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The New York herald., 1922-10-29
Notes and Activities
in the World of Art

, famous pieces viii be included in this
truly representative exhibit OF his rare
silver. Some OF these are replicas OF
those acquired by museums and prom
inent families abroad.
Jensen is recognized as one OF the
most gifted craftsmen OF this age. His
artisanship has obtained wide recos,.
milton in Europe, where It IS highly
valued for its exquisite proportions, it's
purity OF line and beautiful holdings.
He Is compared TO Benvenuto Collini,
whose art it is said he has revived.
lie has received the special distinction
OF having examples OF his work pur-
chased by the Louvre Museum. and last
year he was made an honorary member
of the Paris Salon without censorship.
He was awarded the Grand Prix In an
exposition in Brussels. and also received
this honor in an exhibition at Copeu-
hagen in 1920.
Louis Vauxelles. the Partisan critic,
wrote OF Jensens work as follows:
"One OF the most beautiful show cases
at the Salon this autumn Is that %
the Danish silversnnith George Jensen.
This IS an undenIable fact which any
connossbur ~. admit and which .
hut little flatteriny TO our national self
esteem. With the exception OF Monod
Herzen. whose talent is proved ana
faultless. 1 can mention no French
silyersmth. 7 am well aware that eX-
celcnt firms like Christophe. Lezeler,
Falizo and others have tried 10 revive
ancient models with great caro- and
interest. just as the cabinet makers ~
Faubourg st. Antoine continue to make
furniture in Louis Nv. and Louis XVI
styles. but this is "A method which onlv
a 'Vachon' would appreciate.
I'VE prefer the artist who breaks new
ground and brings new ideas. IL IS a.
pity to admit tisat during the last
twenty years. France has not produced
one silversmith who has been able to-
execute an exceptionally beautiful fork
or spoon, Gallery. just as we'll as Ei'in-
deau de Jarny. has tried II. But p
service n whole set? This Scandina-
Wan artist had 10 be the pioneer. Georgn
Jensen's works i'm silver are ma gnifi-
cent. a butter dish. q tureon. wine
jug, a eapot. everything is wonderfully
executed in a grand style. solid when
it Is suitable. but at the same time ele-
CANT and worked out with deft adapt
ability. No doubt you VIII object that
we have the noted tureens worked b.
the sculptof Baffier which will soon b9
exhibited at Gallery but these are really
exceptions. Georg Jensen is a great
artist. whom we like and admire"
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Opening Drag Hunt at
Meadow Brook Thursday

On Thursday. November 2, the open
ing drag hunt Of the season will be held
by tho Meadow Brook Club. with the run
starting from Morametz's stables at :
p. NJ. Saturday. November 4, the start
will be from the estate OF Mr.. James A.
Burden, at 8 A. NJ; and on November
Z. from the J. II. Davis estate at A. NJ.
Other scheduled events are Nov. .. Co
,iumbia stock Farm, 2 p. NJ; Nov. II,
The Kennels. 8 80 A. NJ: Nov. IL. Mr..
Ralph ". Ellis's, 8 a. NJ; Nov. IS, Mr..
J. Watson Webb's at Syosset. y. NJ;
Nov. is, Mrs. Charles II. Senff's. Q A. NJ. !:
Nov. 2f, Mr.. David Dow's. Q A. NJ; Nov.
90, Columbia Stock Farm, p. NJ; Nov.
25, The Kennels, Q A. NJ; Nov. rs, Mr..
Ellis's, 10 A. NJ, and Nov. 30. Mrs.
senff's, 10 A. NJ.
Mr.. and Mrs. George p. Goodwin OF
New York have returned 70 the Garden
City Hotel, where they mako their homo
during the winter months.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. IL. Starkey, OF Pass-
dena, Cal. are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Stnrkey at the hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Leroy Hendrickson
hsvo closed their home in Garden City.
and will bo at the Garden City hotel for
the winter season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Macy enter
tained a large number OF friends at din
ner on Tuesday evening.
Alec Smith and Mrs. Smith were the
guests OF Miss Marion Hoilins over tho
weekend.
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the magazine covers of the day is ct
last getting into print.
Some of tho drawings in this ex-
hibition are by artists who do occasional
illustrating jobs. They call those COM
ncrcial work. The work. shown here, on
the other hand. is boru Of the desire to
do something in the way OF art. Other
drawings are by painters who have
never been called .lpon 20 dc illustrative
work. Perhaps these are unknown to the
art editors of magazines, for their work
is in the field OF art and the editors
believe that they cannot use art. For
this they blame the pu.lic.
The illustrator blames the art editor.
People on the outside question whether
the art editors public like the theatrical
managers tired business man. Is not a
creature OF his own creation The per-
ccptions of any public are made by the
artist. This is SO true that tho public.
in this country, as an example believes
that there are young girls who resemble
those pictured ON magazine covers. The
magazine covers have directed their
vision. The art ed tors have given them
something 70 believe. The purpose of
this exhibition Is 20 prcsen, 20 both the
editors and public tAe work that the
artist himself believes in and which
should. il this business of illustrating
Is ever to have any real vitality. be the
work for the public 10 become accus-
toned TO. and to dccep. as illustration"
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In the study ot the etchIngs Of ]. S
Cotman, by a. L. Porhan. in the new
Print Collectors Quarterly, there is the
following comment upon Cotman's soft
ground etchings in his Liber Studiorum ;
1.-THE idea was evidently suggested by
Turner'S work with the same title. the
first part OF which had appeared in
1907. Numerous small pencil copies by
Cotman OF plates from Turner's Liber
further show the interest which he took
in that work. But Cotman showed a
finer perception in choosing 10 repro
duce his designs himself In soft ground
etching, a medium we'll adapted 10 rem
der fiuently the fiat tones of his draw
ings and one OF great effect when prop
erly handled. In this respect he had
the advantage OF Turner who only exc
cuted the preliminary etchings and left
the plates to be completed by profess
slonal engravers in the less adaptable
medium OF mezzotint.
"One cannot but regret that the in
rention OF lithography. too faclle
process. so soon superseded soft ground
etching with its more distinct individ-
uality. and charm seen to its greatest
advantage in these works OF Cotmaus
The greater number OF the forty-eight
plates are surely-some Of the most beaii-
tiful work he produced. Such plates as
the Postwick Grove Norfolk 'Trees
Near Twickenham' and View of Cliff
ton have a quality Of clean ineisive
craftsmanship. OF simplicity and clar-
ity OF design, charming as well as com
pelling."
Other essays in this issue Of the
Quarterly are, THE Master Il. So by
Max Geisberg: The Etchings and
Autographs OF Camille Plsarro." by
Ludoyic Eodo, and Three Notes on
Mezzotints" by Campbell Dodson. NJ. w.
Hail and John Charrington.
An exhibition of silver craft by Georg
Jensen, the celebrated Danish craftsman.
will open at the Art Center. 65 and 67
East ffftysixth street, November ?.
The Jensen silverware has been ex-
hibited In all of the capitals OF Europe.
but this VIII mark It's initial presentation
In New York
Among those serving as patrons for
this occasion are Messrs. Georg Beck
A. 7. Clearwater. y. Dessau Maurice
Francis Egan. Mrs. John Henry Ham
mond. Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock, Mr.. Halvor
Jacobsen, Mrs. Henry +. Loomis Mr..
Samuel 7. Parrish and Mrs. Ellhu
Root, Jr.
a number OF Georg Jensen's most
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French Painter Too Little
Known Despite Exhibitions
One of His Best, Jungle Picture, Now at Bourgeois
Galleres-Drawings Of Americans Shown at
Whitney Club Studio.
BY HENRY MCBRIDE.

~ New Yorker picked Of the
pointing reproduction
paintings there been exhi
o town."
that. to speak
Critics New York. and this
explaining exposing the Henri
genius question this
dourasing the least
Inne
the thing
be continually
hard instance the repetition would
all vastly
nonsubscribers.
exhibitions but this
the jungle pictures
alone in rooma
friend This circumstance and
Indifferent Yorker practically
the constant readers will
Bourgeois Galleries this week
simple domcncr who painted simple
Rousseau
Barbizon Rousseau His pictures
certainly still IT, the naive
paintings decorate clock
which much sought for But
that have
intensity spirit his imagnae
the French OF
the modern movement
schoastcm and brush his hand
which
feelings
Juliet which rustics
Amoy Exhibition
should the
conception Of annually lit
holiday conception Of
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Halloween Features
at Hotels and Restaurants

Bronze Boy" OF tho Follies, present,
her Indian dance.
Tho Club Royalo is running neck and
neck with the Montmartre I'm popularity
this fall not only because OF tho now
orchestra Of Eddie Davis. but also be-
cause II Is the ono dancing club IN
New York where there is dancing after
o'clock. IL achieves this distinction
because Il is I'm a different district from
the other clubs and is therefore exempt
from the 1 O'Clock ruling.
A new revue will be launched az
Murrays Roman Gardens. on West
Forty-second street, next Tuesday
night.
Tomorrow nigh. and indefinitely
thereafter tho Dolly Sisters will be
found presiding over tho destinies Of
their own new club dansantc at Fifty
first street and Broadway. II will be
known as Monte Carlo" They win
present nightly the repertoire OF in
ternational dances Paul Specht's Or
chestra will provide the music for the
exhibition and general dancing.
Edward Arlington, proprietor OF the
Broadway -claridge Hotel. Broadway and
Forty-fourth street. reports a favorable
reception by tho New Workers. OF his
hotel projects. Besides the Broadway
hotel he also operates under his personal
management the Hotel Harding at
broadway near Fifty-fourth street. and
the Colonial Arms at Jamaica. All tho
hotels under his management arc doing
capacity business
Tho now Orangerie OF the Hotel Astor
was the setting for many parties each
day last week. The regular dinner and
supper dances ia the Indian Grill room
have also attracted many dance lovers.
The Palais Royal with Paul Whiteman
and his symphony dance orchestra 10
one Of the importans points % Broad.
Ways life. Few visitors from abroad
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was too important to- postpone until
moro favorable moment as was
advised on several occasions--and
money was raised to pay, the. heavy
deficit OF tho first year and the. smaller
ceficits OF 1918 and 1919. Since then the
society has been entirely self-support-
ing and has shown a steadily increas-
ing growth in membership and attend
ance since the first year. Indeed the
number OF visitors in 1922 exceeded
that OF 1917 when the novelty of the
movement and the scale on which 1t was
presented at the Grand Central Palace
caused an exceptionally large attend
ancs.
"The success of the society has been
due, first, TO the action OF the American
artists, over two thousand IN number,
who have supported the exhibitions with
their works and their money: IL is due
also to tho men and the women who
have given their time and energy TO
the movement and have so directed its
affairs as 10 create the institution whose
utility has received constantly wider
recognition from the public, the museums
and the dealers. The effort of the .di-
rectors IN the last few years has been
by the use of publicity to increase the
number OF visitors; the success of this
ance and the change from deficit TO sur
plus in the reports OF financial standing
mailed TO each member. The especial
effort to be made hereafter will be to
increase, the sale of exhibits. .r &
THE success OF the society depends,
now as IN the past. on the recognition by
the artists OF the country that they need
this exhibition. II must continlie In order
that we may draw OH the fullest re-
sources OF talent that We possess and
thereby retain tho confidence aud sup
port OF tho public. i
''In once more opening It's membership
TO all who wish 10 exhibit the society
invites tho support OF artists OF ell
schools. and all degrees OF recognition.
The younger workers receive the adj
vantage OF equal opportunities the men
and women who havo already achieved
success need the exhibition no less than
the unknown artists. for through 1t they
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
The Sargent Decorations
In the Boston Museum

Tho Boston Museum Is about to issue
two pamphlets devoted to the decoration
In the rotunda of the museum by John
Singer Sargent. One pamphlet gives a
general description of the work the sec
ond describes the individual decorations
In detail.
They have been prepared by Thomas
A. Fox. the architect who assists Mr..
Sargent in the installation OF the decora-
tiops. and no one Is better fitted 70 speak
OF the problems of the undertaking.
HE account begins with a careful de-
scripton of the design OF the rotunda
and Of its interior surface as remoJeled
70 receive the decorations. These are
then enumerated In order around the ro-
tunda from the left OF the stairway en-
trance. each type OF decoration by itself,
beginning with those Immediately above
the cornice OF the drum. An illustration
giving n view from the stairway makes
plain the general scheme OF tho decora-
tions. The pamphlet continues with an
account of the progress OF the work from
It's inception In November. 1915. to the
unveiling in October. 1921. The exccu-
ton OF the commission wont forward In
three stages. During the eighteen months
from November. 1915, 10 May, 1918, the
general scheme was developed. worked
out on the model, small scale
studies were practically completed and
the interior OF tho rotunda was recon-
structed in readiness TO receive the mold
.ngs. onrichments. bas rcliefs and paint
ings. During the fourteen months from
May. 1919. to July, 1920. all the bas re-
.icfs we're modelled In full size, cast and
put In placc,the frames made, holdings
cast and cnrichments added. In the final
period OF eight months. from February to
October, 1891, all the painted panels
we're carried out on canvas, put In place
aud the general painting and gliding
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traordinary rhythm that sweeps the
feet of Rousseau's dancers, a rhythm
as undeniable, 1t Is not too much to
say, as that Of the "Marseillaise."
Now that several million OF our young
men have had recent opportunities to
study what goes on in all French viii
lagos and towns on the evening of the
Z Fourteenth Of July there would no
doubt be a more certain response to
Rousseau's picture could it be shown
here again.
Most OF Rousseau's pictures, how
ever, are not so easy as the "Quatorze,
Juliet" They require a certain amount
OF mental adjustment upon the part
of the beholdor. particularly II the be-
holder be an experienced appraiser of
art. Experienced appraisers Of art are
not quite used to such soul reveal
nlents as they get from Rousseau.
Rousseau fusses them as much as
Blake did before him. He Is even worse
for them than Blake was, since no is
not particularly pious. The tempta-
tion distinctly is to laugh at Rousseau.
d. <tlstl IL tAiiC, WiGl sAic iSe'NIeoNhASHs
finally occurs, one laughs tctth Rous-
seau. When that arrives the critic al
most loves best those Rousseau pic
lures at which he has laughed most,
such as lie Present OF 10 Passee," in
which Rousseau and his wife. who
were widowor and widow when they
married, arc depicted with their late
spouses appearing undisturbingly in
the clouds above them. 1t is an ador-
able picture. but many authorities only
see that 1t is quaint.
The late r.. j. Coady, editor of the
Soil. was one Of the first TO champion
Rousseau in America, and he was a
sturdy champion. He showed some
canvaSes In his Washington Square
Gallery. and later on, up Fifth ave-
nue.. Mr.. de Zayas in his Modern CAL
lery also gave some Rousseau exhi-
bitions. and now Mr.. Bourgeois has
taken Rousseau on. His Jungle" pic
ture is one OF those painted by the
artist, believe, after his return from
Mexico. 1t is so early" in feeling, that
it-is almost Pliocene. 1t has tha~new-
ness of some of the first Biblical
scenes, but 1t does not point any OBJ
vious moral. A lion chews upon n
crocodile, that's all, but the lion is a
very fine lion, and the background is
magnificcntly decorative.
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Something different. Tho Ambassa-
dor Grill. It's principal attraction
Yoska do Barbary, violin virtuoso. Di-
rect from the Cafe DO Paris in Monte
Carlo. Young - twenty-onc years
tall. dark, handsome. distinguished.
Temperamental, eccentric, emotional. a
truo gonius--a pupil worthy OF his dis
tinguished nstructors--Hubay and Sc
veik. Leader OF the famous Ambassa-
dor Orchestra. which plays for dancing
during dinner and after the theater SAP
per. A musical magnet for the Ambas-
sador Grill
The Plaza has made special arrange
ments 80 that It's guests may see and
hear the election returns. Large boards
on which tho figures will appear will
be put up in the Terrace restaurant
and erill room. Dancing Will be fea-
tured in the Rose Room and Grill.
Assisted by tho Della Robbla Orches-
ira, Crystal Waters, mezzc-soprano,
and james Temple. barytone. will give
a concert in tho Della Robbia room OF
the Vanderbilt Hotel tonight.
AS the decorations In the new palm
room at the Hotel Belleclaire are to be
in black and gold. Halloween colors.
the opening, now set for Halloween,
October 81. will be doubly appropriate.
The idea will be further carried out In
tho table decorations, which viii be
large jack o. lanterns, and the souvonirs.
The Uptown Society OF 100 Will have
charge OF the program and dance music
will be furnished by Harold Stern's Or
chcstra.
A unique dinner and supper entertain
ment Is provided at the Knickcrbocker
Grill by Ned wayburn In the first Of
the cycle OF winter Causeries." The
chief attraction Is tho Princess Nyota-
Iuyoka OF Paris. costumed by Poiret
and presenting a series OF picture dances
sitter tho ancient Egyptian and In the
modern manner. Muriel Stryktr,
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MIDNIGHT CLUB REVIVED.

II has been decided TO revive the Mid
night Club. which was one OF tho sue
ccssful assemblies for supper and dane
ing last winter, when the meetings were
held ON Wednesday nights after the
opera and theaters NJ the Ambassador.
Mrs. Edward y. Breitung Is az tho head
OF the committee. and associated with
her arc Mrs Richard T. Wilson. Mrs.
Oliver Hartman and Mrs. T. J. Oakley
Rhinelander. The list OF subscribers
will be limited. The proceeds of the
dances will be given 70 charity. aIrs.
Brcitung will call meeting OF the
ladies' committee this week. when tho
dates and details ~ the dances WIN be
arranged.
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Independent Artists
Announce Exhibition

How time flies. 1t seems but yester-
day since the first exhibition of the
independents. yet already the seventh
annual exhibition, Is announced for
February "a to March Is at the Wal
dorf-Astoria, with the same slogan. mo
jury, no prizes" as before. The an
nouncement OF the board OF directors Is
as follows:
Founded In 1915. the society opened
its first exhibition three days after the
United States entered the war. Despite
the difficulties OF the period and the dis
couraging outlook of the following years,
the directors Of the society felt that II
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HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Berlin. Oct. II.
T INTEREST is being shown in the
work OF Ben Silbert, a Chicago
- artist, now exhibiting water COL
ors at the Flechtheim Galleries in
Berlin. Mr.. Silbert. after studying in
Chicago and New York, has been
working in Paris, where he seems 10
have shaken off all academicism and
started off on a path which is original
without being bizarre. as is so much
of tho modern work. His fetish is
form rather than color, and his artistic
aim IS TO express beauty through form.
making his coloring subservient 20
this.
Tho works now being shown arc the
result OF a summer spent In Germany,
and while his landscapes have been
treated in an interesting and original
manner. IL IS In his portraits that he
shows the greatest strength. One Of
these in particular, that of Sister OF
Mercy. has arresting qualities. His
work has met with n very warm re-
ception on the part OF German artists
and art critics. During the last two
years Mr.. Silhert has been working ia
Paris under the special guidance OF
Angel Zarraga-
On the day of the opening Mr.. Silbert
was the guest OF honor at a smoker
given by Mr. Arthur Lehmann. the
owner of the Boersou-zeitun0. OF whom
tho artist has done a striking character
portrait. Letters were read from AM
bassador Houghton and Prof. Einstein
expressing their regret az not being able
to extend their good wishes 10 the young
artist In person. Among the guests was
Prof. Isaac A. Horwitz Of New York.
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American Drawings Are
Shown at Whitney Club

Tho Whitney Studio Club begins It's
season with an exhibition or drawings
by artists who have been honored be-
fore by the club but who have them
selves never honored tho club SO much
as now. In other words, the worl.
shown is unusually spirited.
Tho artists are George y. Auit. Guy
Peno du Bois. Anne Goidthwaite,
George o. Hart. Edward Hopper, Nor
man Jacobson. Haley Lever, Reginald
Marsh, 1reno Mungo-Park. Anne M.
Peck and Edna =. Stauffcr. In par
ticular, Reginald Marsh Guy Pene du
Bots. Edward Hopper and Haley Lever
distinguish themselves. Mr.. Marsh has
n genuine scnse OF l1umor and any
amount or what has come TO be known
AS pep" lie signs a little battle scene
that has all tho charm OF an old print
,nv Jazz OF Shuttle Along" Ono OF his
best, though. is the Excursion Boat"
sesn before. for the satire In IL Is
rightly touched with sympathy Ills
young lovers are certainly having n
beautiful day, and though the Joke
may be upon somebody it Is certainly
not upon them.
Mr.. du Bois, who has often been
vague. IL getting a new quality into his
WORK that makes X more enective. He
stilI stops just short of coming to a
point, but the demand to know what
HIS characters say is not 30 strong as
1t used 20 be. Without being an alb
stract draughtsman he nevertheless be-
comes moro and moro the abstract hu-
'rorist. Hayley Levers drawings are
pleasant. especially a study or an
archod bridge IN tho park with some
pleasure seekers upon a launch in tho
water below. IL Is probably q first
draft for a picture we arc TO SEQ
later and perhaps means tho end. at
last, OF his devotion 10 st. 1ves. I'm
rot crazy about Central Park pictures.
: >but IL must choose between Central
pa< and st. Ives give me Central
FAX any time.
ne following remarks about the
motto OF the show. takon from the cata-
iogul preface. Indicate that the seething
rcboton OF the common people against
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
PITTSBURGH GETS PICTURES.

From the annual report Of the director
OF the Carnegie Institute II is learned
that the following paintings have been
acquired during the year: Under the
Willow" by Albert Besnard Tho Con-
valescent." by Sir John Lavery: 'van-
ishing MIST by Ernest Lawson; and
Tho Sun Porch" by Richard Il. Miller.
Drawings by the following. George du
Maurier, Charles Keene. John LII
Fargo, Lucien Simon and John VI. Swan
were also purchased. IL seems that
3s 2s2 people visited the last !nterns,
tional show. and that the sales from II
amounted TO s26.s0s.sS.
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woMUN,s HALLOWEEN DANCE,

The New York League OF American
Pen Women and the American Society
OF Reconstruction will unite in giving a
Halloween dance Tuesday evening In
Delmonico's. The committee includes
Mrs. Henry Clarke Coe. Mrs. Charles
Villas, Mrs. William Selden, Jr.. Mrs.
James c. Ledbetter. Miss Anne Miner
and Mrs. Patrick J. White. Tickets
may be obtained from the committe or
through Mrs. Roberty wylie Lyle at Tho
Plaza Hotel
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
FINE CoRoT rs SOLD.

From the paintings that came from
the Potter Palmer collection and which
are now on exhibition IN the Howaru
Young Galleries, $50 Fifth avenue. Mr..
Young has just sold Corot's superb fig
uro study called woman with Water
Jar, and the Brittany Wedding by
Carl Melchers. The Corot was acquired
by Mr. Duncan Phillips Of Washington.
D. C., for the Phillips Memorial Gallery
In that city. The Brittany Wedding
has been purchased by the Albright Art
Gallery OF Buffalo. n. Y. for the per-
mancnt collection of that institution.