New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-27
The Work of William vi. Chase
Observed at Shinnecock H;lls
Another Tribute Paid American Genius by Porr..
Pupils at Southampton, Most Instructive -
of This Summers Exhibitions

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paintings that TIE exhibition !, ~
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go Is my character = sss asss
have come back upon the scan.
formative struggles agsetisr.ss,z sf
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nent which Is not To Be ms.,r,s
terms Of teehniqus. Suysl.,,
biography again. we fad sbis es.-...s
istie pronouncement Of Ma. ~
children in art, the students, ssssIs
ccivc as msch Of your stten.la. :,
sympathy as you can possIhls a.,,..
upon them. They should B. s.<.ss.
of by you as your own, ard II y,s sss,
TO help them to success-lend assss
II ia kindling motto. and tss 49,.
thing about it lies in what ,sn..
read between the linss-.4c,ha.s,, -.
ception of the right way IN whies !.
Tend a hand He lons Bis oslv /.
order to help the ssadez. % ssvs,..
his own individuality.
How faithful he was 70 this y.,s.-
principle may be judged from lew
names in the catalogue, the aaps. :,
Edmund Grcecen. Charles ". Hsv.
thorne, Reynolds Beall, Roekwsll g.,.
Ellen Emmett Rand. Eugeas ualmss
and Ernest lawson. Do hey nst snail
in each case specific mood. .ss.
ciAc method? And are NOT Ill .bss.
artists representative of seurs "a
nique? The exciting thing absus n,
show is that not eontribuses to /
is what mighs be called "a lasss
Chase" type Of Initiative stfurs. q,
had, no doubt, his blind diseirs.s
Looking back over the years We can
recall clearly enough the signs res
time to time. that somebody had Bean
sitting only too aevotsdly az his feet
But it is not the fault Of rtsne,v
alone that their names escape III Tie
echoing dAbsters have fallen ms
oblivion, that is all. The artists Il
talent have pulled through.
What gusto it mus. have girea Il
Chase! How he must have .ajeissa
as he saw his students sailing es into
the blue on their own That Il wtss
he workedTos. That is what 10 sasteS
them to do. His business vas "a sss
that they were technically eqiipsea
He was satisfied II he inoculated tssa
with q care for honest painting Il
is an old idea, several centuries es,
but it is ever new and inspiring. Il
is an idea as well as personality
that is commemorated in this sxhibi-
ton. That is why. as we have said. i
takes place apart in the long liss
of summer shows, reyiTing symps'ay
and admiration for remarkable Ar
list. When Chase came back from
Europe in the late '7os he played IN
important part in the making over cf
the American school, contsisutius
enormously TO the new movement TO-
better technique. He wen: on plsyiag
that constructive part until he diea,iM
left followers TO carry on the risa
tradition. II is especially his rsst-
ness that we have in mind. his hdslV
TO sound painting, his TeneEatiOa =
the rectitude of art. When yeu iAS
of that you look at the little nsn'nn
ct Southampton thinking Of fn ra
only with sympathy and sdnlrssn''
but with gratitude.