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! most original of our later day Ameri
| can artists His early works have
| certain classic beauty. combining con-
ventional dream landscape with nude
| figures introduced for the purpose of
rhythmic accent He was one of the
organizers of the great Armory show
in New York which brought to the at
tention of the American public the
moderniSt movement initiated abroad.
He had administrative ability, but he
was essentially a recluSe, man sub
ject to psychic influences, much given
to introspection. For Miss Bliss of New
York he decorated in an extraordinary
manner the walls Of a living room, COW
ering every inch of space with figures
super imposed one upon another. He
had been commissioned to execute mu-
raj decorations for International House,
New York. when two years ago his
health broke down and on the advice
of friends and physicians, he went
abroad for unlimited travel and recre-
alton 1t is said that during this time
he gave himself entirely to pleasureable
sketching, fell strongly under the il-
fluence of Turner, and expressed a d.
sire to likewise immortalize himself
through the medium of innumerable
water color studies, among which the
two now on view in the Yorke Gal
lerieS are representative. During this
period he only occasionally produced
oil paintings. Among them. however,
were two of mountains included in the
Corcoran Gallery's most recent exhibi-
tion, one Of which the gallery has pur-
chased for its permanent collection He
died of heart disease in one of the Ital-
ian hill towns, and even his family
did rot hear of his passing until many
weeks had gone by. These two little
water colors are exceedingly in the
manner of Turner quite exact in draw
ing but very beautifully rendered. es-
pecially the one which shows a little
white chateau in the midst of much
verdant green under sky lightly
clouded by misty vapors.
Among the other water coloristS es-
pecially well represented in this ex-
hibit are Julius Delbos, who also works
somewhat in the so-called English
manner, employing transparent wash
with excellent effect; Granville Smith,
who shows in characteristic manner
sail boats. reef down, on a blue wind
swept sea, and Clifford Beal, a strong
painter, whose Docks at Rockport,' -
are essentially in the newer mode.
Upstairs at the Yorke Gallery one
finds the etchings, and among them
three of dancing figures, exquisitely
beautiful both from the standpoint Of
drawing and etching, by the late
Warren Davis. These are groups of
dancing girls-nymphs. rhythmic in
line, joyous in spirit, exceedingly chaste
and lovely. Here. too, one finds some
exceptional works by Ernest David Roth,
and two very characteristic etchingS,
long upright panels, by John Taylor
Arms.
AS always, one finds also at these
galleries few fine small bronzes by
some of our leading American sculptors
On the mantel in one of the rooms, for
instance, is now to be seen little group
of elephants by Sally James Farnham,
Spring in the Jungle" and three in
imitable rabbit paper weights by Brenda
Putnam.
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THE New York Water Color Club
l. and the American Water Color So
ciety will open their joint exhibition