The New York herald., 1922-11-05
WS AND REVIEWS HAWTHORNES PAINTING STUDY OF LIGHT


ratiye pen and ink drawings and color
studies for reproduction as illustrations.
| Some OF Mrs. Babcock's silhouettes with
colored background Will be included.
] She has been working on these for a
| long time seeing In them an admirable
medium for the illustrating OF advertise
ments.
Mrs Babcock believes in the lavish
use OF strong colors, but in her ink work
she confines herself to the simple line.
She seeks to attain what is most deco
/ rative in the expression of her art.
Among the new exhibits in the Coop
ierative Gallery at the Art Center is
collection Of flowers, painted and mod
elled in fabric by Mrs. Charles Munner-
lyn Greene of New Orleans The artist
has named them Gloria Flora" and has
enGeavored 70 recreate the fragility. the
delicacy and the beauty of all sorts OF
beautiful flowers The garden is her
studio where with some white organdy,
a litter of paint boxes and brushes she
works away. her eyes on the living
model, whose individuality she endeav-
ors TO capture. Not only must the slight
est shading be truthfully reproduced, but
every curve, twinlng, soft tendril, ana
twisting stem as well. OF great variety
dlb EtT lflpuclG lpctS, NOpR-SANNA'sFf
tulips. jonaulls--ell the spoils OF the gar
den are about her--to be selected as
her mood dictates The exhibit viii be
on view throughout November Other
handicrafts shown in tho Cooperative
.allery include work of members of the
New York Society of Craftsmen and the
Art Alliance of America.
Much Of art merit and novelty IS
promised in an exhibit OF the Houbigant
collection OF eighteenth century per-
fume bottles and patch boxes at the Art
| Center from November to 10 inclusive.
About so pieces have been lent tenn
porarily by NJ Fernand laval Of Paris
| from n collection that is said to be
unequaled in the werld for its versa
! til.ty genuineness and priceless value.
/ The media range from gold and silver
| 20 agate, onyx, genuine Chelsea porce-
| lain, mother OF pearl and tnveiGling
combinations of these and other mate
| rial. Besides. the exhibit Is interesting
/ alone for it's picture of the prototype
| of to-day's' vanity case. comparison
arising that. according to ones point
OF view, either condemns the courtiers
of the Eighteenth Century for their
opulence or beiittlcs the vogue of to-day
| for its tawdriness.
An unusual course in Ancient Paint
Ing and Sculpture Is being given at
Cinnecticut College by Prof. F. V. G..
Baur of Yale University. Prot Baur
Gomez TO New London every "Wednesday
| . conduct his classes, which are study
ing material gained as the result of his
researches in Italy. Greece and else
| where. A largo number OF students spe-
oializlng in art are taking the course,
which Is largely original with Prof
Baur and has neve: been offered else
| where.
/ Prof. Baur is laying special emphasis
upon painting. ami sculpture is being
discussed only as q throws light upon
painting through the study OF painted
I statues and reliefs. In tho prehistoric
period from 2500-ll00 r G, Cretan and
/ Continental Greek painted vases and
I frescoes are discussed with special cm-
/ phasis upon design.
Then follows the history of Greek
vase paintings from 100000 b. C.. with
/ particular attention upon composition,
perspective, draughtmunship and design.
\ since none OF the ct6at masterpieces or
! the fifth. fourth and third centuries
/ Il. c.. in fresco. tomfera and encaustic
/ IS preserved, tho literary records are
studied and wherever possible recon-
structions are attempted from the con-
z temporary NdEt pttlllAfubS hilN LII Ah'NtAN
wall paintings. also from the later
Mosaic and Pompcian pictures.
To Prof Baur's thinking. many Of
/ the Potnpeiian frescoes are either direct
or Indirect copies Of earlier Greek mas
/ terpiccos Others show at least rem
! iniscences OF cariicr Greek pictures
! Thus prof. Baur's classes arc able TO re-
construct many Of tne lost masterpieces
! OF Polygnotos. Apellcs, Ze}Ixis, Timan-
/ thes and others IL is this part of the
course which IS largely original with
| Prof. Baur.
Tho following picture Of art in Ger
many Is from the Libcrdtor.
! If you approach Dusseldorf from the
Rhine you will como first 10 the Kunst
/ Falast, situated in what must be the
sImrlest and most beautiful green IN
tho world. 1t Is q magnificent building
! and holds at present a vast collection OF
contemporary German painting and
drawing. varying In mood from still life
| 10 factory realism and In technic
I Il ON the classic TO the mcst wildly fu-
turistic. To add 20 your bewil lorment
| and interest. you VIII flnd a whole room
ful OF modern work on the subject OF
\ Christ-portraits descentsJ from the
! Cross and so on. II you have any energy
| left after that. you can visit tho Acad-
emy OF Art. where there is consider
| able collection OF old masters. \ few
minutes away you have the Kunsthale'