Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-04
~ FrFpERIc J. HAsRI,s

I Washington D c, Aueust Il
Paintings bv w.Il-knowu author are
.assnr exhibited here The urge TO
paint struck Sherwood Anderson. the
novelist. oue intense day. and forth
with ne sent for paints and a brush
and veu, 70 work 70 preserve some q
MS most coIorful thoughts on paper
I . As q result ne dashed off as intri-
euinE e coIisctiou % paintings as any
/ one could wish 10 moan over We
szy intriguing guard edly The
thoughtful observer hesttat=s 20 prom
ounce cu1tst. sslui-cubist, and post
7 i'm presziorliEt art beautiful funny. or
OF il IN M pat Language of tbs critics
as vigorous sympathetic, cold, OF
/ brilliant Bur Intriguing. the ultra
I modern art undsn;ably If.
I After half an hour II company with
/ PANTY Pride a Tired Sea.
I code F-iyswatter''. and thH rest uf
the collection. person may feel
mentally perturbsd. but one siEnrfl-
cant fact II clear enuuEh--r1a.rr,s iS'.
that cuhiH1n did not dle-l= many
people Eupposa-whsn The nude asF-
cended rhA staircase and passed On
I Rather art uncontrolled iE stiI per
sisrsurfy holding its own zEa4us-
siggluE world.
Z The Anderson collection. crnEtsrtnE
~ about twenty painting. hangs fnr
the present IN the WaEfarsrs Book
Shop The pictures are small. about
sis inches by i. and framed simply
Z In narrow wooden franss They ars
hung N small groups. al Convenient
Level So thar a buyer Of books can sit
on a bench and bask in art whsle
wait.ss FOR MS change his I'm
pr=zsionE. II hs is uutrltlated INTO
-ns aims and emotions Of cubissn are
apt 70 be zorlst hing like those # a
couple bent ON getting some ssnse out
u the pictures:
/ a Tired ssa'-huh. r does look
sort q tired with the waves done N
hose dull blue and yellow strsla Ks
and falling around on TOP - each
other Wonder why the whHie n ths
corner is SITTING on his spine. he
must h4 tired too,
/ Painters PeEaHsus'-thiz Is one
Of those cunis- things Ee's GOT
something that would pass Tor gray
7 fish with MS mouth open IN this too
/ Buf I suppose rs not that at all
Maybe an S-rsv picture of en- emo
rl1n- See the way the c'lcrE are put
on IN folds Ike twisted scarf
tinrs5 with gray wonder II that's
any clue
( An American cl:y-now that's
rather attractive. I've seen rows of
I buildings ike that. Eriued with
smoke and with he sky Just that
The Queen walks by the SEA-
vel. this wins the hand carved pin
cushion IsEed stresEs of blue ard
brpwn-and orange. and turaueis-
and pale yellow. and two things that
nl-nf be leaves II leaves were blue.
or one side. II there's so IN that
arrangement Of paint its completely
disEaS-d. Come on"
ThA the world fnar likes pretty
pictures disrnisses the subjective art
An Adep, With Words
Sherwood Anderon's paintings are
Interesting because whether he can
paint or not. the critics some time
ago agreed that ne can write And
1hen q man analyses human nature
as Anderson does, u j. certain that
no vocant mind is back Il the weird
streaks and biohs ot color
Whether he has achieved real ait.
however. is another matter. i is un-
likely that the painter himself Is con T
cerued with this momentous question. 4
He regards his pictures rs 'nfVen- ]
lures IN form and color Il has
given him pleasure 20 produce them Z
bee. uss spontaneous seif-eNpresslon -
always 7 delight When the impulse
70 create Gomez. he thinks if should
d.
art there IS no reason why a man
should not paint. dance. > write
poetry for the pleasure q ezpresEins
himself
tn. novelist has az least one con-
vert 10 his fheory His wife a must
can. had we are told. always re-
Earded the arts a. formidable But
. CONVINCED by hsr husbands HrEN-
msrts and by his Interest IN MS new
form Of seif-exprsssicu. IrE- Ander-
son has taken up modelling as pas
tirns
/ Sherwood Ands-son't attitude to-
ward art is further explained IN
note which acronpaniss- his erhihi-
There are certain things that
haunt the mind They cannot be ez-
pressed in word ~aCepf thru the poet
I who occasionally rstHes the power ~
words beyond The real possibility cf
words
/ am not a musician. but i is not
unlikely that what 7 have tried 20 do
/ In form and color De- related 70 she
Impulses Of the musician
Some months ago I was in the
South and in a very colnrful country
. Before uy house lay = b1y-Hn OUT
let from the Gulf of Mexico. There
/ had been heavy rains up country and
the red soil wss washed down into
my little bay The bay became red
The morning and afternoon light fall-
ring on IL made a color nadne1s that
got into by brain Althn ! had never
touched brush sent FOR brushes
ard paints
The 'sdrentureE are my inner re-
. actions from The things seen about
me The are done IN n" faith that
an impulse needs N Be strong enough
70 break frru technical training In
fact tschuicai training might wen
destroy the impulse.
To -.u th"- may be ugly mean =
ingiers. or beautiful 10 doubt all OF
frv Tuner thoughts and impuissE-lise
-. - q. f. = - -r,,sd t,r would