The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-19
Varied Exhib 'tions
At the Galleries

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The classic exhibition OF the week is
that OF the work of Prud'hon In the
Wildefstein Gallery. II provides the
finest opportunity TO gauge the work
OF this master that we have had.
Prud hon lived in an age when art did
not consist exclusively in emotional ex-
blossoms but depended upon control.
Everything in a Prud'hon portrait is
~eligiously controlled but It is none the
less vital FOR all that. The Monsieur
Viardot" IL a wonderful work OF art
he POINT OF View OF placement.
from the point of view OF drawing, from
the point OF view of color from any
point Of view. In fact Other times.
ether manners. There IL such obvious
charm about the work of Prudhon that
the sentimental among US are always
tempted TO sigh sor those other manners.
But what folly 10 repine After all.
Prud'hon In painting those other man
ners for those other times. painted also
for us. We have him and shall always
have him. So strike up the music.
friends. and II It pleases yvu. jazz It
somewhat.
The Drummer exhibition emphasizes
the work OF Maurice Utrlllo. Marie
Laurencin. Derain. Pascin and Modigil-
AMI and shows also an important group
OF African negro carvings. The Daniel
Gallery collection includes two new and
decorative panels by Preston Dickinson,
an interesting landscape by Niles
spencer. new man. an attractive land
scape composition by Stuart Davis and
group OF charming water colors by
Owen Merton.
John Noble, who lias his first one man
show In this city In the gallery Of Frank
*. VI. REIN. Us one OF the most interest
ing figures among the throng OF artists
at Provincetown. He appears to be able
70 be In the throng but not of It. In
other works he guards his character In
tact. He paints beach Sc mes and ma
rines and seems not only TO be pene-
trated with love of the sea, but to have
enough executive ability TO carry largish
compositions to a conclusion. His two
important contributions have vast
amount OF detail. The "Moonrise Over
Provincetown" contains matter enough
to supply most artists with several pic
lures. yet 1t IS highly successful and
one would. not wish il otherwise. The
color In this and In the wake OF the
Moon" Is rich and suggestive.
The Japanese artists exhibiting In the
Civic Gallery present a real problem and
one, probably, that only they can solve
They paint. as rule. so amazingly like
us. II all the world is 10 become one
state. as some say il is. then the ANAL
gamation OF the races and the break
ing down OF racial traits will not matter
but In the meantime, we still relish best
the arts that have their birthplaces
at a1 -.
anese young men Doubt. SIS studied here
where the students worship Cezanne and
Renoir. and 60 they too, Japanese
though they be, worshiped Cezanne and
kenoir One imagin them having diff
fculties when they eventually return
home. explaining the state OF high art
TO their clients and friends. OF them aIk
Yasuo Kuniyoshi has achieved the most
individual style. but he. strangely
enough. is the one who holds most fast
10 his Japanese sense Of humor. Shimzu
has humor. too. much of Though of a
more obvious kind. And IL was exceed
ingly clever of Gado to paint the Sub
way Rush Hour" In n oubistic fashion.
IL ever a subject called for cubism that
did.
Russell Cheney. whose debut in the
Babcock Galleries last year will be re-
membered. Is now show Ing there his
~""ent work. Mr.. Cheney lived for a
time In the Colorado highlands for his
.ealth. and In his first show there ere
some pleasing studies Of the mountain
toys. charged with cons derable feeling.
Tie has now been painting in the COM
arative lowlands IN New England. gar
den scenes, still llfes. flowers. street
scenes and occasionally again some
aaffFT In Nrfs. l. I
He may not wish to do mountains and
nothing but mountains but II seems un-
likely that the vista. as such. will ever
nave any terrors for him. He also sue
ceeds with fine old Colonial houses, and
the 1Gideon Wollcs House" In the pres
ent collection Is delightful
Charles VI. Thorndike, who is exhibit.
ing at Kingore's. studied first at Julien's
In Paris with Jean Paul Laurens and
BENJAMIN Constant and after that.
fol owed In the AXE Of the great I'M
ress!onists. though not with entire con-
vic'ion. probably. since he afterv ard
forsook them. too, for the Cezannism
which he now practices He is evidently
a man of strong emotions and n Is also
evident that his war oxper ences--he
served In the war-rasf ed his nerves
us landscapes and architectural pieces
are always boldly planned. but they con-
lain Earring notes
The Garden paintings and garden
SOUL ture In the Farargi' Galleries call
attention 70 a form OF artistic express on
In which We are beginning TO vie at last
with the old world. To be rich now Is
TO have garden. and apparently many
Of us are rich Certainly our gardens
need celebrating In song and story And
% begin with. we have this exhibition
Among the notable paintings are
Flo rishine Summer" By tr'N 2
Davies: "Dahli1s." by Samuel HaIpert ;
Under the Trees. by Maurice B.
Pryndergast the Bowl Of Roses.' an
early example by Weir: the Plum 3 os-
SONS" an excellent Redfieid: the
Stirred Gown" by 4. c. Fr'eseke, and
"Peonies," by W. l.. Carrisan There
are bronzes by Lucy Perkins Ripley, L.