The New York herald., 1921-01-16
Mems and Repes of Art Wars Effect On Work of Henry Hoyt

as well as modern colorists, apparently.
Then there is Weintraub, who can be
exquisitely decorative in impressionist
landscapes and profoundly spiritual in
Picasse-like conceptions. Jacob Adler Is
intoxicated by the method OF Greco and
by the spirit OF early Christians-al-
though meaning to be essentially Jewish.
The young" ones-a distinctly named
group. a sort of secession. are not want
ing there either. Mankind is but one big
family. after all.
In its series Of making Of exhibit
tions, the prints division or the Public
Library has reached Japanese prints
which will be on exhibition in the Print
Gallery Groom 321) from January 16 TO
April 15. AS always in these shows,
technique Is used to illustrate the art,
and vice versa, technique Is illustrated
by the finest examples obtainable Of the
art. In the present case these fine ex-
amples were selected from the note
worthy collection of Japanese prints
presented TO the library by the late
Charles Stewart Smith Perhaps it mag
be said that the natural curiosity of
mankind to 'see the wheels go round is
utilized to show the public various
phases OF what We group as prints" in
their finest aspect.
BY means Of tools and pictures, in
cluding series Of progressive color
proofs, the process OF making Japanese
color prints is described. And then the
application OF this technique: prints
showing the development of this school
of 'Ukiyoye"- "picturing the passing
show" There are early actor prints
and Harunobu, Kiyonaga and Koriusai
are strongly represented. But especially
remarkable is the range and quality OF
prints by Utamaro, in whose work the
Smith collection is particularly rich.
After one has considered the technique
OF these works of art the individual ap-
rlication of traditional methods, the
decorative quality OF the cunningly dis
tributed spaces Of fiat color. the CALI
graphic sweep of line, there comes al
ways again realization OF the fact that
these color prints. with all their exotic
appearance, come close to US. after all.
in the humanness OF their observation.
They are essentially records. many Of
them. OF the everyday life OF the artists
day. But besides this more superfcially
obvious character as pictorial docu-
ments they, like all art worth while.
form a significant. expression OF racial
ideas and ideals at a given period. And
that, in the end, is high function of
art.
The Edward b. Butler prize OF 500
given to the painter Of a picture voted
by visitors to be the most popular in
the annual exhibition at the Art lnsti-
tute OF Chicago was awarded to Fred
erick c. Frieseke for his Torn Lin
gerie." The following pictures came
next in the order OF voting: Through
sunlit Hills" by Gardner Symons Sun
light and Shadows" by William Wendt.
and "Monadnock," by John Sharman.
John W. Beatty, director Of fine arts,
Carnegie Institute. announces the twen-
tieth annual International exhibition of
paintings to be held during the months
Of May and June next. AS in other
years, Il is the aim of the Carnegie In
stitute to bring together a representative
group OF works by the best contem-
porary painters OF all nations. Official
reports have been received from Eng
land, Scotland and France. These show
that the total number Of works coming
from England and Scotland is about 10
per cent. larger than last year, while
the French representation will be In
number about the same. Belgium, Italy.
Norway. Spain and Sweden will con-
tribute fully as many as were contrib
uted to the last international exhibition.
Reports from various cities in America
have not yet been completed.
This year as heretofore. the interna-
tional jury OF selection and award will
be elected by the votes Of those con-
tributing to the institutes International
exhibitions. and these votes will come
from practically every art producing
country in the world.
Gold, silver and bronze medals will
be awarded. with prizes OF s1.500. $1,000
and $500. respectively.