-
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The exhibition at the Scott &
Fowlea gallery of Blake's Dantesque
drawings and Mr.. Paul Manship's
hronzes has proved an unusual success.
Hence it has been extended for another
week.
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latter half Of the last century. Whistler.
Aaden, Legros, Millet, Zorn, Cameron
and McBey are represented in the cur
rent show With many of their best and
most representative plates. Others OF
Importance Meryon, Lepere, Haig,
Brangwyn, MacLaughlan, Sir Frank
Short, Earl Horter, William A. Levy
and Louis Orr-add to the fullness OF
the exhibition. 1t is thoroughly typical
Of the modern development that is
keeping etching in the front rank OF
art expression. From Haden and
Whistler to McBey is observed a sus
tanned appreciation of the medium and
widening of the scope of subject mat
ter utilized. There are seven Whistlers
-" Billingsgate, "Hurlingham" sud
"Limehouse," with their charming pic
tuSizations Of English waterfront quar-
ters; the portrait of Drouet, The
Rag Gatherers,' annie, Seated" and
'Longshoremen.' Among the prints of
seymour Haden is the large plate Of
Windsor Castle" It is fine print
IN brown paper. not commonly seen.
The later examples include two charm
ing prints by Earl Horter-' Youth" 8
ovely reclining nude figure, and The
Iiddish Junk Shop the latter in pic
turesque detail, and both Interpreted
in clean technique. The Might. Ely"
By McBey, is an impressive study Of p
lofty vaulted room In deep shaSaw,
aceentuated only by low glow Of light
and revealing in the foreground a
penitent figure, Here the artist has
subordinated the material presentation
Of the subject to enforce a subtle note
u atmosphere. The exhibition will re-
main until November 9.
On December there will be opened at
he Milch gallery an exhibition Of the
gorks left by Abbott H. Thayer and
9wned by his estate There are both
'aintings and drawings in the collection.
mong the former one Of the two nudes
'hich the artist executed. The show
viii last until the first Of the year.
In the exhibition OF the work of Leon
lahcheeehee at tne Babcock galleries
shere are oils, pastels. monotypes
and water colors. The subject matter
rejects the Aeen-visioned traveller in
many countries, the artist, whose seLse
Tor the picturesque, the novel, is insa-
-iable. The works shown arc, for the
most part, little more than impress
sions made by the wayside in Europe.
Mexico, Centra! America and north
Africa They reflect the true char-
acter and the common pursuits Of tho
na.ive peoples. no matter how fras~
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The etching show at the Brown
Robertson gallery has found great
favor during the last week with print
lovers who are appreciatiye Of the vital
contribution to art made by a group
Of outstanding figures OF this and the
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tion, featuring paintings, etchings and
sculpture by Marco Zim. The gallery
is more than an exhibition place for
works of art. According to the plan
set forth, it is to be a meeting place
for persons interested in the arts. Not
orly will pictures and sculpture be
shown there, but the gallery will be
devoted to lectures, recitals and social
affairs. A series Of teas are planned
by the director, Anne Pinneo. for pa
irons and friends. The rooms are
furnished in the manner os private
home. In this atmosphere the pic
lures and sculpture arc seen in rela-
tion to possible ultimate place in
the scheme of homo decoration. The
current exhibition by Marco Zim, a
Western artist, is supplemented by a
group Of small landscapes in oils by
Frederick J. Boston. The formers
paintings are mainly Of Western noun
tain landscape subjects, done in a
decorative way. The artist ideaIizes
his themes, enlarging upon them with
something OF a poetic touch. Among
tho examples presented with great
beauty Of color are "Glimpse Of Colo
RADIO River" "Ihe Lone Oak" "Lake
Taboo" and "Shimmering Lights"
There is another group introducing a
note OF Old World lore, including
"Joseph's Shop" "The Flight Into
Egypt and pandora"
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Mrs. Rosamond Tudor is showing at
the Dudensing gallery group Of ten
portraits recently painted. She has the
courage to portray more than one of her
sltters IN pure white costume, tackling
thereby portentously difficult problem
- IS hardly surprising that she reaches
no more than mildly clever solution OF
1t. The most successful instance is pro-
vlded By the Charles T. Garland"
though the greater merit to be discerned
IN this is the neat drawing OF the head.
All Of the heads are skilfully drawn.
Mrs. Tudor's color is lacking in distinc-
ton 1t remains, like her design, on
level.
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The twentythird annual exhibition
of the American Society Of Miniature
Painters will open tomorrow after
noon at the Arden gallery Special cf-
fort has been made to give it an inter-
esting character. There will be added
to it group of Swedish porcelsins.
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A new collection Of paintings by Mr..
Frederick j. Waugh is announced at
tie Macbeth gallery. to last from No
vcmber to the 18th. 1t will consist
cf West Indian marines.