New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
Random Impressions
In Current Exhibitions

NJ. Boardmau Robinson. powerful
;.,stsman. is having an exhibition of
{. ewn az the Whitney Studio Club
-seh lasts for the rest of this month.
u;s drawings include the series that he
ado at the Washington conference.
rke Junior Art Patrons of America
.u,ounce course of four lectures at
vrs sterners gallery. The first, given
.,.sav. by Mr.. Albert Stcrner, is de-
r,..5 to drawing. On the three sue
.,.sive Sundays Mr.. George Bellows,
" Clifford Adams and Mr. Dudley
lanes will speak, respectively. on
y,segraphy, etching and Chinese art.
The annual exhibition at the Salama-
~nM Cub is now going forward and
Ill continue until March 1S About two
.sodred paintings are shown. These
-.kp fairly large and, on the whole.
,3mlrably representative display. There
-, perhaps, no star" pictures, but
,A.ys are numbers that are good, land
.,.,ss by Folinsbee, Yates, Carlson, De
HAVEN. Waltman and others and figure
r;.ces Of the excellence of Wayman
.5ans's Cumberland Mountaineer.
7se show has the character of minia-
.pre academy, which is to say it is
significant OF ability. with no modern
;,t;c nonsense admitted to spoil the en-
ssmble.
The Anderson galleries placed on view
Yesterday quantity Of Oriental art
objects and some Flemish tapestries be
loncinr 10 Mr.. H. Kevorkian. The col
lection Will be sold next Thursday. Fri
dav and Saturday afternoons At this
nlscs there may also be seen until March
IS a number OF paintings by Mr.. Jerome
Bllm.
Mr.. Robert Laurent is q sculptor OF
80 much ability that we wish he could
suffer some Qualification OF his ideas.
Re knows the truth of nature Witness
his young Duck" fairly captivating
h. Of realism. He carves barnyard
owls over and over again and always
yith an engaging touch. Occasionally,
100, he is wholly successful with the
! iuman form. Certain heads that he
las executed in alabaster have beau
dtul linear quality. The Mother and
Child in the same medium, contains
some charmingly modelled passages.
But Mr. Laurent's happier work seems
essentially episodical. Beside it he will
snow you pseudo like the
"Flirtation' Or the Acrobat" 1t is as
though in the midst of the frank study
Of life it occurred to him to deviate
INTO an archaic mood. The result is an
ugly unreality about some of his pro-
ductions. His technical facility by
itself wins ones sympathy. Some of
tie flower pieces and studies of fame
/ ssve a compelling interest even in the
moment in which we find it difficult to
axe them seriously.
Bolton Brown is presiding at the Ma
tional Arts Club over an exhibition of
his own and others Autographs which
Is designed to acquaint the public fur
ther with the varied and unexpected
Possibilities OF this are. It constitutes,
inl SO far as it relates to Mr.. Brown,
seven years journey of experimental
ton in methods and materials. He dis
counts the fallacy that Ethography
cannot be employed in the presence of
nature by showing results OF frequent
excursions into the Catskills. where he
sometimes tsundled his stone in a
wheelbarrow. He shows effects done
wlth crayon of his own that surfaces
tae print like rich india wash and yet
n line gives accentuation richer and
1liier than charcoal. His method is
o'verslfed, sometimes shimmering with
The lovely qualities Of the silver point,
as IN his nude studies, and again pro-
aucing results of the utmost vigor
and linear simplicity, like "The Water
all Use of the method Of "stopping-
eue Tor depth and variation is exem-
pinned In fact, throughout all the
snow are the evidences of superlative
workmanship and understanding that
Ngnalize Mr.. Brown in this medium.
group Of prints done from drawings
transferred to the stone instead of
uFa~n directly on it. historical back
s.Ouho OF prints by the early masters
u 'i'hography and examples by vari-
Jus modern men, including Bellows,
''efner' Grenda and Ryder, supple
~en' the show. Demonstrations are
" De made for the benefit of various
colleges and art schools throughout
'ue remaining two weeks of the show.
- MISS Elenore Abbott is an American
'aS'fator of the school Of Rackham
-. ouiac' Her drawings for "Grimm's
.'''y Tales, with some other designs,
=, n's ee seen at the Dudensing gallery.
SHOWS good taste, but no special
s'"ai'ty IN her color. There is more
commend in her draftsmanship and
ner composition. Shc has a really