The New York herald., 1921-04-24

catch UP with It. He sheds styles as
some men do their overooats, but is
always Marin IN each new garment ne
assumes.
This aas the accusation. il will be
remembered, that used 20 he made
against Manet. Aanet was always
changing Eacn new manner was awful.
his enemies said They had got used
to the former innovations and would
have been prepared to love him, they
said, If lie had been content TO continue
doing the things they had just learned
stand still; II must be sinful to he so
restless and dissatisfied with old forms.
sc. In short. Manet was disapproved ot
until tile day Of his death, after which
fina, change the army Of Phlistines
finally caught up with him and he be-
came classic.
So ii viii he with Marin. For in
stance, they've just got a Marin up at
the Metropolitan Museum. Mr.. Albert
u. Gallatin gave it, Marin has been a
long time knocking at the door. but the
museum didn't hear until. Mr. Gallatin
knocked too
It's time In which an ordinary ar
tist would be good. Success at last"
AT last I'm recognized" and all that
sort Of thing. But Mr.. Marin Is not an
4 ordinary artist. Life goes swinging
along and with age comes deeper vision
and greater certainty as TO what is true.
| There are such things as disillusion-
ments too, Some things wither and are
discarded. On the whole there's the
! tendency to say it simply. Even with
/ ordinary people there comes the emanci-
! patton from the terror OF the mob opin-
/ ion. With q genius this is carried SO
/ far that there remains no consciousness
| of the used ideas or the day. But the
/ people In general have to study him a
| long time,-ten years Is the average time
| in order to decide whether he Is sham
ming or not.
! You can't blame the people, can you?
! We are the way God made us. But it
| Is particularly hard upon collectors.
! Collectors Of Manet, they say, used to
get into a panic each time they saw
/ their man expose some new evidence OF
his wilful genius. Heavens" said they.
wen never get the buylnE pubic 10
stand for that--and If they don't we're
/ dished All we've already invested will
be lost unless this succeeds, too" &C.
! Collectors deserve the Croix de Guerre
They are heroes. Especially in times
like this, when every one Is timid and no
one knows which way to turn, are they
heroes. But Marin is probably unaware
that the times are delicate Your first
rate genius is seldom aware of the con-
| tagious troubles AT any rate. Marin has
changed his style again.
And for the worst" speedily chime
in all the Philistines. l won't say so. I
am not Philistine. Not a complete
one, at least. Some OF the Marins ! am
not enraptured with But in all of them
see the increased seyerity-the devel-
oped seriousness of an artist who is APP
preaching the later Beethoven" period
| OF his career. Three or four OF the
water colors l already accept as great
I think that's pretty good for me upon
/ snch a slight acquaintance. Wait until
you see them yourself. They really are
\ difficult
( The pictures have no titles. That is
| why / have 10 refere TO them cautiously.
1 The artist has labelled the series. Per
| tanning 10 the Sea- and we know that
1 he lived during the summer at Stonng-
/ ton, Me- and must have conceived them
there-although II will also be said that