The New York herald., 1922-04-09

Some one acting as spokesman TOT
the society. probably Mr.. Drummer.
says of it: mo event in the art world.
neither the opening exhibition of the
Society of American Artists over forty
years ago nor the Armory Show Of
1918, nor even the Independent has
seemed so important to the develop
ment of our art as the founding OF the
Modern Artists Of America. and this is
its first show. There can be no ad-
vance in art without experiment. The
conservative artists have in tie Acad-
omy a bulwark against all experiment
tai art, against all change. The radical
artists now have a society which. Civ
ING experimental art a place, cannot
fail to influence profoundly the future
OF art. The spirit OF life, of fearless
meas, OF joy, OF restlessness which ami
mates so much OF the work OF the
yc.inger men will be able to make It
self felt. AS life with it's constant
change is more attractive than death
the exhibitions Of the Modern Artists
oe America will appear to every open
mind more attractive than those OF
tho various academic societies"
In the meantime the present exhibit
ton contains no debuts OF significance.
The Opening of the door" will con-
tirue to be the office of the Indepen-
DENTS and the finest and most ex-
hiiarating task that any society could
ask for. Mr.. or, Mr.. Stella and Mr..
Helpert. who are already well known,
distinguished themselves among the
painters. ard Mr.. Lachaise and Mr..
Laurent among the sculptors.
Fine Landscape shown.
Mr.. or contributes fine landscape
called "Sassafras Trees" that is quiet
and rich in color and is everything
that is meant by the word painter
like" Mr.. Stella submits curiously
shaped and curiousIy imagined paint
ing called Pittsburgh" There Is
gorgeous sunset occurring that would
have been worth travelling to Pitts
burgh TO see, but otherwise there Is
nothing else In the picture but Mr..
Stella. To be sure, Mr.. Stella is a
great deal His Pittsburgh" will be
liked; in New York at least.
Mr.. WallSowitz, who is seen too in
frequently, sends one of his charac-
teristic park scenes in watercolor.
Mr. Walkowitz, like Mr.. Boardman
Robinson. thinks a great deal of labor
and capital. I mention labor first.
since both these artists plan more for
labor than for capital. Apparently
they don't give hang for capital.
But Mr.. Walkowitz dreams OF a time
when labor is to spend all of it's time
IN Central Park, and in his picture
shows his friends arriving in the
wooded portions of that Promised
Land" exhausted still breathless and
fiInging themselves Upon the turf. The
mere idea has rejoiced Mr.. Walkowitz
50 much that he has lavished his best
color ard his most fluent brushwork
upon its representation. 1t ought to
give pleasure even TO capitalists.
Relief by LRcbnise.
CASTOR Lachaise submits a relief
that is full of precious workmanship,
and a small figure OF a woman with
snake that has vehement eloquence.
Mr.. Laurent's "LIndifferente" Is the
striking head that was so remarked in
HIS TCCtllL one man 1AHlDiLlOn IN the
7ourgeois Galleries. Miss Florene
Stcttheimer's Russian Bank" is some
what Of a mystery. The artist figures
IN the picture herself, entering "the
bank" through trellsed opening In a
gay hedge. Whether II is the bank
whereon the wild thyme blows or
merely a bank FROM which ready
money may be obtaired Is not clear.
Probably the latter. since Miss Stett-
helmer's Aunt Kate consults a clair
vcyancer in the foreground as to what
the Immediate future has in store.
There is a vein of mockery that runs
through Wood Gaylor'a work also. and
80 n Is not safe even for progressive
thinkers to take The Party" by him
too seriously. In II ladies In scant at
tire appear 70 be indriging in athletic
exercises. The attire and the exer-
cises. to say tho least. are surprising,
hut In department everybody AZ the
rarty ranks 100 per cent, 80 perhaps
no more need be asked.
Others attribute interesting
works are Louis .fouche. Glenn Cole
man, Thomas II. Benton. Bernard Kar-
fo' Yasu Kuniyoslii and Ben Penn.