Evening star., 1922-10-15
Notes of Art and Artists

IS a large subject picturo O5 ~
fully composed and very sympathet-
ically rendered in a rather high key
suggestive Of fanciful vision: In one
Of the great annual exhibitions IN
New York some years ago a picture
much interest. But for some time
now Mr.. Waugh has painted almost
exclusively coast scenes, setting forth
with brilliant realism the surf break
ing against the high, rugged. rocks
with tremendous force and splendor.
at Gloucester he painted whole gal
lery full of delightful colorful stud
les each of which was in truth gen.
uine work of art-an enviable pos
session.
About a year ago-the winter of
1920-'21-he was in the West Indies,
and from there he brought back a
series Of pictures Of tropical seas and
shores that fairly daZzled by their
brilliance at the same time they de-
several instances Mr.. Waugh sug-
.. gested motion-the sweep of wind.
the restlessness of water--in a very
remarkable and realistic manner.
Lately 1t is sky effects which have
engrossed this artists attention. and
in this respect the twelve pictures
which he has contributed to the pres
ent exhibition are all variations Of
this one theme. They are all recent
! works and they are quite different
from anything he has done before.
They are more modernistic in treat
ment and they concern themselves
much more with motion-with the
moving drama OF nature-than do
pictures commonly. In some instances
, they are almost brutally abrupt. re-
lentlessly rugged. but. even so. dra ma
tic in the extreme. Birger Sandzen
gets somewhat the same effect in
some Of his wood block prints of
desert subjects. So does Rockwell
Kent in his Labrador and Alaskan
themes. 1t Is nature In awe-inspiring
ticularly true, but the Spent Wave"
and The Next Wave are less austere.
The works of the three distinguish
ed painters making up this exhibition
have not been hung separately as
groups. but in such wise as to offset
one another. and through admirable
arrangement the effect is excellent.
The exhibition will continue until
November ..
A BRONZE bust Of Frank Springer,
by c. Scarpitta. was presented to
the state of New Mexico sat the third
annual session Of the Southwestern Di-
vision of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science and
has been given permanent place in
the art museum at Santa Fe. The
presentation took place at the time
, Of the great fiesta. and the reason for
| the presentation was the desire of
Mr.. Springer'S many friends to tes-
tify to their appreciation of his use
| full life and splendid services while
he was still living.
I Mr.. Springer, who spends at least
half Of his year in Washington, is
/ especially distinguished as a scien-
| tist. but he is also man Of affairs
and lover of art. The art museum
/ of Santa Fe was made possible
through his generosity.
Mr.. Scarpitta. the sculptor. was
| born in Palermo. Italy. in 1887, and
! had his first training in an art school
| in Rome. In 1910 he came to New
| studio. He is a member Of the Ma
! tiona1 Sculpture Society and the New
York Architectural League and has
| been decorated by the Japanese and
] Cuban governments.
| X \ X =
Tn Florence during the past summe<
a notable exhibition of Italian
! paintings of the sixteenth and seven
F., teenth centuries, loaned by art mu-
| seums and private owners through
! out the length and breadth of Eu-
rope, was set forth in the Pitt Pal
! ace. SO comprehensive was the ex-
! hibit that it occupied no less than
! fifty rooms. Included among the ex-
hibits were numerous mural paint
! ingS. in some instances whole CELL
! ings, which had been removed from
/, their permanent places and loaned
! for the occasion.
to1; ofv,fi OF ifC ha
during these centuries, but it did
occasionally reach an exceedingly
| great height. and it was sumptuous
! and decorative. To one who could see
| the exhibition by sections, returning
; from day to day. it offered vast
amount Of material for serious study
| and an opportunity unexcelled. But
to the casual visitor or average tour
; ist it was too large a show to be
found pleasurahle. particularly after
the mer.velous works,.i in the perma-
F, Particularly interesting. however
| was the large collection of works
by Guardi included among the loans
That any one man would have had
the time to produce so many paint
I self marvellous. and that his paint
ings should have all been Of SO high
! a standard of merit is truly remark
able Almost all of these paintings
| by, or attributed to, Guardi were OF
! Venetian scenes setting forth elab-
crate architectural subjects rendered
in exquisite detail. yet preserving
! unity Of effect-paintings which are
historical documents and at the same
| time beautiful works of art.
| In the Ralph Cross johnson collec-
| tion at the national gallery are two
works by this artist. one an archi-
tectural theme quite in his usual man
| ner, the other setting forth both
architecture and figures with broader
| technique and in a more sumptuous
manner: