Evening star., 1926-04-04
hut a. very engaging

two portraits. but q very engaging
interior with figures. ''The Lesson"
Leopold Seyffert is represented by
| brilliantly rendered portrait of him
SELF, as well as two other portraits.
There is a group of paintings by
Childe Hassam in his best vein, and
a toneful, lovely landscape, quite diff
ferent in style. by Albert l.. Groll.
Jonas Lie Is represented by two
pictures of boats, THE Fleet" and
The Storm; John c. Johansen by
two interiors with figures, one O. por-
| trait of himself and his family. Mrs.
Johansen shows one of her recent
paintings of figures out of doors, joy
Gus in spirit and suggestive in color
of the works Of the early Italian mas
ters.
Frank w. Benson, to whom was
awarded the Temple gold medal at
the Pennsylvania Academy this year,
shows picture of a white heron In
secluded foliage-inclosed pool; a
little Winter landscape and q still
life. There are two excellent outdoor
pictures by John f. Folinsbee and
two very characteristic and admira-
BILE figure paintings by Mary Cas-
satt, more at home, perhaps. in this
exhibition than in the Parts Salon
at the time they were painted.
The Taos school is well represented
by Dunton, Ufer and Couse.
Gerrit Beneker shows a well painted
portrait of n seafaring man. Dwight
Blaney of Boston sends a charming
landscape. To Wilfred Conrow's por-
trait of Lord Exmouth a position of
honor has been given.
Cecil Clark Davis portrait of a
French woman is eminently worthy
Of note, as are Nicolai Fechin's por.
trait study and still life and Garber's
unusual picture of a young girl sill
houetted against a sunny, green out
door background.
Lillian Genth again shows Spanish
subjects-a double figure study.
George Harding, the illustrator,
makes two interesting essays In out.
door painting. Aldro T. Hibbard con-
tributes a charming Winter woodland
picture. From Felicie Waldo Howell
comes a competent Interpretation of
the roofs and chimneys Of a New
England seaside village, seen from
an attic window.
ERNEST L. IPSEN, whose portrait
of Edwin II. Blashfield in the
centennial exhibition Of the N. A. d.
was much remarked, is represented
in this collection by an equally we'll
painted Portrait of Lady"
Richard Miller and Frederick
Frieseke are we'll represented. Ho-
bart Nichols shows n very attractive
Winter landscape: Spencer Nichols an
impressive nocturne.
Among the notable still life paint
ings are two by John Sharman and
two by Hovsep Pushman. Giovanni
Trnnnni y1f af
Italian birth, shows an excellent por
trait, and from Sander Vago of
Cleveland. a new exhibitor, comes a
cleverly rendered picture of a woman
washing q mirror.
Robert Vonnoh, Philip Hale, Irving
Wiles, Robert Phillip and a number
of others show portraits of real dis
tinction.
Among the painters evidencing So
called modernistic tendencies--that
is, those who are finding new forms
of expression. working in ways which
have not yet altogether been given
acceptance-there are not a few. 1t is
the works of these painters that will
furnish material for controversial
discussion; it is the inclusion Of these
works which stamps the present ex-
hibition as progressive and up.to-date.
Maurice Sterne, q collection of
whose works has lately been shown
at the Phillips Gallery, is represented
by typical portrait study of young
woman in his characteristic style.
This hangs in Gallery L, wherein also
is to be found an extremely mod
ernistic Arrangement" figure
study by Jacob Smith Of Brooklyn
Here also are two paintings of gulls,
very different, but broadly rendered,
impressive. direct; Heavenly Visit
ant" by Truman E. Fasset, and Sea
Gulls," by Clifford Beal. Here, also,
is Kenneth Hayes Miller's nude,
Woman Dressing Her Hair" Off
setting in ugliness Jacob Smiths car
rangement,"
In Gallery f hangs a painting by
John F. Grabach entitled Back Yard
Society" and in Gallery H are two ad-
ditional works by the same artist.
both city pictures devoid Of all amen
tiles of beauty.
A RTHUR B. DAVIES Is represented
n by two rather extreme works,
THE Garden Goddess" and Memories
of a Garden" John Carroll's Guitar
Player" Is only step or two beyond
Krolls realistic renderings, to two of
which places OF honor have been
given in this exhibition; but his nude,
"Lilith," falls directly in the field of
modernism in an exaggerated form.
Theresa F. Bernstein's painting of
New England Ladies" Is we'll rem
dered, but it has an essentially East
Side flavor. Putnam Brinley's italian
Quarter" looks like a child's toy puZ-
zle, or the destruction of a shingle
factory, but 1t is amusing and amaZ-
ing Andrew Dasburgs Hillside
Dobi Houses" and Robert Chadeayne's
Winter picture are according to the
new rule, but far behind Rockwell
Kent's picture of the French Alps and
Dead Tree-Tierra del Guega," which
have a dignity Of austerity which is
profoundly impressive.
Jerome Myers East Side scenes