New-York tribune., 1922-05-14

familiar virtuosty in his "Mrs Swim
ton," but the huge canvas is sadly
empty of everything save dashing
technique. There are capable pieces
of work by Charles Hopknson Oliver
D. Grover, John G. Johansen and Vic
tor Hecht. There are some pleasantly
decorative portraits by NJ. Jean Nc
Lane and Richard Miller. But there
are only two paintings which possess
an individual Requirement. These are
the beautifully drawn Edmond Wheel
wright" by Lillian Westcott Hale and
the superb "Man in Blue by George
Luks. This latter is stirring tour de
force, modern in essence, but Of the
tradition Of Hale in its swift direct
ness.
The Wanamaker gallery is filled with
a large collection of black and white
drawings by American artists, Illus
trative of many ideas and influences.
The object, according to those in
charge, is to steer clear of making d
clique exhibition of it. Certainly the
recent shows there have been exclusive.
And here even the doors are not open
wide enough to cause appreciable
change in the atmosphere within. To
offset little the prevailing futurist
tone such sensitive and convincing
things are shown as Speicher's nudes,
Sterne's figures, Rockwell Kent's inter
esting pen allegories, John Held jr.'s
subtle woodcut satlres and Corley's
and Chambers fanciful decorative
black and whites. There is very in
teresting South merican fantasy by
the japanese, Yamanoughi, while the
morbid sketch oe the execution of Lam
dru by Edmund Duffy has obvious
merit in drawing, observation and con-
struction. There are other good things,
on the whole less important ones,
though Reginald Marsh's Hairy Ape"
is interesting as study in form, if
greatly overdrawn.
A special collection Of pictorial pho
Biography from Canada is being shown
by the Toronto Camera Club at the in
vitation of the Camera Club of New
York at the latter's quarters, 81 West
Sixty-eighth Street, until the close of
the month. All interested in outdoor
photography are invited.
At the Kennedy gallery there are ex-
hibitions of dry points of the seaside
sporting prints picturing in colors such
subjects as shooting, hunting, fishing
and coaching. Mr.. Gallagher does re-
markably well the glaring atmosphere
Of the summer beach in appropriately
sparing contrasts. The reflection of the
sun, the silvcry sheen it casts over the
distant blue of the ocean, the lightly
suggested outlines as of white-clad
figures, indistinct against the sand, is
all deftly observed. The heavy seas
breaking over the rocks in "Maine
Coast" give a sense of inherent power
without resorting to strong contrast or
displays of technique. He is always
simple in method and more positive for
that "Sand Dune" is print of ex-
IRENE subtlety and good drawing in
volving an appealing observation Of
childhood. Two notable sporting prints
shown here also are Wostenholme's
pair of hunt pictures engraved by
Sutherland. There is a beautiful series
of fishing prints of unusual mellowness
of color.
There is opened to-day at the Ander-
of art from the estates of the late
George Fl. Hart, the late Cornelia G.
w. Hall and others. They include
paintings, sculptures, furniture and
other objects. The sale takes place
next Thursday and Friday afternoons.
Gus Mayer has stepped from the
very prosaic and limiting confines of
the printed page to do an art that
knows no bounds. Which is to say that
his oil paintings, water colors and
drawings at the Drummer gallery are
entirely unhampered by tradition or
convention. He sees and works freely
and quite as vaguely as do many Of the
moderns with whom he is allied. For
one thing his landscapes are badly con-
fused and turgid in color. Possibly
the "Old Tree" is an earlier work. AT
least IL shows a hotter sense for color