The New York herald., 1922-12-10
1WS AND REVEWSBAKST STILL BAKST, HIS EXHIBITION SHOWS
enth street. New York, from December
IA 10 10 inclusive.

enth street. New York. from December
IA 10 10 inclusive.
The exhibition will consist of ship
models, both modern and antique. to-
sether with prints. books, nautical In
struments and other things related 10
sail driven ships.
This is the second annual exhibition.
The first one held two years ago in the
same place was visited by five thousand
people. The purpose of the society, aside
from collecting models Of ships, is to
establish in the city OF New York a
marine museum comparable with those
of Philadelphia, Boston, New Bedford
and Salem, and also of Antwerp, London
and Paris.
The exhibition will open with din
ner OF the society. at which talks will
be given by Horace Boucher and Henry
u. Culver.
Louis Icart is known in Paris as the
painter of the golden palette. The urge
to paint came to him while designing
gowns for the biggest dressmaking firms
of Paris Last year Mr.. Icart originated
the snake skin glove" creating a furor,
in Paris by the oddity Of this style. He
designs all Mime. Icart's gowns, his wife
being considered one of the most beaufi'
ful women Of Paris.
Louis Icart is the only painter known
to have painted the life size portrait
in less time than it takes a photog-
rapher to develop and print a photo
graph. Shortly before coming to this
country Mr. Icart painted portral'
of Mile. Favart. the noted French
actress. The portrait was executed II
five hours for the sum of $4,000. The
fat hau kAa
much as $40 minute for portrait com
missions.
New York is new to Mr.. Icart, he havinf
only just set his voot on American soil
He considers New York with Its hustle
and its skyscrapers gigantic city
especially at night the artist finds Ne"
York a fairyland OF color and light MIR
Icart is delighted to have met the Amer
lean girl in her own environment. H'
marvels at her figure, her suppienes'
and her grace. He has found New fori
a city of youth. Mr.. lcart Is havlnt
his first American exhibition in Eel
maison, wanamaker's. Among othe
striking paintings his exhibition contains
the portrait of Cecile Sorel, the FTencf
actress, who has only recently capture
Broadway.
Mr.. Joseph Pennell will hold his firs
American exhibition of water colors a
the Macbeth Galleries. 450 Fifth avenue
in December. The exhibition will bt
made up entirely of studies or Ne"
York from Mr.. Pennells windows. A
the same date Mr.. Pennell is giving 6
show of etchings and some water col
ors at the Fine Arts Society's Cal
leries. Bond Street, London. The Fine
Arts Society were Whistler's publisher:
and made the very successful exhlbi'
ton of Mr.. Pennelrs Panama Litho'
graphs and Etchings when they were
issued In England.
The following foreword to the cata'
logue of the New York show is highly
typical of the artist:
"When in the dear, dead days.
would come home, to my nome t'
America, by way of New York, and ir
the dawn of the last glad day stooc
alone on the ships deck and the Unbe'
lievable CITY came like a vision from
the mists of the morning. saw what
knew | wanted to try to do, what
could not find in Europe and no one
sees here. / had then the most won
derful view of the great city or tht
Old World, London. but beyond thougf
7 alone saw IL and I alone still see IL
stood and stands the great city of the
New World, the new New York.
when l went into my workroom ir
London in the morning, with all tn
CITY before ri3 where ] hoped 10 i've
one-half my time for the rest or my lie
and hoped to live the other half here
knew what should see that day.
knew st. Pauls would come from out o.
the mist. the red sailed barges woult
come out, too, the sun would make
glory of IL ALL or the mists would
shroud 1t all. and all day. till the SUI
sank beyond Westminster. and th'
evening glory came. and then the quie
night. / knew il and l loved 1t ant
learned to love 1t from Whistler, bu
morning and night. he had done II, ant
what was left for me to do? did wha
could, and what l did is gone. gone IL
the war, and because OF the war wiped
out. and all that Is left me is beauti
full. sad memory
Then 1 came here, after beini
spurned by my own city. that / loved
too. to the city that l had always
wanted to come TO and always hat
come to- Now I am here all the time
and here, too, the sun. rises and sets be
fore my windows. but / do not know
from the moment the tall town come!
from the night and the towers turn 4
rose and gold or are ghosts anc
shadows TIL they are lost asan IN th'
night. what the day, or the hour. or th'
minute will bring forth. for 1t is all new
and strange. ever changing, never end
ing. all undone, all to be done. On these
walls are some OF the things have seer
and tried TO do, only few. but they are
endless. unknown, unbelievable. only
am trying to put down what | see with
what skill have gained by looking a
and working on great subjects for q
lifetime"
An exhibition OF Piranesl's famous
etchings, the Views of Rome, is beins
held at Il. Weyhe's. 710 Lexington ave
nue.. For sense OF grandeur and noble
decorative quality these etchings, made
in the middle OF the eighteenth century
have never been surpassed. few oi
Piranesis rare Prison Scenes are alsc
included in the show. These last were
the etchings which excited the wonder
of Coleridge and De Quincy, and which
were llkened by them to the fantasies