New-York tribune., 1922-12-03

which the atmosphere Of Bohemia Is
authentic. and made only the more
persuasive because through il one feels
the seriousness Of the born artist. The
personalities aforesaid include. natur-
ally, American as we'll as foreign fig
ures. One Of the best drawn Of these
is Stanford White. portrayed with con-
radely affection having not trace Of
sentimonthlity. There Is one unfor
getthble picture OF White. surrop-
tiiiously stuRing 4 roll Of bills under
the door OF an artist on the verge Of
disposscssion. The lucky man never
knew Who his benefaetor was That
was like White. There are chapters on
"Fine Arts in Relation to n Number Of
Things" "Paint and Painters" and 50
on, but, on the whole, Mr.. Simmons Is
more aneedot;e than philosophical. He
adds little TO our knowledge Of art In
The abstract But he had no thought,
We imagine, Of doing anything Of the
sort. He set out 20 relate the amusing.
Characteristic incidents Of a long life,
not TO preach but to talk. He talks in
an altogether beguiling manner
Mr. Duncan Phillips has taken over
from the Century Club the monograph
on j. Alden Weir brought out year
or 20 ago, and under the imprint Of the
buttons starts il upon a new lease Of
life as phillips Publications: No.
One" Il opens a series Of volumes 70
Re devoted to artists represented in the
Phillips Memorial Gallery In Washing
ton. The second will be given %
DAumier and among the others TO fol-
low will be studies Of Twaehtman and
similarly outstanding figures The
Weir" In is new form, sent forth H.
a peculiarly attractive cover Of blue
linen. has eight additional illustra-
tions and contains some pages on the
Phillips Gallery and It's plans. Il Is
TO be "a home for the fine arts"
place in which paintings, sculpture
and other objects will be shown IN an
intimate rather than an institutional
ltmosphere. The walls will not be
,rowded. The exhibits will be changed
from time TO time, though everything
In the collection will be made aeees
sible 20 the student. Stress Is laid In
his announcement upon the care to be
given 20 the setting provided for work.
cf art. "For instance. In the Twaeht-
man room, those who know the marvel
ious nuanees Of color, opaleseent and
phosphoreseent, In the works Of this
great master, will be delighted 70 find
these subtle felieities echoed in the
7aekground IN choice bits Of Chinese
ottery, Persian lustre ware or Greeh
lass" Il is noble. iionlistic scheme
hat Is here outlined. Al present It's
ull development lies in the future, but
he house IN which the Phillips collec-
ion Is now shown is arranged with an
pproseh 70 the harmony that is 20 pre-
vail in the special building some day
be erected. In the mean time these
Phillips Publications" are an earnest
4 of the taste with which the founder Is
carrying on his work They will ex-
cite the warm interest Of readers who
nay contemplate a yisi. 70 Warrington.
OF the Weir" VIC have spoken a.
length before and need only reiterate
the opinion that it is a worthy me-
mortal to the painter.
Tho +. A. Stokes Company has aus
pielousiy begun the publication Of a
series OF Hi.h volumes on leading
American artist compiled By Nathan
iel Pousette Two have thus far
appeared, one given TO Mr. Childe
Bassam and the other 20 Mr. Robert
Henri The frontispiece Is a portrait
Il the artist. Three or four pages Of
biography and appreciation form the
prefaee and then follows a collection o.
full page reproductions, small but well
,,,nted half tones. The cover is In
eood taste. Well manufactured and
, nrhli,hed inexpensively the series de-
serves q wide popularity 1t is' in fae''
exactly what is needed