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The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Print Show at
The Public Library

The sixth in the series Of French eX-
hibitions arranged by the Public Library
Prints Division. drawn entirely from
the Avery collection. is devoted to Ami
mails in Etching and Lithography." and
will be on view throughout May. The
of mere artistic menagerie," but in
fact the very juxtaposition of prints Of
a given animal by artists of the most
varied temperament, talent and outlook
is as amusing and interesting as it is
Instructive.
Sometimes the animal holds the cen
tire OF the stage; again, il is only Incl
dental. as in the Autographs of horse
men by Lami and j. l.. Brown, or De-
taille's Lancer" or Lepere's "Abside OF
Notre Dame" in which he has men
watering horses in the Seine. as did
Callot In his Tour de Nesle' in 1879.
Horses are pictured also by Gericault,
Gros. Meryon tafter Karel du Jardin)
Veyrassat and Adam. Dogs by PRO
don (after Troyon). Chauvel. De-
camps. Dore tboar hun). G. Vernet
performing dogs). Sheep by Jacque,
Braseassat Chaigneau. Cattle BY
Chauvel tafter TroyonD and by Rosa
Bonheur. who also delineates the bad
ger. deer and lions. And there are
those wonderful photographic perform
ances by Deacroix, Lion de Atlas
and "Tigre Royal" Bears by Baryt
and Bodmer, j. r. Millet's Swiss friend
whose sketch book Of original dra wings
some OF them apparently done in this
country,--is here, too. Habert-Dys
sings the praise Of the decorative frog
Bird life there Is. notably in etohings BY
Bracauemond. master OF the duck and
author OF the famous "old Cock"
It's all like turning over the pages
Of an illustrated history of the print in
nineteenth century France. And through
II all there runs the fundamental in
terest In the print per Sc, with its
technique serving individual expression,
In the fall this series of French eXhi-
bitions will probably be continued.
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Annual Show of
American Sculpture

The annual exhibition in the Mich
Galleries by American sculptors Is about
the only event or that kind that the
spring season offers. Ii has been care
fully selected and tastefully installed.
and about the only fault to be found
with II Is that 1t Is too small. II New
York were not such a hopeless and dis
couraging place for sculptors 1t would
have an annual salon Of sculpture wor-
thy of its population and wealth. But
the city as at present arranged Is not
built for sculpture, and the citizens walk
or ride through miles or straight streets
with never a sight Of anything to take
their minds off their business worries
But what can one do about IL with the
present lack of municipal control over
architecture and consequently over the
city crossings and open spaces.
There are. however, gardens. and in
teriors to decorate, and IL is these
that have been thought OF IN arranging
the Mich Galleries exhibition. Edward
McCartan and Harriet Erishmuth have
the principal honors in the show. with
Rudolph Evans Lucy Perkins Ripley
and A. Stirling Calder in close competi-
tion.
Mr. McCartans figure is q life-sized
"Giri Drinking from a She'll well ball
anced and graceful. with. Of course, alb
solute ease In the structure and model
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drama includes the following names
among others: Mary Anderson. Mar
garet Anglin, Lawrence Barrett, Enrico
Caruso. Adolph Bolm- Lady Gregory
Sir Henry Irving. ", G. Macready. Rich
ard Mansfield and Nine. Modjeska-
The group devoted to men of business
and other related notabilities includes
Andrew Carnegie. Thomas w. Lawson,
William J. Bryan. j. =. Morgan. Gif-
ford Pinchot, oscar Straus. Admiral X.
p. Evans. George Gould. w. b. Leeds,
Otto ii. Kahn, E.> r. Hartman. Thomas
Mott Osborne. Henry Fairfield Osborn,
whitelaw Reid and George w. Wander
bift.
The following group Is devoted to au-
thors. including Marion Crawford
Charles Dickens, Austin Dobson. Eugene
Field, John Fiske Maxim Gorky, Oliver
Wend ell Holmes, Thomas Hood David
Hume Vicente Blasco Ibanez. w. w.
Jacobs Charles Kingsley Jack London,
Horatio Walpole Mrs. Humphry Ward
and Carolyn Wells.
Another group which will appeal to
connoisseurs is that OF the Ladies' Book
Plates.
AS distinct from the special interests
Of connoisseurs the popular interest Of
this exhibition Is greatly enhanced. not
only by the fact that very large num-
Der of celebrities are represented tas
appears from the preceding list OF
names). but also by the fact that about
one-third of the entire collection includes
a portrait with the book plate.
The exhibition. therefore, appeals not
only to print lovers and experts in the
art and criticism OF engraving, but also
TO all those who are interested in con-
I temporary history. politics, art. litera-
ture and biographical memorabilia. The
art of designing book plates not only
requires a talented engrayer but also
presrmes a genius for inventive design
and that kind of genius which Is able
to express itself in a very circumscribed
and limited space. The appeal Of the
book plate to lovers of books and TO
lovers of literature ought OF course. 10
be considered first and loren e The
\ Brooklyn Museum exhibition is Il nota-
4 Bile contribution to the given subject.
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

Marsden Hartley and James n. Rosen-
OF attention from the younger artists
In fact. the precedent TO be established
will he an excellent one and one that
ought to be followed by many others.
Artists pictures ought to circulate and
IL they won't circulate for money, they
ought 10 circulate anyhow. The point
that few young artists realize is that II
is necessary TO get their works Into the
possession Of people who care for them
even IL they have TO give them away
Once out In the world such pictures
speak for an artist and give him his
capitalizable reputation.
Mr.. Rosenberg. who u successful
lawyer, and paints pictures In his hours
OF ease. says he painted his pictures
for the fun Of Il and is selling them for
the fun of H." which II the correct sport
ing idea. Mr.. Hartley, however, is SELL
ing because he IL Obliged TO. or him.
and his share in the adventure, Alfred
stieglitz writes:
Marsden Hartley, American. Is un-
fortunate enough 10 have been born an
artist unfortuna because He'd prefer
to do anything for q living but paint
or write. Yet these he feels are the
only things he Is able TO do.
Many critical seeing minds ~ TINS
country and a few abroad look upon
Hartley ar one OF Americas artists ot
real distInction--one OF Americas mod
erns OF actual worth. with real spark
Of life. In spite OF increasing prestige.
not having achieved nor seeking Tor
mula. Hartley seems unable 10 satsty
American institutions. dealers IN ART,
art collectors or even its many ART
philanthropists. Furthermore he IA to-
tally devoid of all talent 20 become
successful" as artist through social
contact. In his case by "successful ls
meant to be able earn a modest lv-
ing for himself.
His struggle for existence has bsen
and continues to be devtalizing Ever
the choice between paint and bread.
The constant spectre az landlady-no
food. sickness standing watch Until
finally the situation has demanded rad
ical aukon.
As n last resort why should not
Hartley be witness at his own IN
Memoriam Saie"7-at an auction or All
his paintinEs-all those still his prop
erty-all 10 be sold to the highest bid
der without reserve and without pro-
lection OF any kind Thirteen years OF
evolution Of experimentation - auto
biographical In paint terms OF to-day.
Perhaps III spite of art der'ers, sr' IN
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Exhibitions of Prints
In Brooklyn Museum

On Sunday, May s, the Print Depart
ment OF the Brooklyn Museum will open
an exhibition OF book plates which win
continue until Wednesday. June rs. in
elusive. The number OF exhibits Is about
one thousand The collection II natu-
rally strongest ia American examples,
and special attention has been paid TO
obtaining specimens OF the early Amert-
can period. but the English representa-
tlon is also strong &C.. w Sherborn is
the best contemporary English de-
signer, and there are good representa-
tive examples OF French. Italian and
German book plates.
The importance Of the exhibition will
be best explained TO experts In the sub
1ect by saying that among the collectors
represented are Miss Emma Toedteberg.
Mrs. William n. Carey and Mr., George
r. Allison. In addition 10 the other col
lectors the Museum IS also represented.
Miss Toedteberg's collection T. especially
strong In an almost complete set or
Americas most famous book plate de-
slgner. Edwin Davis French. and IN It's
speciality OF celebrities. All the other
celebrated American engrevers are well
Spenceley. $. L. Smith, w Y. Hopson
and Walter NJ. Altman, the we'll known
engraver OF Brooklyn Louis Rhead, tho
artist. of Brooklyn II also represented.
Among the various groups Or divisions
into which the exhibition n classified.
the following are worthy Of special men,
tion:
A group Of carly American book
plates. in which the following designers
are represented Anderson. Calender,
Hurd. Gailaudet. Maverick, Thackara,
Child and Doolittle.
A group Of political celebrities. which
includes Queen Victoria. the reigning
King and queen OF England. the Prince
Of wales and Carmen sylvia the fol-
lowing Presidents OF the United States
George Washington. John quincy Adams,
James Monroe. Martin Van Buren. The
odore Roosevelt. william Howard Taft
and woodrow Wilson. Mrs Grover
Cleveland and Mrs Roosevelt are also
represented.
In the group devoted TO artists the
following names occur among others
Waiter Crane. Sir Frederic Leighton.
Alma Tadema and Eiihu Nodder.
The group representing music ana
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otherwise. An the strokes may Dc
learned in each art and BY unrestralned
preferences each may gradually ana
easily come 10 know those styles most
satisfying Ia their temperament ana
steadily growing in appreciation 70 the
largest enjoyment they hold X y
merely learning 70 live with the arts
through which we enjoy our world. The
idea 81 the education Of youth in 1rt
bv acquisitions. individually c'-osen, -
new Education has often come 20
mean something unpleasant forced
acceptance OF the wisdos OF age WITH
the bloom off, This association viii
give added impetus to the youthful out
look Of our age"
Leon krol says
II am unqualifedly and most enthu-
siasticauy in favor Of Mrs. Sterner's
plans for the support or American art,
She Is one or the very few people IN
this country who realize that American
artists Of to-day are at least as great
as those Of any other country. And her
faith is inevitably communicating itself
- others Her success viii be Of incal-
culahle benefit 10 those who support
her and to America"
From William zorach:
Seeing an occasional exhibition y
nothing compared to living with a Work
OF art The idea Of the Junior Art Pa
irons Of America Is fine in that IT viii
give the younger generation this great
advantage which so many OF tho pres
ent generation have nevey known, -
thing like this that widens greatly the
art appreciation OF q country aids
greatly the art development OF that
country This movement will produce
more ana bigger artists and more and
finer art"
To Rockwell Kent the Junior Art Pa
irons is ian important part OF the gem
eral movement To foster here i'm America
new creative activities. and according as
culture shall be held 70 be essntial
to the prosperity and happiness OF
people this movement may be deemed
worthy Of the publics generous and en-
thusiastic support. The artist will whole
heartedly support II. for its direct effect
on him is wider recognition aud that
substantial evidence OF appreciation
support
And Hayes Miller concludes with:
The idea embodied In the Junior Art
Patrons of America. seems 20 me orig
nal and wise-of uneNampled value, III
fact. FOR education in the field Of art.
IL deserves the heartiest cooperation
and support from every one.
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artists to have the courage of their
convictions whatever they may be.
Mr.. Davis = at times seni-realist
and at other times an out and out
cubist l believe he holds that he is a
realist all the time but that is as it
may be- There is n street scene in the
artists home town, Hoboken. y. j.,
which Is as realistic as any one could
wish. The earth roads go UP and down
suddenly like the scenic railways and
the little wooden cottages are so lightly
poised upon the roadside banks that at
times they positively seem to be dane
ing Adding to the general buoyancy
are numerous motor trucks and little
Fords driven by young girls. and these
dash about to the evident terror of the
few old folk who still persist in living
in Hoboken. 1t is not the realism of a
real estate agent. but it is realism just
the same.
When II comes to landscape pure and
simple Mr.. Davis is much more static
There is one in which bright blue
house nestlcs amid the trees that edge
blue water. and in this there is a de-
lightfully vigorous appreciation Of the
scene. Several others that portray gar
dens do ii in the Van Gogh way with
we'll defined and we'll understood strokes
All these landscapes are as decorative
as they can be and lucky will be the
collectors who snap them up before Mr.
Davis gets too famous.
Mr. Davis's cubism seems to have
been induced by good smokes. At least.
in most of them he sounds cubistic praise
of well known brands of cigarettes. A
decorative and extremely pleasant COM
position that appears at first glance to
be a study of healthy vine climbing a
stout trellis is labelled Portrait of a
Man." and on the back of the picture.
the curator tells me, is the further title.
"The President" Which President it
is, the present one or the eX-one, who
shall say? Just guessing. / should say
it's the present one.
Mr.. Torres-Garcia is a young Spaniard
and Mr.. Szukalski is a young Pole. and
both are tumutous and feverish in their
modes of expression. Mr. Torres-Garcia
recently came to New York from BARGE
Iona and appears to have been COM
pletely bowled over by the rush Of the
streets and the roar of tho subways.
He has attempted to get this sense Of
speed into his pictures. and with some
success, though at the expense OF solid
ity.
Mr. Szukalski starts where MestroviS
left off and without going through all
the preliminaries that the latter went
through. He Is as vehement as Mr.. Tor
res-Garcia, and IL Is some time since
such decided sculpture has been seen in
these parts. He tries for such things as
the ~"Birth of Thought" and Wisdom
and Nature" which is a sign Of youth,
perhaps. He puts all the muscles Of ma
ture in and some besides. In this way
he matches the Japanese grotesques.
which doubtless lie has studied. His
warriors and prophets are much larger
than life. but i'm spite of the evident
bluff, which is rather engaging than not,
this sculptor shows real feeling for his
art. and may in time. after he has cooled
down a bit, do good work.
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stitutions. in spite OF the stereotyped
mo one has any money for art these
days" Hartley through the auction
room may find his public; may fnd .
means 10 continue his work for few
years free" from the spectre that
makes genuine work impossible. Free
10 mature
And who knows but that this Hartley
experiment in the auction rooms Of the
Anderson Galleries may not lead other
American moderns. as fine in spirit. as
worthy in achievement, as unnusiness-
like as Hartley. to try this new means
OF proving that in spite or the lamen-
tations of art dealers and art philan-
thropists there are Americans who not
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ling. Miss Frishmuths figure Of a
crouchns girl holding a globe aloft is an
ingenious sun-dal, decorative and clever
in workmanship Mrs. Ripley's fountain
figure, a boy with a Fish, is distin-
guished in style, and Mr. Evanss Girl
with the Golden Apples" is apparently a
reduction of one of his earlier successes.
Mahonri Young exhibits a fanciful
Listening Faun" and Ida McClelland
Stout's small figure Of Chinese Prin-
cess" has a refinement worthy of the
theme.
The exhibition lasts throughout the
month.
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Whitney .St.Iio Club
Opens an Exhibition

The exhibition OF paintings by stuart
Davis and J. Toros-Garcla and sculp-
lures by Stanislaw szukalski in the
whitney Stcdio Club Is the most inter-
esting OF the year il those galleries.
.,t:1.: Tavis. whose great gifts have
frequently been obscured by a wayward-
mess that seemed at tsncs to hint that
ihc might lack the fundamental will to
bring the thing Off. has In the present
Lollection distinctly brought il off. and
IL revealed as one of the most consider.
able ''modernists" in the city
His work Is excellent in every way, In
color. in design and, better than all. In
exuberant and irresistible enthusiasm
There Is no suspicion at all in the work
that Mr.. Davis has been consulting oth-
ors as 10 what he should paint. Most
evidently he has been working his own
swcct will. and the general joyousness
of the room his canvasea now decorate
vii no doubt encourage other young
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Sargents Early Painting of Mrs Bloomfield Moore At
tracts Attention in Notable Display at
Knoedler Galleries
BY HENRY M'BRIDE.


~ Portrait
all the looking their best and
exhibition Aside
probable
of to beginning bear
plentiful than they last
4
Probably afodng the critics chance moraze
of
the exhibition always
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abstract. he endeavors to go the limit
in the way of simplificaticn, and some-
times, like the old Hokusai. he tries TO
express life with but single line. But
old HoSusai waited until extreme old
age for such experiments. Not so the
new school. Mr.. Reinhart's exhibition
holds the walls OF the new gallery, Mrs.
Malcolms. on East Sixty-slxth street.
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
CoIorfuI Art In
Many Galleries

The Powell Gallery, which appears to
be going in more and more strongly for
the group idea. is exhibiting landscapes
and figure pieces by a larger group than
ever. The dominant figures are James
Britton. Sidney F. Dickinson, Royston
Nave and Gladys Lee Wiles. all of whom
happen to be portraitists Mr. Britton
submits portraits Of Frederick Detwiller
the artist, and "Walcott of the seth =
both Of which are characteristic. Both
of these portraits have plenty OF real
painting in them, pa ssages in which the
artist became unconscious of his brushes.
and both are mlrred in places by the
nervous impatience of the workman.
Mr. Dicl<insons Ruth" is a direct. crisp
work. fresh in color and in feeling, and
above the average of his recent output.
Other exhibitors are Hobart Nichols.
William Starkweather. Seth Floyd
Crewes. Jr. and Charles Andrew Hafner.
the sculptor.
TrunsAn F'assett who Is exhibiting
portraitr and landscapes in the Folsom
Galleries is thoroughly trained and
capable artist who seems to be a fol-
lower OF Mr.. Boston OF "The Ten" who
were the original little group" Mr..
Fassett is not above doing a Poetic
Meditation" in which handsome
maiden clasps draperies 10 her bosom.
but is not otherwise too disturbed. Mr.,
Fassett's PORTRAITS have the air OF being
excellent lilxenesses. and as the colors
are bright and the accessories gay II Is
safe to assume that they are popular.
Bella Kadar. Hungarian painter.
who is having a little exhibition OF
water-colors in the Kingore Galleries.
at the same slime with Nine. Eyre de
Lanux and George Biddle. is meeting
with the sort of success that is pecu-
liarly gratifying 70 artlsts-that Is to
say, the little red stars that indicate
sales are appearing in quantities upon
his picture frames. Mr.. Kadar deserves
this success. His work is spontaneous
and free. the drawing Is skilful and the
subjects interesting.
In the Babcock Galleries Wells NJ.
Sawyer and Helen Alton Sawyer have
a Joint exhibition. Mr.. Sawyer has a
feeling for nature that Is his own and
an artistic equipment adequate to his
needs. His two best examples are the
white Wharf and the quarry"
Mrs Sawyer signs a pleasing landscape
called "Silver Light" and an agreeable
still-llfe. a Harmony in Green and
White"
Stewart Reinhart is an artist who has
probably refreshed his taste for the fan
tastic by frequent study OF the Ballet
Russo and the works Of the artists who
designed for the Ballet Russo. He Is
clever and many Of his rhythmic draw
ings are attractive. Like most OF the
younger school. who verge upon the
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Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition VIII

being able 70 work with an equally great
scientific and artist-printcr, Bolton
Brown
Lthography in its true sense tdraw-
ing on stone) offers opportunities for the
artist greatly superior 10 any direct
efforts on paper, and in this way quite
equals etching az medium. Proofs from
a stone properly handled do not deterio-
rate through multiplicity Up TO a certain
point. usually about the first fifty, and
proofs under proper conditions. and when
things work with the greatest nicely,
should run much alike. The result is
that these editions printed by Mr..
Brown vary only slightly among the
various proofs.
wish TO state also that 4 am indebted
to Mr.. Brown for a greatly increased
knowledge of the art which has come
to me through our working together.
The establishment OF the Junior Art
Patrons OF America under the leadership
or Mrs. Albert Sterner has naturally
aroused considerable interest IN studio
circles. The comment upon, the part OF
the artists Is unanimously In approval
A few prominent men have written In
eommendation of the movement quota
tions from their letters being as follows
clifford Beal says In part:
The American artist to-day is in
rather an unfortunate position He not
only has 10 cope with the flood OF for
eign work that comes to our shores, but
he is up against the demand and there
fore the prices paid for the work Of dead
American artists. I believe the Ameri-
can school OF painting possesses great
possibilities for the future, but this Is
well nigh impossible II II does not re-
ceive the active support OF the public,
which means that the public must be
educated TO the point where they realize
that art is necessary TO the life Of the
country-when they believe that art Is
not a luxury but a necessity To-day
it is hard to sell a good picture by a
living American artist owing 10 the gen
eial lack OF art education. And | be-
lieve that this idea Of Mrs. Sterner Of
the Junior Art Patrons of America will
do much TO solve the problem for the
future"
From A. Stirling Calder:
There's something fresh and appeal
! ing about the very title Junior Art
I Patrons of America Mrs Sterner's
Child's Garden of Art breathes Of con-
/ idence and affection. Everything Is
/ learned best in youth, arts or swim
ming-all naturally when not taught