New-York tribune., 1921-01-30

point to . rather novel mass Of ma
tsriai. At the American Art Galleries
on February there may be seen the
Japanese prints collected by Mr.. Carl
Schraubstabter.
The exhibition at the Arden gallery
of the preliminary sketches made for
the war portraits now to be seen at the
Metropolitan Museum is really the
moro entertaining Of the two affairs.
It is especially helpful to Mr.. Johan-
sen. whose picture of the Signing of
the Peace Treaty" at the museum has |
left Us with a distinctly unfortunate
impression. At the Arden gallery he |
shows quantity Of studies executed |
on q modest scale. made from notabili- |
ties of the war, against interior back
grounds in London or Paris. They are |
painted with delightful elan and in
their spontaneity make vivid, ar
resting appeal, such as would not be
OWNED from the artists exhibits fur
ther uptown. His facility hero ap-
pears at it's best and SO does his taste
He has the lions share Of the space,
but all of the contributors to this cx-
hibition show interesting pieces, es-
pecially interesting in their fresh. per-
sonal quality.
Mr.. j. Stewart Barney IS an archi-
tect who has recently turned TO the
brush and at the Enrich gallery has
shown for few days some Of the
paintings he has made at Newport
and In Scotland. The studies Of surf
painted on our American coast are
spirited performances, with some agree
able color in them. But Mr.. Barney's
best work has been done amid Scotch
hills and streams. He interprets their
sentiment with genuine feeling, their
1argeness and their stiffness. Mountain
forms are skillfully handled in his can
vases, though he has not yet brought
to their treatment any great facility
for design. It is in composition and
in quality Of surface that he most OBJ
vicusly discloses his want of expert
ence and training. The rather brittle
and panty character Of his tone par
ticularly needs to be corrected. The
most promising element in his work is
an unmistakable grasp upon landscape
sentiment.
The thirty-seventh annual meeting
at the Grolier Club has been marked
by the opening of an exhibition of the
etchings Of Mary Cassatt. It presents
collection Of familiar things in an
unfamiliar manner. II is strikingly
comprehensive, the prints are shown in
beautiful Impressions and often in sew
eral states, some Of which are rare.
The etcbings, taken all together, "plain
and colored," affirm the potency Of
character and style. Miss Cassatt has
been almost answering in her fidelity
to the portrayal Of women and chill
dren. Pictorial fngenuities have not
begui1ed her. In 80 far as her work
has any human interest this lies solely
in the sweetness and tenderness of her
types. What her types are doing is of
small consequence. Her etchings might
also be designated as merely studies
Of form. But she has always had an
accent Of her own to place upon her
great technical aptitude, and while we
respect her workmanship we fall into
friendly mood over her slight but au-
thentic charm. These works of hers
are displayed in the main gallery. In
the print room there is a/collection of
stchings by Mr.. Charles H. Woodbury..
A group exhibition has been arranged
At the Powell gallery. It opens with
some fantasies in painting and en-
broidery by Amanda Forbes, studies Of
Russian dancers and picturesque motifs
suggestive Of Persian illuminations.
They are pretty things. Marion Ed
ridge shows dozen canvases, mostly
coast scenes. She has some good color,
notably in the marine called "a Blue
Day." but che is weak throughout in
composition, giving us rather uninter-
esting fragments instead Of we'll pom
dered pictures. Her work is immature.
but she has talent. So has Carolyn
Mase, who paints in a lighter and more
luminous key. "A Day for Living" is a
pfCtuIo Wcll named. 1t mas Joyous
vitality. The Same painters "Winter"
"a also effectively done. But Miss
Mase, like Miss Eldridge, needs more
discipline and a frmer hold upon tech
nique. Mr.. Henry Davenport exhibits
French and American scenes, study
from the nude executed in an admirably
workmanlike manner, and some ma
rines. which are especially acceptable
in their suave grays. He is an able
craftsman. and puts his pictures to-
eether with satisfying knowledge. Tho
portraits shown by Mr.. J. Mortimer
Lchtenauer vary in quality. The best
of them, the Miss Louise Waddel." a
brilliant little arrangement in black
and red, has crispness Of touch to 90
suitably with its vivid color scheme.
In the main, however, these portraits
are little hard and heavy handed, a
Judgment which applies also to the
pictures Of flowers. The few studies
OF tho figure, made for some decorative
project, are good enough To fnan;re